2022 Big East women's basketball tournament

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2022 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsUConn (20th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (20th title)
MVPChristyn Williams (UConn)
Attendance28,094
TelevisionFS1, FS2, FloHoops
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The 2022 Big East women's basketball tournament is the postseason women’s basketball tournament for the Big East Conference and took place March 4 to 7, 2022, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won their 20th title, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2021–22 Big East women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 UConn 16 1   .941 30 6   .833
Villanova 15 4   .789 24 9   .727
Creighton 15 5   .750 23 10   .697
DePaul 14 6   .700 22 11   .667
Marquette 13 7   .650 23 11   .676
Seton Hall 12 8   .600 24 13   .649
St. John's 7 12   .368 12 19   .387
Providence 6 14   .300 11 19   .367
Georgetown 4 15   .211 10 19   .345
Xavier 4 16   .200 9 21   .300
Butler 0 18   .000 1 27   .036
2022 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


Seeds[edit]

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.

Seed School Conference

Record

Tiebreaker
1 UConn 16–1
2 Villanova 15–4
3 Creighton 15–5
4 DePaul 14–6
5 Marquette 13–7
6 Seton Hall 12–8
7 St. John's 7–12
8 Providence 6–14
9 Georgetown 4–15
10 Xavier 4–16
11 Butler 0–18

Schedule[edit]

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Friday, March 4
1 11:00 am No. 8 Providence vs. No. 9 Georgetown 55–68 FloHoops 4,347
2 1:30 pm No. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 Xavier 76–69
3 4:00 pm No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Butler 58–39
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
4 12:00 pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Georgetown 84–38 FS1 6,376
5 2:30 pm No. 4 DePaul vs. No. 5 Marquette 85–105 FS2
6 7:00 pm No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's 76–52 4,478
7 9:30 pm No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Seton Hall 65–66
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8 3:00pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Marquette 71–51 FS1 6,434
9 5:30pm No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 6 Seton Hall 64–55
Championship – Monday, March 7
10 8:00pm No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova 70–40 FS1 6,459
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1]

Bracket[edit]

First round
Friday, March 4
FloHoops
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
FS2, FS1
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
FS1
Championship
Monday, March 7
FS1
            
1 UConn 84
9 Georgetown 38
8 Providence 55
9 Georgetown 68
1 UConn 71
5 Marquette 51
4 DePaul 85
5 Marquette 105
1 UConn 70
2 Villanova 40
2 Villanova 76
7 St. John's 52
7 St. John's 76
10 Xavier 69
2 Villanova 64
6 Seton Hall 55
3 Creighton 65
6 Seton Hall 66
6 Seton Hall 58
11 Butler 39

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022 BIG EAST women's basketball tournament". Bigeast.com. Retrieved February 10, 2022.