Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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The Villanova Wildcats took the 2022 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament as the +120 favorites, in what would end up being Jay Wright's last tournament coaching the prestigious program.

Year	Winner
2022	Villanova
2021	Georgetown
2020	Postponed
2019	Villanova
2018	Villanova
2017	Villanova
2016	Seton Hall
2015	Villanova
2014	Providence
2013	Louisville
2012	Louisville
2011	UConn
2010	West Virginia
2009	Louisville
2008	Pittsburgh
2007	Georgetown
2006	Syracuse
2005	Syracuse
2004	UConn
2003	Pittsburgh
2002	UConn
2001	Boston College
2000	St. John's
1999	UConn
1998	UConn

BIG EAST TOURNAMENT HISTORICAL TRENDS

-- Villanova has won five of the last seven Big East tournaments.

-- The last 10th seed to win an opening round game was Creighton, back in 2015 when the Bluejays knocked off DePaul, 78-63 as 3.5-point favorites.

-- The last time a top seed lost its opening game was Villanova in 2014 as the Wildcats were tripped up by Seton Hall, 64-63 as 10.5-point favorites

-- The five current Big East teams that have never won this tournament are Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Marquette, and Xavier. Two of those teams reached the title game before falling short as Xavier lost in 2015, while Creighton fell in both 2014 and 2017.

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