2014 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2014 Big East Championship, was the 35th overall edition of the Big East Women's Basketball Tournament, but the first of the current Big East Conference. It determined the recipient of the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

2014 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	10
Site	McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL
Finals site	Allstate Arena Rosemont,IL
Champions	DePaul (1st title)
Winning coach	Doug Bruno (1st title)
MVP	Jasmine Penny (DePaul)
Television	FS1
Big East Women's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 23 DePaul†	15	–	3		.833			29	–	7		.806
St. John's	13	–	5		.722			23	–	11		.676
Creighton	12	–	6		.667			20	–	14		.588
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Marquette	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Butler	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	8	–	10		.444			20	–	14		.588
Georgetown	4	–	14		.222			11	–	21		.344
Xavier	3	–	15		.167			8	–	23		.258
Providence	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2014 Big East Basketball Tournament winner As of March 11, 2014; Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2013 tournament was the last tournament for the Big East in its original form. Following a prolonged period of turnover in the conference membership, culminating in a split of the conference along football lines effective in July 2013, the Big East name was assumed by the seven schools of the original Big East that do not sponsor FBS football (a group colloquially called either the "Basketball 7" or the "Catholic 7"). The new Big East tournament was hosted by DePaul University, with the First Round taking place on the school's Chicago campus at McGrath-Phillips Arena while the quarterfinals through the finals took place at Allstate Arena in suburban Rosemont. The semifinals and the championship aired nationwide on Fox Sports 1. The FBS schools of the old Big East retained the original conference structure with a new name, American Athletic Conference.

Seeds

2014 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	DePaul	15-3	24-6
2	St. John's	13-5	20-9
3	Creighton	12-6	18-12	1-1 vs. DePaul
4	Villanova	12-6	22-7	0-2 vs DePaul
5	Marquette	11-7	20-9
6	Butler	10-8	15-14
7	Seton Hall	8-10	17-12
8	Georgetown	4-14	10-20
9	Xavier	3-15	8-22
10	Providence	2-16	7-22
‡ – 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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Saturday, March 8
1	5:00 PM	#7 Seton Hall vs #10 Providence
2	7:30 PM	#8 Georgetown vs #9 Xavier
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 9
3	1:00 PM	#2 St John's vs Game 1 Winner
4	3:30 PM	#3 Creighton vs #6 Butler
5	7:00 PM	#1 DePaul vs Game 2 Winner
6	9:30 PM	#4 Villanova vs #5 Marquette
Semifinals – Monday, March 10
7	4:00 PM	#2 St John's vs #3 Creighton	FS1
8	6:30 PM	#1 DePaul vs #5 Marquette	FS1
Championship – Tuesday, March 11
9	8:00 PM	#1 DePaul vs #2 St John's	FS1
*Game Times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Opening Round March 8, 2014					Quarterfinals March 9, 2014					Semifinals March 10, 2014					Championship March 11, 2014
						1	DePaul	78
						8	Georgetown	54
	8	Georgetown	56
	9	Xavier	37
											1	DePaul	100
										5	Marquette	90
						4	Villanova	53
						5	Marquette	56
																1	DePaul	65
																2	St. John's	57
						2	St. John's	66
						7	Seton Hall	60
	7	Seton Hall	88
	10	Providence	79
											2	St. John's	68
										3	Creighton	63^2OT
						3	Creighton	61
						6	Butler	52

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.

External links

• Big East website