2009 Big East men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2009 Big East I Men's 16 Madison Square Garden New York City Louisville 1st Rick Pitino 1st Jonny Flynn Syracuse Eric Devendorf Syracuse 84 ESPN The 2009 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place in March 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Syracuse Orange 76–66 in the tournament finals to earn the Big East tournament championship for the first time, and received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament. This was the first 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.http://www.bigeast.org/pdf2/94777.pdf 16-Team Men's Championship Format 2009-03-13 PDF Big East Conference https://web.archive.org/web/20090206113521/http://bigeast.org/pdf2/94777.pdf 2009-02-06 dead The tournament featured a conference record six-overtime quarterfinals game (the second longest game in NCAA history) in which Syracuse defeated UConn 127–117.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290710041 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011206/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290710041 dead December 13, 2017 Syracuse survives longest game in Big East history with epic win over UConn 2009-03-13 2009-03-12 AP ESPN New York City Announcers Television NetworkPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)ESPNSean McDonoughJay Bilas and Bill Raftery Local Radio SeedTeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)2PittsburghWBGG–AM 970Bill HillgroveDick Groat7West Virginia Bracket All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll. First round Tuesday, March 10 Second round Wednesday, March 11 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Semifinals Friday, March 13 Final Saturday, March 14 35 9 Cincinnati 57 16 DePaul 67 12 Georgetown 59 13 St. John's 64 10 Notre Dame 61 15 Rutgers 50 11 Seton Hall 68 14 South Florida 54 8 Providence 83 16 DePaul 74 5 #21 Marquette 74 13 St. John's 45 7 West Virginia 74 10 Notre Dame 62 6 #18 Syracuse 89 11 Seton Hall 74 1 #5 Louisville 73 8 Providence 55 4 #10 Villanova 76 5 #21 Marquette 75 2 #2 Pittsburgh 60 7 West Virginia 74 3 #3 Connecticut 117 6 #18 Syracuse 1276OT 1 #5 Louisville 69 4 #10 Villanova 55 7 West Virginia 69 6 #18 Syracuse 74OT 1 #5 Louisville 76 6 #18 Syracuse 66 Results First round Second round Quarterfinals #e3e3e3 Thursday, March 12 7:00 pm #7 West Virginia Mountaineers 74 #2 Pittsburgh Panthers 60 – 20 – 7 – 4 S. Young – 15 L. Fields – 6 L. Fields – 7 Halftime Score: West Virginia, 36–34 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York 19,375 Jim Burr, Wally Rutecki, Michael Stephens ESPN Syracuse vs. Connecticut 2009 Connecticut vs. Syracuse men's basketball game The quarterfinal game on Thursday, March 12 between Syracuse and Connecticut lasted for six overtime periods, the second-longest game in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history. The record is a seven overtime game from December 21, 1981, in which Cincinnati outlasted Bradley 75–73, in a game that took place before the implementation of the shot clock. Syracuse beat Connecticut 127–117 without having the lead in any of the first five overtimes. The game tipped off at 9:36 PM ET and ended at 1:22 AM ET on Friday March 13; in the 3 hours and 46 minutes it took to play the game, a combined total of 244 points were scored (102 of which were scored in overtime), 211 field-goals attempted (103 in overtime), 93 free throws attempted, 66 fouls committed with four players on each team fouling out. Semifinals Championship game See also 2009 Big East women's basketball tournament References Tournament Category:Big East men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Big East men's basketball tournament Big East men's basketball tournament Category:2000s in Manhattan