NEW YORK – For the 43rd consecutive season, the BIG EAST Conference will call Madison Square Garden home for its men's basketball tournament. Following an extremely high demand of school ticket orders, beginning Monday, Jan. 6, at Noon ET, a very limited number of all-session tickets for the 2025 BIG EAST Tournament Presented by Jeep will be on sale to the public at Ticketmaster.
The 2025 BIG EAST Tournament will be played March 12-15. Now in its fourth decade in New York City, the BIG EAST Tournament is college basketball's longest-running postseason basketball conference championship held at the same venue, dating to 1983. Last season's 2024 BIG EAST Tournament, won by UConn, was once again open to the public with each session selling out to 19,812 supporting fans.
A limited number of all-session tickets will be made available digitally and can be accessed via
http://www.ticketmaster.com/bigeast. Tickets can also be downloaded and managed in the MSG App. Fans can utilize the official Ticketmaster fan-to-fan resale marketplace if unable to attend a particular session.
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The 2025 BIG EAST Tournament will begin on Wednesday, March 12, with a first-round tripleheader. The No. 8 seed meets the No. 9 seed at 4 p.m. ET, followed by the No. 7 seed battling the No. 10 seed at 6:30 p.m. and the No. 6 seed playing the No. 11 seed at 9 p.m.
Thursday's quarterfinals on March 13 will continue the BIG EAST Tournament tradition of taking over Madison Square Garden for the entire day, electrifying the metro area college basketball community, as well as those coming from across the BIG EAST map. The afternoon doubleheader features the No. 1 seed facing the winner of Wednesday's 8-9 game, followed by a matchup of the No. 4 seed against the No. 5 seed. The evening doubleheader, which begins at 7 p.m., will pit the No. 2 seed against the winner of Wednesday's 7-10 game, followed by the No. 3 seed against the winner of Wednesday's 6-11 contest.
Friday's semifinal night will feature a battle between the winners of Thursday's afternoon sessions, with the first game tipping at 6:30 p.m. on FOX, followed by a nightcap at 9 p.m. ET on FOX, between the winners of the Thursday's night session.
FOX Sports, the conference’s television partner, will continue its coverage with FS1 televising the Thursday evening quarterfinals games, and the FOX broadcast network will then carry both semifinal games on Friday, as well as the championship game on Saturday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m. ET. Peacock will cover five early round and quarterfinal games.