2010 Big East Women 's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2010 at the XL Center in Hartford , Connecticut . The winner will receive the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament . This was the second consecutive year 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
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2010 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament