Big East 2026 College Basketball Conference Tournament Betting Preview

It’s major conference tournament week in college basketball and Selection Sunday is less than one week away on March 15. The 2026 NCAA Tournament begins next week and it’s the biggest betting event of the year. The Thursday through Sunday opening rounds of 64 and 32 is the biggest betting weekend of the year. But I’m providing major conference tournament coverage including the Big East 2026 event, Big 12 and Big Ten, ACC and SEC and West Coast and Mountain West in Las Vegas with college basketball conference tournament coverage and betting previews initially at OSGA.

Following many key games to finish the regular season in the power conferences, I continue full coverage of major college conference tournament action with schedules, updated game odds and stat profiles including KenPom rankings and NCAA Tournament projections. I’m adding the tournament schedules here along with selective picks, including in the Big East 2026 conference tournament. So check back daily as I update the round-by-round tournament results for the Big East 2026 college basketball event and all major conference tournaments.

It’s also one of the biggest weekend of the sports season in Las Vegas, where I’ll be watching the games at top sportsbooks. I provided a profiles of the top Las Vegas sportsbooks previously in Forbes, and another update and look at the Durango in SW Las Vegas – a fabulous newer Station Casino’s property with spectacular and special sportsbook and lounge.

Big East Tournament Odds

Leading Big East 2026 favorites and contenders to win the conference tournament. Odds subject to change, including on daily matchups, props and live/in-game betting. 

Listed in the table is each teams overall and conference records in conference tournament seed order, and offensive and defensive efficiency (OE, DE) ratings from KenPom. Also, the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) is a key advanced metric that measures a team’s or player’s efficiency, calculated as the difference between their Offensive Rating (points scored per 100 possessions) and Defensive Rating (points allowed per 100 possessions). It shows how much better or worse a team performs compared to opponents.

Team	Record	Odds	OE/DE	NET
St. John’s	25-8 / 18-2	+185	50 / 14	21
Connecticut	27-4 / 17-3	-115	28 / 11	9
Villanova	24-7 / 15-5	+700	40 / 32	33
Seton Hall	20-11 / 10-10	+1500	153 / 13	55
Creighton	15-16 / 9-11	+5000	68 / 99	81
DePaul	16-15 / 8-12	+12500	200 / 38	101
Marquette	12-19 / 7-13	+5000	127 / 46	91
Butler	16-15 / 7-13	+10000	74 / 114	82
Providence	14-17 / 7-13	+6600	37 / 187	83
Xavier	14-17 / 6-14	+20000	72 / 159	97
Georgetown	14-17 / 6-14	+20000	87 / 93	95

Some of the stats referenced at OSGA for the Big East 2026 tournament will be on winning teams, as those will be teams to follow in the NCAA Tournament and select other postseason tournaments including the National Invitational Tournament (NIT).

Big East Tournament Schedule

March 11-14, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
First Round: March 11
Quaterfinals: March 12
Semifinals: March 13
Finals: March 14 – 8:30pm ET on ESPN

Matchups and Odds

Wed., March 11

• Game 1: No. 8 Butler vs. No. 9 Providence (-1.5)
• Game 2: No. 7 Marquette (-4) vs. No. 10 Xavier
• Game 3: No. 6 DePaul vs. No. 11 Georgetown (pk)

Thurs., March 12 – Quarterfinals

• Game 4: No. 1 St. John’s (-11) vs. No. 9 Providence
• Game 5: No. 5 Creighton vs. No. 4 Seton Hall (-3)
• Game 6: No. 2 UCONN (-15.5) vs. No. 10 Xavier
• Game 7: No. 3 Villanova (-7.5) vs. No. 11 Georgetown

Fri., March 13 – Semifinals

• Game 8: St. John’s (-7.5) vs. Seton Hall
• Game 9: UCONN (-13.5) vs. Georgetown

Sat., March 14 – Championship, 6:30 p.m. ET on FOX

St. John’s vs. UCONN (-3) – St. John’s wins 72-52

Atlantic 10

Fri, March 13

• No. 1 St. Louis (-7) vs. No. 9 George Washington
• No. 4 Dayton (-7) vs. No. 13 St. Bonaventure
• No. 2 VCU (-9) vs. No. 7 Duquesne
• No. 3 St. Joe’s (-2) vs. No. 6 Davidson

Sat, March 14 – Semifinals

• St. Louis (-6) vs. Dayton
• VCU (-6.5) vs. St. Joe’s

Sun., March 15

• Dayton vs. VCU (-3.5) – VCU wins 70-62

Check back daily for college basketball and conference tournament updates including matchups, odds, stats and select picks with information you can bet on.