Big East Conference men's soccer tournament explained

The Big East Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The single-elimination tournament has been held every year since the Big East Conference realignment in 2013. In 2023, the tournament expanded from six to eight teams, coinciding with the Big East adding Akron as a single-sport member and increasing its men's soccer lineup to 12 teams.

The conference has split into East and Midwest divisions for scheduling purposes, although it will maintain a single league table. Seeding for the tournament is based on regular season conference records. The team with the best overall conference record will earn the top seed; the second seed will be the team from the opposite division with the best conference record.

All remaining seeds will be based on the overall conference table. With the expansion to an eight-team bracket, byes have been eliminated; instead, the top four seeds will host quarterfinal matches, with the survivors advancing to a predetermined site for the semifinals and final.^[1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

With five titles, Georgetown has the most Big East tournament titles in the current iteration of the Big East Conference.

Champions

The following is a list of Big East Conference Tournament winners:

Finals

Sources:^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

width= px style=""	Year	width= 100px style=""	Champion	width= px style=""	Score	width= px style=""	Runner-up	width= px style=""	Most Outstanding Players	width= px style=""	Stadium	width= px style=""	City	width= px style=""		width= px style=""	Season Champion	width= px style=""	Teams qualified to NCAA tournament
2013	Marquette	3–2	Providence	Axel Sjoberg (D) Adam Lysak (O) (Marquette)		Chester, PA	506
2014	Providence	2–1	Xavier	Brandon Adler (D) Markus Naglestad (O) (Providence)		Chester, PA	383	Creighton	Creighton, Georgetown, Providence, Xavier
2015	Georgetown	2–1	Creighton	Joshua Yaro (D) Brandon Allen (O) (Georgetown)	Shaw Field	Washington DC	1,541	Georgetown	Georgetown, Creighton
2016	Butler	2–1	Creighton	Eric Dick (D) David Goldsmith (O) (Butler)		Indianapolis, IN	1,443	Providence	Butler, Providence, Creighton, Villanova
2017	Georgetown	2–1	Xavier	JT Marcinkowski (D)	Shaw Field	Washington DC		Butler	Butler, Georgetown
2018	Georgetown	2–0	Marquette	Brendan McDonough (D) Ethan Lochner (O) (Georgetown)	Shaw Field	Washington, DC	1,641	Creighton	Georgetown
2019	Georgetown	3–1	Providence	Jack Beer (D) Dylan Nealis (O) (Georgetown)	Shaw Field	Washington DC	1,031	Georgetown	Butler, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's
2020	Seton Hall	2–1	Georgetown	Maurice Williams (D) Mattias Sundell (O) (Seton Hall)	Shaw Field	Washington DC	0	Georgetown	Georgetown, Marquette, Seton Hall
2021	Georgetown	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Providence	Stefan Stojanovic (O) Giannis Nikopolidis (D) (Georgetown)	Shaw Field	Washington DC	1,567	Georgetown	Georgetown, Providence, St. John's, Villanova, Creighton
2022	Creighton	3–0	Georgetown	Duncan McGuire (O) Paul Kruse (D) /Creighton)		Boys, MD	3,530	Georgetown	Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall
2023		0–0		Taylor Rhinehart (O) Johnny Mennell (D)	SoccerPlex	Boyds, MD	4,405		,

Notes

By school

width= 120px style=""	School	width= px style=""	Titles	width= px style=""	Title Years	width= px style=""		width= px style=""	Last	width= px style=""	W	width= px style=""	L	width= px style=""	T	width= px style=""	Pct.
Akron	0	—	2	2024	1	1	0
Butler	1	2016	6	2022	5	2	3
Creighton	1	2022	10	2023	6	8	1
Connecticut	0	—	29	2023	33	20	3
DePaul	0	—	8	2016	3	6	3
Georgetown	5	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021	29	2023	22	21	7
Marquette	1	2013	9	2020	4	8	2
Providence	1	2014	22	2023	18	19	6
St. John's	0	—	29	2023	35	19	4
Seton Hall	1	2020	24	2023	15	16	6
Villanova	0	—	14	2016	3	13	3
Xavier	1		8	2023	5	6	3

• Titles listed are only from the 2013 season onward. Team records include all years as noted in the Big East Conference Record Book.^[9]

Notes and References

1. BIG EAST Releases 2023-24 Olympic Sports Championship and Fall Television Schedule . Big East Conference . August 16, 2023 . August 26, 2023.
2. Web site: Men's Soccer - Composite Schedule.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106122429/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/stats/2013-2014/confstat.html . 2014-11-06 . dead .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201235219/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/111713aaa.html . 2014-12-01 . dead .
5. [2013 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament]
6. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418205522/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111614aab.html . 2015-04-18 . dead .
7. Web site: Georgetown Men's Soccer Wins First-Ever BIG EAST Championship Title.
8. Web site: Butler Wins BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship Title.
9. Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Record Book. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. 18. June 21, 2023.