2010 Big East men's basketball tournament

2010 Big East men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	16
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	West Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Huggins (1st title)
MVP	Da'Sean Butler (West Virginia)
Television	ESPN
Big East men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Syracuse	15	–	3		.833			30	–	5		.857
No. 6 West Virginia †	13	–	5		.722			31	–	7		.816
No. 9 Villanova	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
No. 18 Pittsburgh	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Marquette	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Louisville	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
No. 14 Georgetown	10	–	8		.556			23	–	11		.676
Notre Dame	10	–	8		.556			23	–	12		.657
South Florida	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Seton Hall	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Cincinnati	7	–	11		.389			19	–	16		.543
Connecticut	7	–	11		.389			18	–	16		.529
St. John's	6	–	12		.333			17	–	16		.515
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Providence	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
DePaul	1	–	17		.056			8	–	23		.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 Syracuse	84
						8	#22 Georgetown	69			8	#22 Georgetown	91
	9	South Florida	58			9	South Florida	49								8	#22 Georgetown	80
	16	DePaul	49													5	Marquette	57
											4	#10 Villanova	76
						5	Marquette	57			5	Marquette	80
	12	Connecticut	51			13	St. John's	55													8	#22 Georgetown	58
	13	St. John's	73																		3	#7 West Virginia	60
											2	#16 Pittsburgh	45
						7	Notre Dame	68			7	Notre Dame	50
	10	Seton Hall	109			10	Seton Hall	56								7	Notre Dame	51
	15	Providence	106													3	#7 West Virginia	53
											3	#7 West Virginia	54
						6	Louisville	66			11	Cincinnati	51
	11	Cincinnati	69			11	Cincinnati	69
	14	Rutgers	68

First round

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March 9 2:30 pm ET

Recap

(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

• 2010 Big East women's basketball tournament

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.