2010 Big East men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams16
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsWest Virginia (1st title)
Winning coachBob Huggins (1st title)
MVPDa'Sean Butler (West Virginia)
TelevisionESPN
2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Syracuse153 .833305  .857
No. 6 West Virginia135 .722317  .816
No. 9 Villanova135 .722258  .758
No. 18 Pittsburgh135 .722259  .735
Marquette117 .6112212  .647
Louisville117 .6112013  .606
No. 14 Georgetown108 .5562311  .676
Notre Dame108 .5562312  .657
South Florida99 .5002013  .606
Seton Hall99 .5001913  .594
Cincinnati711 .3891916  .543
Connecticut711 .3891816  .529
St. John's612 .3331716  .515
Rutgers513 .2781517  .469
Providence414 .2221219  .387
DePaul117 .056823  .258
2010 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place in March 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 60–58 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was West Virginia's first Big East tournament championship. This was the second 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.[2]

Seeds

2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker[3]
1. ‡†Syracuse 15–3 28–3
2. Pittsburgh 13–5 24–7 2–1 vs. WVU/NOVA
3. West Virginia 13–5 24–6 2–2 vs. PITT/NOVA
4. Villanova 13–5 24–6 1–2 vs. PITT/WVU
5. #Marquette 11–7 20–10 1–0 vs. LOU
6. #Louisville 11–7 20–11 0–1 vs. MARQ
7. #Notre Dame 10–8 21–10 1–0 vs. GTWN
8. #Georgetown 10–8 20–9 0–1 vs. ND
9. South Florida 9–9 19–11 1–0 vs. HALL
10. Seton Hall 9–9 18–11 0–1 vs. USF
11. Cincinnati 7–11 16–14 2–0 vs. CONN
12. Connecticut 7–11 17–14 0–2 vs. CIN
13. St. John's 6–12 16–14
14. Rutgers 5–13 15–16
15. Providence 4–14 12–18
16. DePaul 1–17 8–22
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.[4]
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.

First round
Tuesday, March 9
Second round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Championship
Saturday, March 13
1#3 Syracuse84
8#22 Georgetown698#22 Georgetown91
9South Florida589South Florida498#22 Georgetown80
16DePaul495Marquette57
4#10 Villanova76
5Marquette575Marquette80
12Connecticut5113St. John's558#22 Georgetown58
13St. John's733#7 West Virginia60
2#16 Pittsburgh45
7Notre Dame687Notre Dame50
10Seton Hall10910Seton Hall567Notre Dame51
15Providence1063#7 West Virginia53
3#7 West Virginia54
6Louisville6611Cincinnati51
11Cincinnati6911Cincinnati69
14Rutgers68

First round

espn2
March 9
2:30 pm ET
(13) St. John's 73, (12) Connecticut 51
Scoring by half: 35–22, 38–29
Pts: Sean Evans 19
Rebs: Sean Evans 10
Asts: Malik Boothe 9
Blocks: Justin Brownlee 4
Pts: Kemba Walker 12
Rebs: Stanley Robinson 8
Asts: Kemba Walker 4
Blocks: Ater Majok 3
Madison Square Garden
Attendance: 19,375
Referees: Karl Hess, Brian O'Connell, Karl Walton

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Broadcasters

Television

Radio

Local Radio

Teams Flagship station Play-by-play Analyst
Connecticut WTIC–AM Joe D'Ambrosio Wayne Norman

See also

References

  1. "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.
  2. "16-Team Men's Championship Format" (PDF) (Press release). Big East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  3. "Tie Breaking Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  4. "Orange top Red Storm to win Big East title outright for second time". ESPN.com. Published 03-02-2010. Retrieved 03-02-2010.
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