2009 Big East women's basketball tournament

February 2024 August 2023 The 2009 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2009 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals 75–36 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament.https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290690041 https://web.archive.org/web/20231201230942/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290690041 dead December 1, 2023 Huskies rout Cardinals to win 15th Big East tourney championship ESPN March 10, 2009 February 5, 2024 This was the first Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals. Bracket First round Friday, March 6 Second round Saturday, March 7 Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 Semifinals Monday, March 9 12 Syracuse 61 13 St. John's 63 9 Marquette 54 16 Cincinnati 60OT 13 St. John's 45 5 Notre Dame 62 16 Cincinnati 58 8 South Florida 68 5 Notre Dame 47 4 Villanova 58 8 South Florida 42 1 Connecticut 79 4 Villanova 42 1 Connecticut 72 First round Friday, March 6 Second round Saturday, March 7 Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 Semifinals Monday, March 9 10 Georgetown 45 15 Seton Hall 70 11 West Virginia 53 14 Providence 48 15 Seton Hall 45 7 Rutgers 79 11 West Virginia 72 6 DePaul 75OT 7 Rutgers 82 2 Louisville 87 6 DePaul 59 3 Pittsburgh 62 2 Louisville 69 3 Pittsburgh 63 Championship Game Big East tournament FinalSaturday, March 14 1 Connecticut 75 2 Louisville 36 References Category:Big East women's basketball tournament Category:2008–09 Big East Conference women's basketball season