2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Villanova Wildcats (2nd 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

  1. ↑ "Big East Conference Men's Basketball Tie-Breaker Procedures" (PDF). BigEast.org. Big East Conference. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Brackets – 2014-2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Information". RealGM.

External links

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