MILWAUKEE – The 2017 BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by Jeep tips off on Saturday at Marquette’s Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Postseason play begins with first-round action as seventh-seeded Xavier faces 10th-seeded Butler at 4 p.m. (CT), followed by eighth-seeded Seton Hall against ninth-seeded Providence at 6:30 p.m. Both games will stream live on the BIG EAST Digital Network.
The Musketeers, Pirates and Friars finished the regular season in a tie for seventh place with matching 4-14 BIG EAST marks. Xavier came out on top of the mini-conference with a 3-1 record against The Hall and PC, followed by SHU’s 2-2 mark and Providence’s 1-3 slate.