The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
Xavier finished as tournament champions after defeating Georgetown in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.
[2][3] This was the first Big East title in program history for Xavier, and the first for head coach John Higgins.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds of the tournament as Creighton and Akron both finished with eleven conference regular season points.
Creighton earned the sixth seed by virtue of a 3–2 regular season win over Akron on October 18.