2023 Big East women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big East women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference to be held March 3 to 6, 2023, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. After four days of play, the #1 seed UConn Huskies defeated #2 seed Villanova Wildcats 67–56, thereby receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

2023 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Champions	UConn (21st title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (21st title)
MVP	Aaliyah Edwards (UConn)
Attendance	32,631
Television	SNY, FS1, FS2
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 Big East women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 UConn†	18	–	2		.900			31	–	6		.838
No. 10т Villanova	17	–	3		.850			30	–	7		.811
Creighton	15	–	5		.750			22	–	9		.710
St. John's	13	–	7		.650			23	–	9		.719
Marquette	13	–	7		.650			21	–	11		.656
Seton Hall	10	–	10		.500			19	–	14		.576
DePaul	8	–	12		.400			16	–	17		.485
Georgetown	6	–	14		.300			14	–	17		.452
Butler	6	–	14		.300			11	–	19		.367
Providence	4	–	16		.200			13	–	19		.406
Xavier	0	–	20		.000			7	–	23		.233
† 2023 Big East tournament winner As of March 24, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All 11 Big East schools were scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	UConn	18-2
2	Villanova	17-3
3	Creighton	15-5
4	St. John's	13-7	1-1 vs. Marquette; 1-1 vs. Creighton
5	Marquette	13-7	1-1 vs. St. John's; 0-2 vs. Creighton
6	Seton Hall	10-10
7	DePaul	8-12
8	Butler	6-14	2-0 vs. Georgetown
9	Georgetown	6–14	0-2 vs. Butler
10	Providence	4-16
11	Xavier	0-20

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 3
1	11:00 am	No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Georgetown	46–53	SNY	4,687
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 DePaul vs. No. 10 Providence	67–54
3	4:00 pm	No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Xavier	84–58
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 UConn vs. No. 9 Georgetown	69–39	FS1	7,407
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 St. John's vs. No. 5 Marquette	47–57	FS2
6	7:00 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 DePaul	71–70		5,017
7	9:30 pm	No. 3 Creighton vs. No. 6 Seton Hall	75–74OT
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
8	3:00 pm	No. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Marquette	81–52	FS1	7,712
9	5:30 pm	No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 3 Creighton	63–61
Championship – Monday, March 6
10	7:00pm	No. 1 UConn vs. No. 2 Villanova	67–56	FS1	7,808
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 3 SNY					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 FS1/FS2					Semifinals Sunday, March 5 FS1					Championship Monday, March 6 FS1
						1	UConn	69
						9	Georgetown	39
	8	Butler	46
	9	Georgetown	53
											1	UConn	81
											5	Marquette	52
						4	St. John's	47
						5	Marquette	57
																1	UConn	67
																2	Villanova	56
						2	Villanova	71
						7	DePaul	70
	7	DePaul	67
	10	Providence	54
											2	Villanova	63
											3	Creighton	61
						3	Creighton	75*
						6	Seton Hall	74
	6	Seton Hall	84
	11	Xavier	58

Note: * denotes overtime