2016 Big East women's basketball tournament

2016 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
Champions	St. John's (4th title)
Winning coach	Joe Tartamella (1st title)
MVP	Aliyyah Handford (St. John's)
Attendance	9,610
Television	FS1
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 20 DePaul*	16	–	2		.889			27	–	9		.750
Seton Hall	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			20	–	12		.625
St. John's †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Marquette	9	–	9		.500			14	–	16		.467
Xavier	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Creighton	8	–	10		.444			17	–	18		.486
Butler	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Providence	1	–	17		.056			5	–	24		.172
† 2016 Big East Basketball Tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 26, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East championship, was a tournament from March 5 to 8 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois. St. John's won their 4th Big East title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

2016 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	DePaul	16–2	24–7
2	Villanova	12–6	19–10	1–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S
3	Seton Hall	12–6	22–7	1–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S
4	St. John's	11–7	20–9
5	Georgetown	9–9	16–12	1–1 vs. MARQUETTE
6	Marquette	9–9	14–15	1–1 vs. GTOWN
7	Creighton	8–8	14–16	1–1 vs. XAVIER
8	Xavier	8–8	17–12	1–1 vs. CREIGHTON
9	Butler	4–14	9–20
10	Providence	1–17	5–23
‡ – 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 5
1	2:00 PM	#7 Creighton vs #10 Providence	BEDN	1,741
2	4:30 PM	#8 Xavier vs #9 Butler
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
3	Noon	#2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton	FS2	1,884
4	2:30 PM	#3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette
5	6:00 PM	#1 DePaul vs #9 Butler		2,234
6	8:30 PM	#4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
7	3:00 PM	#3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton	FS1	2,131
8	5:30 PM	#1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
9	7:00 PM	#7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's	FS1	1,620
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Source:

Bracket

	Opening Round March 5, 2016					Quarterfinals March 6, 2016					Semifinals March 7, 2016					Championship March 8, 2016
						1	DePaul	76
						9	Butler	49
	8	Xavier	47
	9	Butler	48
											1	DePaul	66
											4	St. John's	75
						4	St. John's	65
						5	Georgetown	52
																4	St. John's	50
																7	Creighton	37
						2	Villanova	48
						7	Creighton	57
	7	Creighton	70
	10	Providence	53
											7	Creighton	77
											3	Seton Hall	56
						3	Seton Hall	93
						6	Marquette	86

See also

• 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament

External links

• Big East website