2009 Big East women's basketball tournament
The 2009 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2009 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The Connecticut Huskies defeated the Louisville Cardinals 75-36 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament. This was the first Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.
Bracket
| First round Friday, March 6 | Second round Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Monday, March 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Syracuse | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | St. John's | 63 | 13 | St. John's | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Marquette | 54 | 1 | Connecticut | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Cincinnati | 60OT | 16 | Cincinnati | 58 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Florida | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | South Florida | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| First round Friday, March 6 | Second round Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 | Semifinals Monday, March 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Georgetown | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Seton Hall | 70 | 15 | Seton Hall | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rutgers | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rutgers | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisville | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Louisville | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | West Virginia | 53 | 3 | Pittsburgh | 63 | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Providence | 48 | 11 | West Virginia | 72 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | DePaul | 75OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | DePaul | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
Championship Game
| Big East tournament Final Saturday, March 14 | ||||
| 1 | Connecticut | 75 | ||
| 2 | Louisville | 36 | ||
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