# 2023 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason collegiate men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference that took place from March 8 through March 11, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

## Seeds

All 11 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Marquette | 17–3 | |
| 2 | Xavier | 15–5 | |
| 3 | Creighton | 14–6 | |
| 4 | UConn | 13–7 | NET 6 |
| 5 | Providence | 13–7 | NET 51 |
| 6 | Villanova | 10–10 | 2–0 vs. Seton Hall |
| 7 | Seton Hall | 10–10 | 0–2 vs. Villanova |
| 8 | St. John's | 7–13 | |
| 9 | Butler | 6–14 | |
| 10 | DePaul | 3–17 | |
| 11 | Georgetown | 2–18 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 pm | No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 9 Butler | 76–63 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 2 | 5:30 pm | No. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 DePaul | 65–66 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 3 | 8:15 pm | No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Georgetown | 80–48 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 8 St. John's | 72–70$^{OT}$ | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UConn vs. No. 5 Providence | 73–66 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul | 89–84 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 7 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Villanova | 87–74 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 ||||||
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 4 UConn | 70–68 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 3 Creighton | 82–60 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Marquette vs. No. 2 Xavier | 65–51 | FOX | 19,812 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 8 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 8 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 11 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 11 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 11 FOX |
| | | | 1 | #6 Marquette | 72* | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | St. John's | 70 | | | | | | |
| 8 | St. John's | 76 | 8 | St. John's | 70 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 63 | | | | 1 | #6 Marquette | 70 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | #11 UConn | 68 | | | |
| | | | 4 | #11 UConn | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Providence | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #6 Marquette | 65 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | #15 Xavier | 51 |
| | | | 2 | #15 Xavier | 89 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | DePaul | 84 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Seton Hall | 65 | 10 | DePaul | 84 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 66 | | | | 2 | #15 Xavier | 82 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #24 Creighton | 60 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #24 Creighton | 87 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Villanova | 74 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Villanova | 80 | 6 | Villanova | 74 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Georgetown | 48 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period