The Huskies earned the No. 2 seed in the league tournament after an excellent regular season.
The University of Connecticut men's basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Big East Conference Tournament after going an impressive 27-4 in the regular season and 17-3 in the conference slate.
Though the season as a whole was solid, the Huskies ended it on a sour note, losing 68-62 against Marquette on Saturday afternoon. St. John's earned the No. 1 seed with an 18-2 league record.
The Big East tournament begins on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The bracket was released at the conclusion of the league season on Saturday night.
Here's what you need to know.
How the tournament works
All 11 teams make the league tournament. The No. 8 seed plays the No. 9 seed on Wednesday while the No. 10 seed plays the No. 7. The No. 6 seed plays the No. 11.
The winners from those games advance to the Thursday games, with the No. 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the No. 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 matchup. The No. 3 takes on the winner of the 6/11 game and the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds play each other.
UConn Huskies forward Alex Karaban (11) has a moment on the court with head coach Dan Hurley after defeating the Seton Hall Pirates at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. David Butler II-Imagn ImagesThe semifinals are on Friday while the finals are on March 14 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The title game will air on FOX while games throughout the tournament will air on Peacock, NBC Sports Network and FS1. We'll have specific coverage of UConn's games in advance of the tournament.
The bracket
As mentioned above, St. John's is the No. 1 seed while UConn is the No. 2. Villanova is the No. 3 and Seton Hall is the No. 4. Creighton earned the No. 5 seed while DePaul is the No. 6. Marquette is the No. 7, Butler is the No. 8, Providence is the No. 9 and Xavier is the No. 10. Georgetown received the last seed.
UConn will play the winner of Xavier and Marquette on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. ET.
Also on campus
--The UConn women's basketball team dominated Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament on Saturday afternoon. The 32-0 Huskies will advance to Sunday's semifinal where they will play Creighton at 2:30 p.m. ET.
In addition to beating the Hoyas, the Huskies wrapped up a number of league accolades earlier this week.
The Huskies remain the heavy favorite to win their second consecutive national title.
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