Beginning as just another one of the tournaments within the NCAA’s Division I conferences, the Big East Tournament became one of the biggest tournaments in basketball.

The Big East conference began in 1979. The seven initial members included:

• Georgetown Hoyas
• Syracuse Orange
• Connecticut Huskies
• Seton Hall Pirates
• Boston College Eagles
• Providence Friars
• St. John’s Red Storm

Soon after forming, the Big East became one of the NCAA’s powerhouse conferences in basketball, with champions like Georgetown and Marquette.

Big East players like Patrick Ewing, Sherman Douglas, and Josh Hart have gone on to join NBA teams after making waves during their college years.

The Big East conference tournament occurs annually and decides which team gets an automatic bid to the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Tournament. Each year, basketball fans eagerly await the announcement that tickets are on sale so they can see their favorite teams duke it out for glory.

The Big East Conference has gone through years of shuffling, with Syracuse and Louisville exiting the conference — and UConn exiting, then re-entering again.

The Big East currently includes ten member institutions:

Georgetown won the first Big East Tournament in 1980, setting a record in conference titles. Georgetown went on to win several more tournaments in subsequent years, remaining one of the conference’s reigning champions.

Seton Hall won its first Big East Tournament title in 2016 after more than a decade of losses against Villanova. Of course, Villanova itself won several Big East Tournament titles, including in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

After a pause in the tournament due to the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Georgetown emerged as the winning team in the 2021 tournament unseating Villanova as the consecutive three-time champion.

Of course, no discussion of Big East winners would be complete without a shoutout to some of the conference’s best players like Patrick Ewing, Allen Iverson, and Carmelo Anthony.

Before its realignment, Big East rivalries were frequent and exciting dramas that unfolded on the court. While many fans mourned the teams lost in the reshuffling, there are still many great rivalries worth watching in the Big East.

The rivalry between Seton Hall and St. Johns is one of the most notable in the conference. Georgetown versus Syracuse (which is now in the ACC) was the Big East’s biggest rivalry before the big shake-up.

Team standings change with every season due to shifts in players and leadership. That’s why the tournament draws so many excited fans, eager to see their team get on top by the season’s end.

The Big East is home to many basketball teams with great records, but several teams are the conference’s reigning champions. Villanova is usually among the top spots of the conference and holds the conference’s most tournament titles. Providence, Marquette, Xavier, and UConn are also top teams with regular high rankings.

You can expect to see at least one of these teams reach the quarterfinals or semifinals.

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We have the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament full schedule on this page, including the times and ticket prices for each game. The Big East home games are at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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