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. SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker1Providence14–32Villanova16–43UConn13–64Creighton12–75Marquette11–82–0 vs Seton Hall6Seton Hall11–80–2 vs Marquette7St. John's8–112–0 vs Xavier8Xavier8–110–2 vs St. John's9Butler6–142–0 vs. DePaul10DePaul6–140–2 vs. Butler11Georgetown0–19
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 914:30 pmNo. 8 Xavier vs. No. 9 Butler82–89OTFS117,16327:00 pmNo. 7 St. John's vs. No. 10 DePaul92–73310:10 pmNo. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Georgetown57–53Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10412:00 pmNo. 1 Providence vs. No. 9 Butler65–61FS119,81252:30 pmNo. 4 Creighton vs. No. 5 Marquette74–6367:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 St. John's66–65 19,81279:30 pmNo. 3 UConn vs. No. 6 Seton Hall62–52Semifinals – Friday, March 1186:30 pmNo. 1 Providence vs. No. 4 Creighton58–85FS119,81299:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 UConn63–60Championship – Saturday, March 12106:30 pmNo. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 Villanova48–54FOX19,812Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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