2026 Big East women's basketball tournament

2026 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams11
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
ChampionsUConn (24th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma
MVPSarah Strong (UConn)
TelevisionPeacock/NBCSN
2025–26 Big East women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn † 20 – 0   1.000 36 – 0   1.000
Villanova 16 – 4   .800 25 – 8   .758
Seton Hall 12 – 8   .600 19 – 13   .594
Marquette 12 – 8   .600 18 – 12   .600
Creighton 11 – 9   .550 16 – 15   .516
St. John's 11 – 9   .550 22 – 12   .647
Providence 7 – 13   .350 15 – 18   .455
Butler 6 – 14   .300 12 – 19   .387
Georgetown 6 – 14   .300 14 – 17   .452
DePaul 5 – 15   .250 8 – 24   .250
Xavier 4 – 16   .200 11 – 19   .367
† 2026 Big East tournament winner
As of March 23, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2026 Big East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference, which was held from March 6–9, 2026 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.[1] The winner receive an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Undefeated UConn defeated Villanova 90–51 in the championship game, earning the Huskies their 24th Big East and 13th consecutive conference title, sending them to the NCAA tournament for the 37th straight year.

Seeds

All 11 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the conference regular season.

Seed School BE Record Tiebreaker
1 UConn #‡ 20–0
2 Villanova ‡ 16–4
3 Seton Hall ‡ 12–8 2–0 vs. Marquette
4 Marquette ‡ 12–8 0–2 vs. Seton Hall
5 Creighton ‡ 11–9 2–0 vs. St. John's
6 St. John's 11–9 0–2 vs. Creighton
7 Providence 7–13
8 Butler 6–14 1–1 vs. Seton Hall
9 Georgetown 6–14 0–2 vs. Seton Hall
10 DePaul 5–15
11 Xavier 4–16
# – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
‡ – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big East Tournament.

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1 11:00 a.m. No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Butler 62–58 Peacock/NBCSN
2 1:30 p.m. No. 7 Providence vs. No. 10 DePaul 69–55
3 4:00 p.m. No. 6 St. John's vs. No. 11 Xavier 53–48
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
4 12:00 p.m. No. 1 UConn vs. No. 8 Georgetown 84–39 Peacock/NBCSN
5 2:30 p.m. No. 4 Marquette vs. No. 5 Creighton 44–57
6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Providence 73–65
7 9:30 p.m. No. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 St. John's 63–61
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
8 2:30 p.m. No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Creighton 100–51 Peacock/NBCSN
9 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 Seton Hall 62–48
Championship – Monday, March 9
10 7:00 p.m. No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova 90–51 Peacock/NBCSN
Game times in EST for the first round and quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 6
Peacock/NBCSN 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7
Peacock/NBCSN 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 8
Peacock/NBCSN 		Championship
Monday, March 9
Peacock/NBCSN
            
1 1 UConn 84
8 Georgetown 39
8 Georgetown 62
9 Butler 58
1 1 UConn 100
5 Creighton 51
4 Marquette 44
5 Creighton 57
1 1 UConn 90
2 Villanova 51
2 Villanova 73
7 Providence 65
7 Providence 69
10 DePaul 55
2 Villanova 62
3 Seton Hall 48
3 Seton Hall 63
6 St. John's 61
6 St. John's 53
11 Xavier 48

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "2026 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament - Big East Conference". www.bigeast.com. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.