2016 Big East women's basketball tournament

August 2023 2016 Big East I Women's 10 McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL St. John's 4th Joe Tartamella 1st Aliyyah Handford St. John's 9,610 FS1 The 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2016 Big East championship, was a tournament from March 5 to 8 at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Illinois. St. John's won their 4th Big East title for the first time since 1988 and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament. Seeds 2016 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1DePaul16–224–72Villanova12–619–101–1 vs. SHU, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 2–0 vs ST. JOHN'S3Seton Hall12–622–71–1 vs. VILLANOVA, 1–1 vs. DEPAUL, 0–2 vs. ST. JOHN'S4St. John's11–720–95Georgetown9–916–121–1 vs. MARQUETTE6Marquette9–914–151–1 vs. GTOWN7Creighton8–814–161–1 vs. XAVIER8Xavier8–817–121–1 vs. CREIGHTON9Butler4–149–2010Providence1–175–23‡ – 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 GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Saturday, March 5 12:00 PM #7 Creighton vs #10 Providence BEDN 1,741 24:30 PM #8 Xavier vs #9 Butler Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6 3Noon #2 Villanova vs #7 Creighton FS2 1,884 42:30 PM #3 Seton Hall vs #6 Marquette 56:00 PM #1 DePaul vs #9 Butler 2,234 68:30 PM #4 St. John's vs #5 Georgetown Semifinals – Monday, March 7 73:00 PM #3 Seton Hall vs. #7 Creighton FS1 2,131 85:30 PM #1 DePaul vs #4 St. John's Championship – Tuesday, March 8 97:00 PM #7 Creighton vs. #4 St. John's FS1 1,620 *Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed Source:http://www.bigeast.com/championships/bige-16-w-baskbl-tournament.html 2016 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament 2015-11-13 2015-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025112/http://www.bigeast.com/championships/bige-16-w-baskbl-tournament.html dead Bracket Opening RoundMarch 5, 2016 QuarterfinalsMarch 6, 2016 SemifinalsMarch 7, 2016 ChampionshipMarch 8, 2016 8 Xavier 47 9 Butler 48 7 Creighton 70 10 Providence 53 1 DePaul 76 9 Butler 49 4 St. John's 65 5 Georgetown 52 2 Villanova 48 7 Creighton 57 3 Seton Hall 93 6 Marquette 86 1 DePaul 66 4 St. John's 75 7 Creighton 77 3 Seton Hall 56 4 St. John's 50 7 Creighton 37 See also 2016 Big East men's basketball tournament References External links Big East website * Category:Big East women's basketball tournament