The 2017 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the

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. It was held from March 8 through March 11, 2017 at

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. The championship was won by Villanova who defeated Creighton in the championship game. The tournament win was Villanova's third all-time tournament championship and second in the prior three years. As a result, Villanova received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 10 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 six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Schedule

Bracket

All-Tournament team

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, Xavier *

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, Villanova *

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, Seton Hall *

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, Creighton *

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, Villanova *

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, Villanova

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Trophy (Most Outstanding Player) *Josh Hart, Villanova

References

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

All-Tournament team

See also

References