2010 Big East men's basketball tournament

2010 Big East men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams16
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsWest Virginia (1st title)
Winning coachBob Huggins (1st title)
MVPDa'Sean Butler (West Virginia)
TelevisionESPN
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2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
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]

  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.

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