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The 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East tournament, was a tournament held from March 9–12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Championship game returned to broadcast television for the first time in over twenty years and was televised on FOX. Seton Hall won their first Big East tournament since 1993 and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

2016 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSeton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coachKevin Willard (1st title)
MVPIsaiah Whitehead (Seton Hall)
Attendance78,222
TelevisionFS1, FOX
← 2015
2017 →
2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Villanova16–2 .88935–5 .875
No. 9 Xavier14–4 .77828–5 .848
No. 20 Seton Hall †12–6 .66725–9 .735
Providence10–8 .55624–11 .686
Butler10–8 .55622–11 .667
Creighton9–9 .50020–15 .571
Marquette8–10 .44420–13 .606
Georgetown7–11 .38915–18 .455
DePaul3–15 .1679–22 .290
St. John's1–17 .0568–24 .250
† 2016 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the 2015–16 Big East Conference season record. The top 6 teams received a first round bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Villanova16–2
2Xavier14–4
3Seton Hall12–6
4Providence10–82–0 vs. Butler
5Butler10–80–2 vs. Providence
6Creighton9–9
7Marquette8–10
8Georgetown7–11
9DePaul3–15
10St. John's1–17

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
17:00 pm#9 DePaul 53 vs. #8 Georgetown 70FS112,604
29:30 pm#10 St. John's 93 vs. #7 Marquette 101
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
312:00 pm#8 Georgetown 67 vs. #1 Villanova 81FS114,863
42:30 pm#5 Butler 60 vs. #4 Providence 74
57:00 pm#7 Marquette 72 vs. #2 Xavier 9013,813
69:30 pm#6 Creighton 73 vs. #3 Seton Hall 81
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
76:30 pm#4 Providence 68 vs. #1 Villanova 76FS117,130
89:30 pm#3 Seton Hall 87 vs. #2 Xavier 83
Championship – Saturday, March 12
95:30 pm#3 Seton Hall 69 vs. #1 Villanova 67FOX19,812
*Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. #-Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket

First round
March 9		Quarterfinals
March 10		Semifinals
March 11		Championship
March 12
            
1Villanova81
8Georgetown67
8Georgetown70
9DePaul53
1Villanova76
4Providence68
4Providence74
5Butler60
1Villanova67
3Seton Hall69
2Xavier90
7Marquette72
7Marquette101
10St. John's93
2Xavier83
3Seton Hall87
3Seton Hall81
6Creighton73

Quarterfinals

FS1
Thursday, March 10
12:00 pm EST
#8 Georgetown Hoyas 67, #1 Villanova Wildcats 81
Scoring by half: 27–28, 40–53
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 14,863
Referees: Mike Roberts, Tony Chiazza, Tim Clougherty

Semifinals

FS1
Friday, March 11
6:30 pm EST
#4 Providence Friars 68, #1 Villanova Wildcats 76
Scoring by half: 27–32, 41–44
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 17,130
Referees: Jeff Anderson, Ed Corbett, Pat Driscoll

Championship

Fox
Saturday, March 12
5:30 pm EST
#3 Seton Hall Pirates 69, #1 Villanova Wildcats 67
Scoring by half: 40–29, 29–38
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,812
Referees: Mike Roberts, Brian O'Connell, John Gaffney

All-Tournament team

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

See also

Notes

References

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