2018 Big East women's basketball tournament

2018 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL
Champions	DePaul (3rd title)
Winning coach	Doug Bruno (3rd title)
MVP	Amarah Coleman (DePaul)
Attendance	10,544
Television	FS1, FS2, BEDN
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
DePaul †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Marquette	15	–	3		.833			24	–	10		.706
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Creighton	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
St. John's	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Butler	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Xavier	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Providence	3	–	15		.167			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 Big East tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament ended the 2017–18 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held March 3–6, 2018 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Big East regular-season co-champion and tournament host DePaul won the tournament and with it the Big East's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

2018 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Marquette	15-3	21-8	1-1 vs DePaul, 2-0 vs. Villanova
2	DePaul	15-3	23-7	1-1 vs Marquette, 1-1 vs. Villanova
3	Villanova	12-6	22-7
4	Creighton	11-7	17-11
5	St. John's	9-9	16-13	2-0 vs. Georgetown
6	Georgetown	9-9	14-14	0-2 vs. St. John's
7	Seton Hall	7-11	15-14
8	Butler	6-12	14-16
9	Providence	3-15	10-20	1-1 vs. Xavier, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 2-0 vs. St. John's
10	Xavier	3-15	10-19	1-1 vs. Providence, 0-2 vs. Marquette, 0-2 vs. DePaul, 0-2 vs. Villanova, 0-2 vs. Creighton, 0-2 vs. St. John's
‡ – 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 3
1	4:00 PM	#9 Providence vs. #8 Butler	BEDN	1,950
2	6:30 PM	#10 Xavier vs. #7 Seton Hall
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 4
3	12:00 PM	#1 Marquette vs. #8 Butler	FS2	1,991
4	2:30 PM	#4 Creighton vs. #5 St John's
5	6:00 PM	#2 DePaul vs. #7 Seton Hall		2,147
6	8:30 PM	#3 Villanova vs. #6 Georgetown
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
7	3:00 PM	#1 Marquette vs. #4 Creighton	FS1	2,192
8	5:30 PM	#2 DePaul vs. #6 Georgetown
Championship – Tuesday, March 6
9	6:00 PM	#1 Marquette vs. #2 DePaul	FS1	2,264
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:

Bracket

	First Round March 3					Quarterfinals March 4					Semifinals March 5					Championship March 6
						1	Marquette	73
						8	Butler	61
	8	Butler	73*
	9	Providence	67
											1	Marquette	76
											4	Creighton	70
						4	Creighton	66
						5	St. John's	58
																1	Marquette	63
																2	DePaul	98
						2	DePaul	78
						7	Seton Hall	52
	7	Seton Hall	66
	10	Xavier	42
											2	DePaul	85
											6	Georgetown	53
						3	Villanova	58
						6	Georgetown	63

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2018 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

• Big East website