2025 Big East Tournament Predictions: Who Wins Every Game & the Championship?

Originally posted on College Football News
By Pete Fiutak | Last updated Mar 10, 2025 3:05 AM ET

Granted, Georgetown and Villanova have to be amazing, and Syracuse has to come back, for the Big East Tournament to be able to party like it was 1985 again, but ...

Let's do this.

The problem is that the Big East isn't all that great ... yet. UConn has slipped - but no one will want anything to do with this team in two weeks - Villanova is meh, and half of the league is awful.

It's the Big East Tournament, it's Madison Square Garden, and St. John's is really good. This will be a blast.

Here are our first-look/first-thought predictions on every Big East Tournament game - we'll come out with the game scores and deeper-dive game previews this week.

Predicting Every 2025 Big East Tournament Game

Big East Tournament First Round Predictions

Wednesday, March 12

(9) Butler vs (8) Providence
4:00 pm, Peacock
First Thought Prediction: Butler

(10) DePaul vs (7) Georgetown
6:30 pm, Peacock
First Thought Prediction: Georgetown

(11) Seton Hall vs (6) Villanova
9:00 pm, Peacock
First Thought Prediction: Villanova

Big East Tournament Quarterfinals Predictions

Thursday, March 13

Butler or Providence vs (1) St. John's
12:00 pm, Peacock
First Thought Prediction: St. John's

(5) Marquette vs (4) Xavier
2:30 pm, Peacock
First Thought Prediction: Marquette

DePaul or Georgetown vs (2) Creighton
7:00 pm, FS1
First Thought Prediction: Creighton

Seton Hall or Villanova vs (3) UConn
9:30 om, FS1
First Thought Prediction: UConn

Big East Tournament Semifinals Predictions

Friday, March 14
Based on predictions from the first two rounds - these aren’t the actual matchups yet

(5) Marquette vs (1) St. John's
6:30 pm, FOX
First Thought Prediction: St. John's

(3) UConn vs (2) Creighton
9:00 pm, FOX
First Thought Prediction: UConn

Big East Tournament Championship Prediction

Saturday, March 15

(3) UConn vs (1) St. John's
6:30 pm, FOX
First Thought Prediction: UConn

Conference Tournament Predictions
ACC | Big East | Big Ten
Big 12 | Mountain West | SEC