2016 Big East men's basketball tournament

2016 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSeton Hall (3rd title)
Winning coachKevin Willard (1st title)
MVPIsaiah Whitehead (Seton Hall)
Attendance78,222
TelevisionFS1, FOX
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2015–16 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Villanova 16 2   .889 35 5   .875
No. 9 Xavier 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
No. 20 Seton Hall 12 6   .667 25 9   .735
Providence 10 8   .556 24 11   .686
Butler 10 8   .556 22 11   .667
Creighton 9 9   .500 20 15   .571
Marquette 8 10   .444 20 13   .606
Georgetown 7 11   .389 15 18   .455
DePaul 3 15   .167 9 22   .290
St. John's 1 17   .056 8 24   .250
2016 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East tournament, was a tournament held from March 9–12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Championship game returned to broadcast television for the first time in over twenty years and was televised on FOX. Seton Hall won their first Big East tournament since 1993 and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

  1. ^ "COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL: Seton Hall wins Big East tourney, 69-67 over No. 3 Villanova". Savannah Morning News. March 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2024.