# 2024 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference held March 13–16, 2024, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

## Seeds

All 11 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their conference records 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 | UConn | 18–2 | |
| 2 | Creighton | 14–6 | 1–1 vs. UConn |
| 3 | Marquette | 14–6 | 0–2 vs. UConn |
| 4 | Seton Hall | 13–7 | |
| 5 | St. John's | 11–9 | |
| 6 | Villanova | 10–10 | 2–0 vs. Providence |
| 7 | Providence | 10–10 | 0–2 vs. Villanova |
| 8 | Butler | 9–11 | 2–2 vs. Creighton/Marquette |
| 9 | Xavier | 9–11 | 0–4 vs. Creighton/Marquette |
| 10 | Georgetown | 2–18 | |
| 11 | DePaul | 0–20 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 ||||||
| 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Xavier | 72–76 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 2 | 6:40 pm | No. 7 Providence vs. No. 10 Georgetown | 74–56 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 3 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 DePaul | 58–57 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Xavier | 87–60 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Seton Hall vs. No. 5 St. John’s | 72–91 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Creighton vs. No. 7 Providence | 73–78 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 7 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 6 Villanova | 71–65$^{OT}$ | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 ||||||
| 8 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 St. John’s | 95–90 | FOX | 19,812 |
| 9 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 Providence vs. No. 3 Marquette | 68–79 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 ||||||
| 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 UConn vs. No. 3 Marquette | 73–57 | FOX | 19,812 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FOX/FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FOX/FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FOX/FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX |
| | | | 1 | #2 UConn | 87 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Xavier | 60 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Butler | 72 | 9 | Xavier | 60 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Xavier | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Xavier | 76 | | | | 1 | #2 UConn | 95 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | St. John's | 90 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Seton Hall | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. John's | 91 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #2 UConn | 73 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | #10 Marquette | 57 |
| | | | 2 | #8 Creighton | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Providence | 78 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Providence | 74 | 7 | Providence | 78 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Georgetown | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Georgetown | 56 | | | | 7 | Providence | 68 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #10 Marquette | 79 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #10 Marquette | 71* | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Villanova | 65 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Villanova | 58 | 6 | Villanova | 65 | | | | | | |
| 11 | DePaul | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
Source: * denotes overtime period