Fans everywhere want to get Big East Tournament tickets to see the tournament that determines the Big East Conference champion. Being the Big East Conference Champions is good enough alone, but the winner of the conference also gets the Big East’s automatic bid to sell NCAA Tournament tickets. The Big East Tournament is among the most exiting in sports and getting tickets is always a big deal for fans.

Since 1983, the Big East tournament has been played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Big East Tournament is the longest running conference tournament at any one site in all of college basketball. The Big East Tournament has taken place at Madison Square Garden in New York City since 1983. The Big East Tournament has been played every year since 1980, but prior to moving to MSG it was hosted at the Providence Civic Center in Rhode Island, the Carrier Dome in Syracuse and at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford.

Since 2009, the Big East Tournament has been a bit different, with all teams in the conference getting the chance to play. Before the change, the top 12 teams were the only ones eligible to compete in the Big East Conference Tournament. As of 2009 all the 16 college basketball teams in the Big East play in the tournament, meaning that any team has the chance to win it all. With so much excitement available Big East tickets are among the hottest conference tournament tickets there are in all of NCAA college basketball.

The teams that finish 1-4 in the final Big East standings get to stay out of competition until the quarterfinals. Teams 5- 8 join the action in the second round, while the teams that end up 9 – 16 play the full Big East Tournament. That means there are going to be 16 Big East teams trying to get to the top, and fans of all 16 will want Big East Tournament tickets.

The single-elimination tournament has seen some incredible games, perhaps none more memorable than last year’s epic six-overtime UConnn Syracuse match that lasted more than 4 hours. The defending Big East Conference champion Louisville Cardinals will be doing their best to defend their title. The Georgetown Hoyas lead in total Big East Tournament title with seven.

The 16 teams in the Big East are:

Syracuse	Louisville
Marquette	UConn
Pitt	Georgetown
Villanova	DePaul
WVU	Notre Dame
Cincinnati	Providence
St. John’s	Seton Hall
Rutgers	South Florida