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Big East Tournament Odds: St. John's the Favorite

C Jackson Cowart

Last Updated: March 14, 2025 10:35 AM EDT • 1 min 40 sec read.

Big East tournament odds
Pictured: Saint John's head coach Rick Pitino reacts against the Villanova Wildcats in the second half at William B. Finneran Pavilion. Photo by: Kyle Ross via Imagn Images

St. John's remains the betting favorite to win the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Big East Tournament odds show the Red Storm with a +120 price. UConn (+280) and Creighton (+380) are also firmly in the mix.

The Big East Tournament began Wednesday afternoon and will climax with the tournament title game on Saturday. 

Big East Tournament odds

Our best March Madness betting sites have posted Big East Tournament odds. St. John's opened as the favorite at +140.

Big East Tournament opening odds

Here is a look at what Big East Tournament opening odds looked like.

  • St. John's (+140)
  • Creighton (+390)
  • UConn (+450)
  • Marquette (+600)
  • Xavier (+1000)
  • Villanova (+1200)
  • Butler (+10000)
  • Georgetown (+10000)
  • Providence (+13000)
  • DePaul (+25000)
  • Seton Hall (+25000)

Big East Tournament betting information

Here is a look at Big East Tournament betting information. 

  • The highest ticket percentage is Xavier at 49%
  • The highest handle percentage is UConn at 53.9%
  • St. John's, the favorite, is garnering 6.9% of ticket percentage and 3.2% of the handlw

Opening Big East basketball regular-season odds

Below is a look at opening Big East basketball odds for the regular season. St. John's bettors cashed.

  • UConn (+150)
  • Creighton (+350)
  • St. John's (+500)
  • Marquette (+800)
  • Seton Hall (+1200)
  • Villanova (+1400)
  • Xavier (+1400)
  • Providence (+2000)
  • Butler (+4000)
  • Georgetown (+10000)
  • DePaul (+15000)

Big East basketball winners history

YearRegular seasonTournament
2024-25St. John's N/A
2023-24UConnUConn
2022-23MarquetteMarquette
2021-22ProvidenceVillanova
2020-21VillanovaGeorgetown
2019-20Villanova, Seton Hall, CreightonCancelled
2018-19VillanovaVillanova
2017-18XavierVillanova
2016-17VillanovaVillanova
2015-16VillanovaSeton Hall
2014-15VillanovaVillanova

Big East basketball FAQs

Who is the 2025 Big East Tournament favorite? 

St. John's is the favorite to win the Big East Tournament at +120, which leads to an implied probability of 45.4%.

When is the Big East Tournament?

The 2025 Big East tournament will take place at Madison Square Garden from March 12 to March 15.

Who won the Big East regular season title this year?

St. John's won the Big East regular-season title.

Who won last year's Big East Tournament?

UConn won last year's Big East Tournament, beating Marquette in the final to cash as the tournament favorite. The Huskies' best odds were +135 entering the tourney, which implied a probability of 42.55%, according to our odds converter.  

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C Jackson Cowart
C Jackson Cowart is a publishing editor and lead writer for Sportsbook Review. An award-winning writer, reporter, and editor with a decade of sports media experience, "C-Jax" has worked with ESPN, Forbes, theScore, and various daily newspapers before joining the Sportsbook Review team. He's a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he served as a beat writer for the Tar Heels' championship run through the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2017. Jackson has spent the last five years covering sports betting as a predictive analyst, features writer, and industry reporter. Since joining the team in 2023, he's played a key role in Sportsbook Review's coverage of the Super Bowl, March Madness, and NBA playoffs while serving as the lead writer for the growing WNBA and NASCAR betting scenes. Though he's cashed some big bets over the years -- including Lamar Jackson to win MVP (twice) -- he's still haunted by enough second-place bet slips to wallpaper his home office. While Jackson is a committed "process over results" bettor with a keen eye for advanced stats and subtle bias in futures markets, he also embraces sports betting as a vehicle for entertainment and personal investment. He's written about everything from hot dogs to groundhogs and still hasn't forgiven his "inside source" for a sabotaged bet on the Gatorade color in Super Bowl LV.