I’m not really sure why the Big East waited until the final games of the 2025 volleyball season were played before announcing the conference tournament seeding. None of Sunday’s games had any impact on the standings, as Creighton had clinched the outright title with a win on Saturday, and Villanova had also done the same with the No. 3 seed in its final on Saturday.
But that’s what they did, and now we know the schedule of events at Milwaukee’s McGuire Center next weekend.
Creighton is the regular season champion after going 16-0 in league play this season. They clinched the overall title on Saturday with a victory over Seton Hall. They had to go until the end of the season to do that, as Xavier was sitting with a loss until Marquette earned a 3-1 victory over the Musketeers on Sunday. The Musketeers had long since clinched one of the top two spots in the conference tournament, as both Marquette and Villanova entered the final weekend of the regular season with five losses and XU didn’t get its second league loss until Marquette handed it to them on Sunday.
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Marquette and Villanova had five losses by the end of the season and both teams had two wins on the final weekend of the regular season. That keeps them tied for third place at 11-5, but because the Wildcats scored a 3-1 victory at Jake Nevin Fieldhouse on Oct. 25, the only meeting between the two teams, that gives VU the No. 3 seed and makes Marquette No. 4 as it hosts the tournament. Fourth of four may not be where head coach Tom Mendoza wanted to finish this season, but it’s definitely better than finishing fifth and missing the tournament MU hosts.
#1 Creighton and #4 Marquette will collide in the first of two semifinal games, because of course they will. Why have the home team in the second half of the doubleheader when maybe that means fans of the home team filtering in during the first game when you can guarantee that many of them will simply leave after their team finishes playing? In any case, that game is scheduled for noon Central Time on Saturday, November 22. Xavier #2 will face Villanova #3 in the second semifinal, which is scheduled for 2:30 pm central time.
The winners advance to Sunday’s Big East championship game, which is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN2. A win over Creighton after taking the Bluejays to five sets in Omaha would be a great outcome for Marquette relative to its NCAA Tournament profile, but I know the Marquette/Creighton history, so let’s just say I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for that win on Saturday.
2025 Big East Volleyball Conference Tournament
Semifinals
Match #1: Marquette vs Creighton, noon central, ESPN+
Match #2: Villanova vs Xavier, 2:30 p.m. Central, ESPN+
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Championship
Winner #1 vs Winner #2, 2pm Central, ESPN2
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