NEW YORK - The 2018 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament celebrates its 36th year at Madison Square Garden from Wednesday, March 7 through Championship Saturday, March 10. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 29, all-session tickets to this year's tournament are on sale through
www.bigeast.com/mbbtickets.
The BIG EAST Tournament presented by Jeep is college basketball's longest-running postseason basketball conference championship held at the same venue. The 2017-18 season is well underway with conference play tipping off on Wednesday, Dec. 27. Follow, Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier as they start the
#MarchToMSG, where the champion will be crowned.
Wednesday's first-round matches will feature the No. 8 vs. No. 9 seed at 7 p.m. ET and the No. 7 vs. No. 10 seed in the nightcap of the doubleheader. Thursday will feature Wednesday's winners and a full day of basketball with doubleheaders starting at noon and 7 p.m. Friday's semifinals will start at 6:30 p.m. where Thursday's afternoon winners will face off. The 9 p.m. semifinal will feature Thursday's evening winners.
The BIG EAST Tournament champion will be crowned on Saturday as the semifinal winners tip off at 6:30 p.m. The winner will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The FOX broadcast network will carry the Championship game at 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 10. All other rounds will be telecast on FS1.
For more information on the BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament presented by Jeep, visit the
Championship Central page.
2018 BIG EAST Men's Basketball Tournament
Presented By Jeep
First Round - Wednesday, March 7 - FS1
No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed, 7 p.m.
(Session I)
No. 7 seed vs. No. 10 seed, 9:30 p.m.
(Session I)
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 8 - FS1
No. 8/9 Winner vs. No. 1 seed, 12 p.m.
(Session 2)
No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed, 2:30 p.m.
(Session 2)
No. 7/10 Winner vs. No. 2 seed, 7 p.m.
(Session 3)
No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed, 9:30 p.m.
(Session 3)
Semifinals - Friday, March 9 - FS1
Session 2 Winners, 6:30 p.m.
(Session 4)
Session 3 Winners, 9 p.m.
(Session 4)
Finals - Saturday, March 10 - FOX
Semifinal Winners, 6:30 p.m.
(Session 5)
All times listed are Eastern.