Venue: Wintrust Arena
Location: Chicago, Ill.
2019 Winner: DePaul Blue Demons
2019 Runner-Up: Marquette Golden Eagles
The Big East Women’s Basketball Championship is the year-end tournament for the Big East conference women’s basketball. Consisting of 10 teams, the Big East conference features schools from across the Midwest and East Coast regions of the United States. After a long regular season that begins every autumn, the conference tournament occurs in March at a neutral site. In recent years, Chicago’s
Wintrust Arena
, home of the DePaul Blue Demons, has been the host. All 10 teams in the Big East will participate in the tournament, but the lowest seeds will require an extra win to get to the quarterfinals. The Big East Women’s Basketball Championship games take place in early March and are an exciting start to an entire month of March Madness. The Big East is one of the best women’s basketball conferences in the nation, and Wintrust Arena is an impressive new venue. Check at StubHub for tickets to view each session of the Big East Women’s Basketball Championship at Wintrust Arena.
The Big East Women’s Basketball Championship is divided into five separate sessions. Session 1 will consist of matchups among seeds No. 7 versus No. 10 and No. 8 versus No. 9. The quarterfinals make up sessions 2 and 3 and feature the winners from the first round along with the top six seeds from the conference. Session 4 is the semifinals, showcasing the last four teams fighting to get to the championship. Finally, session 5 is the Big East Women’s Basketball Championship game, and the winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
While the final championship game is a standalone event, the rest of the tickets for the Big East Women’s Basketball Championship will include two games. The first round, quarterfinals and semifinals all consist of two games per session. These sessions will start anywhere from early afternoon to later at night, with the second day being particularly busy due to the quarterfinals.
Fans can buy a ticket for each individual session or buy an all-session pass that can be used every day. Sessions start at various times throughout the tournament and are priced individually. Big East Women’s Basketball Championship tickets will mostly be located on the 100 level of Wintrust Arena, but courtside seating will be available as well. Wintrust Arena is a brand-new venue with several exciting seating options.
Every Big East women’s basketball team will be participating in the tournament. This includes the
Butler Bulldogs
,
Creighton Bluejays
,
DePaul Blue Demons
,
Georgetown Hoyas
,
Marquette Golden Eagles
,
Providence Friars
,
Seton Hall Pirates
,
St. John’s Red Storm
,
Villanova Wildcats
and
Xavier Musketeers
. The Big East, at one time, included 16 teams but whittled down as six teams moved to other conferences.
While the University of Connecticut and head coach Geno Auriemma had a dominant run that spread across several decades, including winning nine consecutive championships, other Big East teams have taken the spotlight in recent years since Connecticut is no longer part of the conference. DePaul and long-tenured coach Doug Bruno have won four recent championships in their hometown of Chicago in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. Other recent winners include Marquette in 2017 and St. John’s in 2016.