Last season, the team that won the national championship in college basketball came from the Big East, as the UConn Huskies cut down the nets at the end of March Madness. This year, the Huskies will face plenty of competition from the rest of one of college basketball’s most historically respected conferences. Here, we look at the college basketball betting markets to win the Big East and break down which teams are true contenders to win the Big East basketball tournament.
Big East Conference Betting Odds
Big East Basketball Futures Betting Outlook
UConn has locked up the Big East regular season championship for the 2023-24 season. The Huskies have just a couple of conference losses on their resume this season, with their combination of size and shooting making them tough for most of this conference to figure out.
Looking forward to the Big East tournament, UConn is the favorite there as well. But Marquette and Creighton could both do enough to win the conference tournament themselves. Creighton crushed UConn in their last meeting in Omaha and could be a threat to them in a neutral site scenario as well. But Creighton’s inconsistency after beating UConn is a concern as conference tournament time nears.
As for Marquette, they won the Big East tournament in 2023, which was their first-ever Big East tournament title despite all of their time in this league. They have a downright dangerous guard to lead them into this tournament in Tyler Kolek. There are injury concerns for Kolek going into the Big East tournament, but if he can play, Marquette will be very dangerous.
There will always be questions about how Marquette will handle the bigs of UConn, even if we saw the Golden Eagles cut down the nets at Madison Square Garden just a year ago. That is less of a concern for Creighton, who have Ryan Kalkbrenner to go toe-to-toe with Donovan Clingan in the paint. In any case, this will be an exciting three-team race for the conference title.
Big East Conference History
The first Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament took place in 1980. Since then, the conference has gone through many changes with the most notable one coming a few years ago when it was split into the “new” Big East and the AAC. As it stands, the Big East has 11 teams in it who play a regular-season schedule before competing in the Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament.
As with the other conference tournaments, the winner of the Big East tournament wins their spot in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament. Georgetown and UConn pace the Big East with seven conference championships each while Villanova has five.
In 2023, the Big East got its latest national championship as a conference, as UConn won the NCAA Tournament. They will look to replicate that result this season, but they will face stern competition from the rest of this league first.
Other College Basketball Conference Odds
- AAC Conference
- ACC Conference
- A-10 Conference
- Big 10 Conference
- Big 12 Conference
- SEC Conference
- Pac-12 Conference
- Mountain West Conference
- West Coast Conference
Win Count All-Time in The Big East Tournament
| Wins | Big East Team | Last Yr Won |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Connecticut | 2011 |
| 7 | Georgetown | 2007 |
| 6 | Villanova | 2021 |
| 5 | Syracuse | 2006 |
| 3 | Seton Hall | 2016 |
| 3 | Louisville | 2013 |
| 3 | St. John’s | 2000 |
| 1 | Marquette | 2023 |
| 1 | Providence | 2022 |
