Big East Record in NCAA Tournament (Updated After Round 1)

Few conferences wound up as more of a surprise than the Big East this college basketball season. UConn, coming off back-to-back national titles, has taken a sharp tumble back down to earth as Dan Hurley's sideline performances and clashes with fans caused more headlines than his team's play. Meanwhile, in Queens, St. John's has enjoyed an amazing, resurgent season under Rick Pitino and the Red Storm enter the NCAA tournament with all the momentum after winning the Big East tournament.

Overall the conference is fairly well-represented in this year's NCAA tournament, even if the number of schools invited may be upsettingly low to those who remember the glory days of Big East basketball. In total, five Big East teams will be playing in the biggest March Madness tournament of them all.

For those looking to keep track of how the Big East is doing, here's what the conference's record looks like in NCAA tournament play this year after Round 1.

Big East NCAA Tournament Record After Round 1

After the opening salvo of games, the Big East has a 4-2 record in the 2025 NCAA tournament. While only three teams made it to the second round of the tournament Xavier's first four win counts for the purposes of record-keeping.

Biggest Wins and Most Disappointing Losses

Creighton was the first Big East team to pull off an upset in this year's NCAA tournament, beating No. 8 Louisville in the first slate of matchups on Thursday. It was a dominant display of shooting from the Blue Jays, who hit 57.1% of their shots from the floor and a whopping 45.8% of their three-point attempts.

Their offensive dominance was matched by St. John's a few hours later in a 83-53 beatdown of Omaha.

And, despite all the noise around them this year, UConn managed to hang on and beat Oklahoma to continue their title defense in a victory that sent a message to their critics.

On the losing side, it was disappointing to see Xavier bow out to Illinois, but as a first four team it wasn't entirely unexpected. The Marquette loss, however, felt different. The Golden Eagles were upset by No. 10 New Mexico despite having a great shot to win for the entire game. A disappointing year for Marquette ends in a similar fashion.