2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
Teams 10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Villanova Wildcats (4th title)
Winning coach Jay Wright (1st title)
MVP Josh Hart (Villanova)
Television FS1
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#9 Villanova 16 2   .889     33 3   .917
Georgetown 12 6   .667     22 11   .667
#23 Butler 12 6   .667     23 11   .676
Providence 11 7   .611     22 12   .647
St. John's 10 8   .556     21 12   .636
#22 Xavier 9 9   .500     23 14   .622
DePaul 6 12   .333     12 20   .375
Seton Hall 6 12   .333     16 15   .516
Marquette 4 14   .222     13 19   .406
Creighton 4 14   .222     14 19   .424
2015 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 6, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2015 Big East Tournament, was a tournament played from March 11–14, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Villanova‡† 16–2 29–2
2 Georgetown 12–6 20–9 2–1 vs Butler[nb 1]
3 Butler 12–6 22–9 1–2 vs. Georgetown
4 Providence 11–7 21–10
5 St. John's 10–8 21–10
6 Xavier 9–9 19–12
7 DePaul 6–12 12–19 2–0 vs. Seton Hall
8 Seton Hall 6–12 16–14 0–2 vs. DePaul
9 Marquette 4–14 13–18 1–1 vs. Providence
10 Creighton 4–14 12–18 0–2 vs. Providence
‡ – 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 – Wednesday, March 11
1 7:00 pm (8) Seton Hall vs. (9) Marquette FS1
12,588
2 9:30 pm (7) DePaul vs. (10) Creighton FS1
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 12:00 pm (1) #4 Villanova vs. (9) Marquette FS1
15,197
4 2:30 pm (4) Providence vs. (5) St. John's FS1
5 7:00 pm (2) #23 Georgetown vs. (10) Creighton FS1
13,245
6 9:30 pm (3) #22 Butler vs. (6) Xavier FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
7 7:00 pm (1) #4 Villanova vs. (4) Providence FS1 15,194
8 9:45 pm (2) #23 Georgetown vs. (6) Xavier FS1 15,194
Championship – Saturday, March 14
9 8:00 pm (1) #4 Villanova vs. (6) Xavier FS1 13,471
*Game times in Eastern Time. Tournament seed in parentheses. #-Rankings denote Associated Press Poll ranking.

Bracket

  First round
March 11
Quarterfinals
March 12
Semifinals
March 13
Championship
March 14
                                     
        
  1  Villanova 84  
    9  Marquette 49  
8  Seton Hall 56
9  Marquette 78  
  1  Villanova 63  
  4  Providence 61  
        
        
  4  Providence 74
    5  St. John's 57  
      
        
  1  Villanova 69
  6  Xavier 52
        
        
  2  Georgetown 60
    10  Creighton 55  
7  DePaul 63
10  Creighton 78  
  2  Georgetown 63
  6  Xavier 65  
        
        
  3  Butler 61
    6  Xavier 67*  
      

All-Tournament team

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

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See also

Notes

  1. Butler and Georgetown played three times during the regular season, as they met during the Battle 4 Atlantis. Per Big East tie breaking rules, all regular season games are considered when breaking ties.[1]

References

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