2017 Big East women's basketball tournament

2017 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI
Champions	Marquette (1st title)
Winning coach	Carolyn Kieger (1st title)
MVP	Amani Wilborn (Marquette)
Attendance	12,546
Television	FS1
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 DePaul*	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
Creighton	16	–	2		.889			24	–	8		.750
Marquette†	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
St. John's	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Villanova	11	–	7		.611			20	–	14		.588
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			17	–	13		.567
Providence	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Xavier	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Seton Hall	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Butler	2	–	16		.111			6	–	25		.194
† 2017 Big East tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Big East women's basketball tournament, also known as the 2017 Big East championship, was a tournament held from March 4 to 7, 2017, at Al McGuire Center on the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The host Marquette Golden Eagles won the tournament and with it an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

2017 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	DePaul†‡	16–2	24–6	2–0 vs. Creighton
2	Creighton†	16–2	22–6	0–2 vs. DePaul
3	Marquette	13–5	22–7
4	Villanova	11–7	16-13	2–0 vs. St. John's
5	St. John's	11–7	19-10	0–2 vs. Villanova
6	Georgetown	9–9	17–11
7	Xavier	4–14	12-17	2–0 vs. Providence, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall
8	Seton Hall	4–14	11–18	1–1 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Providence
9	Providence	4–14	12–17	0–2 vs. Xavier, 1–1 vs. Seton Hall
10	Butler	2–16	5–24
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
1	4:00 PM	#7 Xavier vs #10 Butler	BEDN	2,132
2	6:30 PM	#8 Seton Hall vs #9 Providence
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5
3	12:00 PM	#2 Creighton vs #10 Butler	FS2	2,815
4	2:30 PM	#3 Marquette vs #6 Georgetown
5	6:00 PM	#1 DePaul vs #8 Seton Hall		1,922
6	8:30 PM	#4 Villanova vs #5 St. John's
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
7	3:00 PM	#2 Creighton vs. #3 Marquette	FS1	2,511
8	5:30 PM	#1 DePaul vs #5 St John's
Championship – Tuesday, March 7
9	8:00 PM	#3 Marquette vs. #1 DePaul	FS1	3,166
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:

Bracket

	Opening Round March 4, 2017					Quarterfinals March 5, 2017					Semifinals March 6, 2017					Championship March 7, 2017
						1	DePaul	92
						8	Seton Hall	60
	8	Seton Hall	73
	9	Providence	60
											1	DePaul	59
											5	St John's	41
						4	Villanova	40
						5	St. John's	56
																1	DePaul	78
																3	Marquette	86
						2	Creighton	64
						10	Butler	55
	7	Xavier	66
	10	Butler	68
											2	Creighton	65
											3	Marquette	72
						3	Marquette	80
						6	Georgetown	66

See also

• 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament

External links

• Big East website