Big East 'Very Disappointed' Over Teams Left Out of 2024 NCAA Tournament Bracket

The Big East Conference has responded to its conference members' fate in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

A statement released on the conference's website congratulates the three members who did qualify for the postseason tournament and declares its respect for the governing body, but also expresses it's disappointment at several of its teams missing out on March Madness.

"We have great respect for the NCAA men's basketball committee and the time and effort that goes into selecting and seeding the teams for the NCAA tournament," the statement reads. "It is a very challenging job, and we have been advised that this year's upsets added to the complexity and contributed to the committee's final bracket selections. Given the high level of play in our league, we are understandably very disappointed that some worthy Big East teams were not selected to participate."

The conference went on to say it would be working with its members to best position itself for consideration in next year's tournament.

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The three teams that qualified from the conference are UConn, Marquette and Creighton. UConn won the conference tournament, winning the championship over Marquette. Creighton fell in the quarterfinal but entered as the No. 2 seed.

UConn earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, Marquette earned a No. 2 seed and Creighton earned a No. 3 seed. The notable teams not qualifying for the tournament were St. Johns, Providence and Seton Hall, who had net rankings No. 32, No. 57 and No. 67 respectively.

The three qualifying teams is the lowest number the conference has had since the conference split in 2013. This comes despite all six teams winning at least 20 games in 2023-24 and Providence upsetting Creighton in the conference tournament.

The first round of the NCAA tournament starts Thursday.