2022 Big East men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
|Year=2022
|Attendance=
|Conference=Big East
|Champions=Villanova
|TitleCount=6th
|Coach=Jay Wright
|MVPTeam=
|MVP=
|City=New York City
|Arena=Madison Square Garden
|Teams=11
|Caption=
|ImageSize=200px
|Image=
|Gender=Men's
|Division=I
|coachcount=5th}}
{{2021–22 Big East men's basketball standings}}
The 2022 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, held March 9–12, 2022, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The winner of the tournament, the Villanova Wildcats, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
All 11 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.
| class="wikitable"
!Seed !School !Conference Record !Tiebreaker |
| 1
|14–3 | |
| 2
|16–4 | |
| 3
|13–6 | |
| 4
|12–7 | |
| 5
|11–8 |2–0 vs Seton Hall |
| 6
|11–8 |0–2 vs Marquette |
| 7
|8–11 |2–0 vs Xavier |
| 8
|8–11 |0–2 vs St. John's |
| 9
|6–14 |2–0 vs. DePaul |
| 10
|6–14 |0–2 vs. Butler |
| 11
|0–19 | |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan="6" |First round – Wednesday, March 9 |
|---|
| 1
|4:30 pm |No. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler |82–89OT | rowspan="3" |FS1 | rowspan="3" |17,163 |
| 2
|7:00 pm |No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul |92–73 |
| 3
|10:10 pm |No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown |57–53 |
| colspan="6" |Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 |
| 4
|12:00 pm |No. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler |65–61 | rowspan="4" |FS1 | rowspan="2" |19,812 |
| 5
|2:30 pm |No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette |74–63 |
| 6
|7:00 pm |No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's |66–65 | rowspan="2" | 19,812 |
| 7
|9:30 pm |No. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall |62–52 |
| colspan="6" |Semifinals – Friday, March 11 |
| 8
|6:30 pm |No. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton |58–85 | rowspan="2" |FS1 | rowspan="2" |19,812 |
| 9
|9:00 pm |No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn |63–60 |
| colspan="6" |Championship – Saturday, March 12 |
| 10
|6:30 pm |No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova |48–54 |FOX |19,812 |
| colspan="6" |Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.{{cite web|date=|title=Big East Conference|url=https://www.bigeast.com/tournaments/?id=129|publisher=Bigeast.com|accessdate=2022-02-10}} |
Bracket
{{11TeamBracket
|RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 9
FS1
|RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
FS1
|RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 11
FS1
|RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 12
FOX
| RD1-seed01=8
| RD1-team01=Xavier
| RD1-score01=82
| RD1-seed02=9
| RD1-team02=Butler
| RD1-score02=89*
| RD1-seed3=7
| RD1-team3=St. John's
| RD1-score3=92
| RD1-seed4=10
| RD1-team4=DePaul
| RD1-score4=73
| RD1-seed5=6
| RD1-team5=Seton Hall
| RD1-score5=57
| RD1-seed6=11
| RD1-team6=Georgetown
| RD1-score6=53
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=#11 Providence
| RD2-score01=65
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Butler
| RD2-score02=61
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Creighton
| RD2-score03=74
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Marquette
| RD2-score04=63
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=#8 Villanova
| RD2-score05=66
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=St. John's
| RD2-score06=65
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=#20 UConn
| RD2-score07=62
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Seton Hall
| RD2-score08=52
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=#11 Providence
| RD3-score01=58
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Creighton
| RD3-score02=85
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=#8 Villanova
| RD3-score03=63
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=#20 UConn
| RD3-score04=60
| RD4-seed01=4
| RD4-team01=Creighton
| RD4-score01=48
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=#8 Villanova
| RD4-score02=54
}}
References
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{{Big East men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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