# 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years. As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All 10 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 six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | Villanova | 15–3 | | |
| 2 | Butler | 12–6 | | |
| 3 | Providence | 10–8 | 4–2 vs Marquette/Seton Hall/Creighton | |
| 4 | Marquette | 10–8 | 3–3 vs. Providence/Seton Hall/Creighton | 1–1 vs Villanova |
| 5 | Seton Hall | 10–8 | 3–3 vs Providence/Marquette/Creighton | 0–2 vs Villanova |
| 6 | Creighton | 10–8 | 2–4 vs Providence/Marquette/Seton Hall | |
| 7 | Xavier | 9–9 | | |
| 8 | St. John's | 7–11 | | |
| 9 | Georgetown | 5–13 | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 2–16 | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Georgetown vs. No. 8 St. John's | 73–74 | FS1 | 14,830 |
| 2 | 9:30 pm | No. 10 DePaul vs. No. 7 Xavier | 64–75 | FS1 | 14,830 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 ||||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 St. John's vs. No. 1 Villanova | 67–108 | FS1 | 17,324 |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 4 Marquette | 82–76 | FS1 | 17,324 |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 2 Butler | 62–57 | FS1 | 16,003 |
| 6 | 9:30 pm | No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 3 Providence | 70–58 | FS1 | 16,003 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 ||||||
| 7 | 6:30 pm | No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 1 Villanova | 53–55 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| 8 | 9:30 pm | No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 6 Creighton | 75–72 | FS1 | 19,812 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 9 | 5:30 pm | No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 1 Villanova | 60–74 | FOX | 19,812 |
| *Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 8 | First round March 8 | First round March 8 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Championship March 11 | Championship March 11 | Championship March 11 |
| | | | 1 | #2 Villanova | 108 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | St. John's | 67 | | | | | | |
| 8 | St. John's | 74 | 8 | St. John's | 67 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Georgetown | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Georgetown | 73 | | | | 1 | #2 Villanova | 55 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 53 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Marquette | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Seton Hall | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #2 Villanova | 74 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Creighton | 60 |
| | | | 2 | #18 Butler | 57 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Xavier | 62 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Xavier | 75 | 7 | Xavier | 62 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 64 | | | | 7 | Xavier | 72 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Creighton | 75 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Providence | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Creighton | 70 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament team

* Trevon Bluiett, Xavier
* Jalen Brunson, Villanova
* Ángel Delgado, Seton Hall
* Marcus Foster, Creighton
* Josh Hart, Villanova
* Kris Jenkins, Villanova
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)
* Josh Hart, Villanova