2010–11 Big East Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2010–11 Big East Conference men's basketball season #072e67 #efe3bb NCAA Division I Basketball Big_East_new.png 125px December 27, 2010through March 5, 2011 16 3,003,173 "Big East Conference Overall Statistical Leaders" https://web.archive.org/web/20110211224158/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/stats/mbasketball/2010-2011/CONFLDRS.HTM 2011-02-11 . BigEast.org. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Note: Attendance figures account for all regular season games played at a team's home arena. Games played away or at neutral sites, or during the preseason or postseason are not counted, to prevent redundancies. 11,082 Big East Network, ESPN Regular Season Pittsburgh (15–3) Champion Notre Dame (14–4) Ben Hansbrough (ND) Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Connecticut Louisville Kemba Walker (CONN) Most Valuable Player Big East Conference men's basketball 2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season 2009–10 2011–12 Big East Conference men's basketball season 2011–12 The 2010–11 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 32nd season of competitive basketball played by the Big East Conference, since its inception in 1979, and involved its 16 full-time member schools. The season officially opened on December 27, 2010, when Pittsburgh defeated Connecticut, 78–63, and ended on March 5, 2011, with a 72–56 victory for St. John's over South Florida. Pittsburgh captured the regular season title for the fourth time, and third outright, with a conference win–loss record of 15–3.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300620183 https://web.archive.org/web/20100304213649/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300620183 dead March 4, 2010 Ashton Gibbs leads No. 4 Pitt to outright Big East title ESPN.com 2011-03-05 2011-03-05 The Panthers also received the no. 1 seed in the Big East tournament, and a bye into the quarterfinals, along with 2nd-seed Notre Dame, 3rd-seed Louisville, and 4th-seed Syracuse. St. John's, West Virginia, Cincinnati, and Georgetown rounded out the top eight, and all received a bye into the tournament's second round. Play began at noon on Tuesday, March 8 in Madison Square Garden, when 9th-seed Connecticut defeated 16th-seed DePaul, 97–71. Play ended on Saturday, March 12, when Connecticut won their fifth game in five days, defeating Louisville, 69–66, for their seventh Big East Championship. At the finish of the regular season, prior to seeding for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, it was widely speculated that the Big East would eclipse its NCAA record 8 bids, sending as many as 11 teams to the tournament.http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch College Basketball Bubble Watch ESPN 2011-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110225220510/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bubblewatch 25 February 2011 deadhttp://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology Predicting the 2011 NCAA tournament field CBSSports 2011-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110208222913/http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology 8 February 2011 livehttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_glockner/03/06/sunday.bubble.watch/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110308043138/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_glockner/03/06/sunday.bubble.watch/index.html dead March 8, 2011 Bubble Watch: Power leagues have fingers crossed for tourney week CNNSI 2011-03-06 The official tournament selection process took place on Sunday, March 13, and the predictions were accurate, as the following 11 Big East teams received bids into the tournament."2011 NCAA tournament selections". ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2011-03-13. Connecticut won the national title, its third-ever national championship. Preseason Coaching changes Prior to the start of the 2010–11 season, four Big East programs hired new coaches, following the dismissal or resignation of their former coaches: DePaul: Jerry Wainwright was fired in the middle of the 2009–10 season, after a 7–8 start, and a 22-game Big East losing streak. Wainwright, who compiled a 59–80 record, and a 20–51 conference record, in five seasons at the school, was replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Tracy Webster, who remained with the team until a new head coach was hired.DePaul fires Wainwright in fifth season, ESPN. Retrieved 2010-01-12. On April 6, 2010, Clemson head coach Oliver Purnell was named the 13th head coach of the Blue Demons."DePaul Names Oliver Purnell Men's Basketball Coach" https://web.archive.org/web/20110709013434/http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/040610aaa.html July 9, 2011 . DePaulBlueDemons.com. Published 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Rutgers: After a lackluster performance by the Scarlet Knights during his four-year tenure, and a postseason incident at a Pittsburgh—Rutgers baseball game, in which he got into a shouting match with several of the Pittsburgh coaches, Fred Hill resigned his position as head coach on April 19, 2010."Source: Rutgers, Hill settle for $850K". ESPN.com. Published 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2011-03-07. It was reported that Hill had been asked to return for the 2010–11 season, however the shouting incident prompted Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti to ask for Hill's resignation, settling for an $850,000 contract buyout in exchange. On May 6, 2010, Robert Morris head coach Mike Rice Jr. was announced as the 17th head coach of the Scarlet Knights."Mike Rice Named Rutgers University Head Men's Basketball Coach" https://web.archive.org/web/20110716012932/http://www.scarletknights.com/basketball-men/news/release.asp?prID=9212 2011-07-16 . ScarletKnights.com. Published 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Rice came to Rutgers after a successful three-year tenure at Robert Morris, achieving a 73–31 (.702) record, a 46–8 (.852) conference record, and two consecutive Northeast Conference tournament championships, leading to automatic bids into both the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Tournaments. Seton Hall: Bobby Gonzalez was fired on March 17, 2010 after four tumultuous seasons with the Pirates, in which both his on and off court actions were heavily scrutinized."Seton Hall fires embattled Gonzalez". ESPN.com. Published 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-07. The decision followed Seton Hall's 87–69 loss to Texas Tech in the first round of the 2010 National Invitation Tournament, in which then-sophomore forward Herb Pope was ejected from the game for punching Texas Tech player Darko Cohadarevic in the groin, and Gonzalez himself received his seventh technical foul of the season."Seton Hall ousted from NIT by Texas Tech after Herb Pope's early ejection" https://web.archive.org/web/20120926133925/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/college_sports/seton_hall/031710_Seton_Hall_ousted_from_NIT_by_Texas_Tech_after_Herb_Popes_early_ejection.html September 26, 2012 . NorthJersey.com. Published 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-07. In a statement, Seton Hall University president Monsignor Robert Sheeran said he told Gonzalez that he had "lost [his] confidence in [Gonzalez's] ability to coach and lead this program," and had made the decision to fire Gonzalez on his own after consulting members of the campus community. On March 29, 2010, former assistant to Rick Pitino at Louisville and Iona head coach Kevin Willard was named the 19th head coach of the Pirates."**KEVIN WILLARD NAMED MEN'S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH**" https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064315/http://www.shupirates.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=12600&ATCLID=204918257 2011-07-16 . SHUPirates.com. Published 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-03-07. St. John's: Norm Roberts was fired as head coach on March 19, 2010, after losing its first round NIT game against Memphis, 73–71."St. John's fires Roberts after NIT ouster". ESPN.com. Published 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Roberts left the team after six seasons, compiling an 81–101 (.445) record, a 32–70 (.314) conference record, and only one winning season. He was replaced on March 31, 2010 by former UCLA head coach (1996–2003) and then-ESPN analyst Steve Lavin."Lavin succeeds Roberts at St. John's". ESPN.com. Published 2010-03-31. Retrieved 2011-03-07. Conference predictions At Big East media day in October, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Big East teams."Freeman Selected BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year" https://web.archive.org/web/20101022081720/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/214544/freeman-selected-big-east-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx 2010-10-22 . Bigeast.org. Published 10-20-2010. Retrieved 10-21-2010 Predicted Big East results Big East Coaches"Pittsburgh Chosen As BIG EAST Hoops Favorite" https://web.archive.org/web/20101022081715/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/214542/pittsburgh-chosen-as-big-east-hoops-favorite.aspx 2010-10-22 . Bigeast.org. Published 10-20-2010. Retrieved 10-21-2010Big East Writers"Pitt picked to win Big East, Syracuse picked to finish 3rd in Post-Standard's annual preseason writers poll". Syracuse.com. Published 10-19-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011Rivals.comhttp://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1145847 League preview: Big East 2010-10-30 2010-10-30 Rivals.com https://web.archive.org/web/20101031164902/http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1145847 31 October 2010 live 1. Pittsburgh (12*) Pittsburgh (10) Pittsburgh 2. Villanova (1) Villanova (3) Villanova 3. Syracuse (2) Syracuse (2) Syracuse 4. Georgetown Georgetown West Virginia 5. West Virginia West Virginia (1) Georgetown 6. St. John's (1) Marquette Marquette 7. Notre Dame St. John's Seton Hall 8. Louisville (tie) Louisville St. John's 9. Marquette (tie) Notre Dame Connecticut 10. Connecticut Connecticut Notre Dame 11. 2010–11 men Seton Hall University Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall Seton Hall Louisville 12. Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati 13. South Florida South Florida South Florida 14. Providence Rutgers (tie) DePaul 15. 2010–11 men Rutgers University Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers Providence (tie) Providence 16. 2010–11 men DePaul University DePaul Blue Demons DePaul DePaul Rutgers * first place votes Preseason All-Big East teams First Team Second Team Honorable MentionAustin Freeman, G., GTWNKemba Walker, G., CONNAshton Gibbs, G., PITTJeremy Hazell, G., HALLCorey Fisher, G., VILLKevin Jones, F., WVUChris Wright, G., GTWNJimmy Butler, F., MARQTim Abromaitis, F., NDD. J. Kennedy, G., SJKris Joseph, F., SYRYancy Gates, F., CINDarius Johnson-Odom, G., MARQRick Jackson, F., SYR Big East Preseason Player of the Year: Austin Freeman, G., Georgetown Big East Preseason Rookie of the Year: Fab Melo, C., Syracuse Preseason national polls 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season#Pre-season polls APhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?poll=1&year=2011&week=1 NCAA Division I: AP Top 25 (Oct. 28) 2010-10-30 2010-10-28 ESPN.com Coacheshttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings?poll=2&year=2011&week=1 NCAA Division I: ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll (Oct. 21) 2010-10-26 2010-10-21 ESPN.com Athlon Lindy's Sporting NewsSounds crazy, but Duke must address some issues https://web.archive.org/web/20101031202837/http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/feed/2010-10/duke/story/sounds-crazy-but-duke-must-address-some-issues 2010-10-31 , Sporting News, retrieved October 26, 2010 Fox SportsPreseason Top 25: Duke a clear No. 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20101020153801/http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/Duke-tops-preseason-top-25-college-basketball 2010-10-20 , Fox Sports, retrieved October 26, 2010 CBS SportsFinal preseason Top 25 (and one): It's the work of the Devils, CBS Sports, retrieved October 30, 2010Rivals.com Blue Ribbon Yearbook Cincinnati Connecticut RV DePaul Georgetown 20 21 17 17 Louisville RV Marquette RV Notre Dame Pittsburgh 5 4 8 5 10 6 5 4 4 Providence Rutgers St. John's Seton Hall South Florida Syracuse 10 13 9 21 7 20 20 8 13 Villanova 6 6 6 13 11 7 9 7 6 West Virginia RV RV 19 23 Watchlists On October 4, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included seven Big East players. The watchlist was composed of 50 players who were not transfers, freshmen or medical redshirts. On October 29, the Naismith College Player of the Year watchlist of 50 players was announced, which included seven Big East names. Woodenhttp://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/04/wooden-award-preseason-2010-11-watch-list/ Wooden Award Preseason 2010–11 Watch List 2010-10-26 2010-10-04 FanHouse https://web.archive.org/web/20101008172647/http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/04/wooden-award-preseason-2010-11-watch-list/ 8 October 2010 liveNaismithhttps://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/723219.pdf?ATCLID=205032095&SPSID=22724&SPID=1845&DB_OEM_ID=4200 DUKE UNIVERSITY LEADS A DIVERSE PACK ON THE NAISMITH PRESEASON WATCH LIST 2010-12-22 2010-12-16 Naismith Award dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160214185523/http://www.nmnathletics.com/ 2016-02-14 Corey Fisher, VILL Austin Freeman, GTWN Ashton Gibbs, PITT Jeremy Hazell, HALL Kevin Jones, WVU Kris Joseph, SYR Brandon Triche, SYR Kemba Walker, CONN Regular season Season summary & highlights Pittsburgh won the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, defeating Texas in the finals, 68–66.Ashton Gibbs helps Pitt hold off Texas for Coaches vs. Cancer title, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14 Georgetown won the Charleston Classic, defeating North Carolina State, 82–67.Georgetown pulls away from North Carolina State to win Charleston Classic, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14 Connecticut won the Maui Invitational Tournament, upsetting #2 Michigan State in the semifinals, 70–67, and #8 Kentucky in the finals, 84–67.Kemba Walker's 30 points power Huskies past second-ranked Spartans, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14Kemba Walker scores 29 points as UConn upsets Kentucky, wins Maui Invitational, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14 The wins propelled Connecticut from receiving votes in the AP Poll on November 22 to a #7 ranking on the next poll date, November 29. St. John's won the Great Alaska Shootout, defeating Arizona State, 67–58."St. John's wins crown at Great Alaska Shootout". ESPN.com. Published 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-12-14. Notre Dame won the Old Spice Classic, defeating Wisconsin, 58–51.Notre Dame rallies to beat Wisconsin for Old Spice Classic title, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14 Syracuse won the Legends Classic, defeating Georgia Tech, 80–76.Syracuse outlasts Georgia Tech to win Legends Classic in Atlantic City, ESPN, retrieved 2010-12-14 On February 23, Providence's Marshon Brooks scored 52 points in a loss to Notre Dame, breaking the Big East single-game record of 48 points set by Providence's Eric Murdock in 1991. In February, following the result of an investigation into recruiting violations, Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun was suspended by the NCAA for three Big East games during the 2011–12 season."Jim Calhoun to be suspended in 2011–12" ESPN.com. Published 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-03-06. The investigation began after a March 2009 Yahoo! Sports report that a former team manager and agent provided former recruit Nate Miles with housing, transportation, meals and representation, that members of Calhoun's staff were aware of this, and that staff members were in violation of NCAA limits on contacting Miles. Dennis Thomas, chairman of the NCAA Committee on Infractions, stated that Calhoun was cited for "not being on top of these issues with the agent, the booster." The team will also be required to forfeit one scholarship, from 13 to 12, and 40 recruiting days, from 130 to 90, for the three upcoming seasons, and will be on probation until February 21, 2014. On March 5, Providence's Marshon Brooks scored 28 points in a regular season-ending win over Rutgers, giving him 468 points for the Big East regular season, breaking the previous single-season record of 462 points set in 1994 by Donyell Marshall of Connecticut. On the same day, Syracuse beat DePaul by 48 points, 107–59, in the most lopsided victory in the history of Big East conference play."Syracuse clinches double-bye for Big East tournament". ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-06. The Orange also had 12 players combine for 71.4 percent field goal shooting, as well as 77.8 percent from 3-point range and 90.9 percent at the foul line. Midseason watchlists On January 6, the Wooden Award midseason watchlist was released, and included five Big East players.http://www.woodenaward.com/?cat=3 2009–10 Men's Midseason List 2010-01-26 2010-01-04 John R. Wooden Award November 21, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101121082702/http://www.woodenaward.com/?cat=3 dead The list was composed of 30 players, reduced from the preseason list of 50. Newcomers included senior forward Marshon Brooks of Providence, senior forward Rick Jackson of Syracuse, and senior guard Brad Wanamaker of Pittsburgh. In addition, five Big East players who were on the preseason list did not appear at midseason: Corey Fisher, Ashton Gibbs, Jeremy Hazell, Kris Joseph, and Brandon Triche. On February 11, the Naismith Top 30 was announced, and included newcomers Jackson, Wanamaker, and Notre Dame guard Ben Hansbrough.http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/7/Diverse-Pack-of-Players-the-Naismith-Midseason-30.aspx Diverse Pack of Players the Naismith Midseason 30 2011-03-05 2011-02-11 Naismithawards.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110714150244/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/7/Diverse-Pack-of-Players-the-Naismith-Midseason-30.aspx 2011-07-14 dead Meanwhile, Fisher, Gibbs, Hazell, Kevin Jones, and Joseph, who were on the preseason list, did not appear at midseason. WoodenNaismith Marshon Brooks, PROV Austin Freeman, GTWN Ben Hansbrough, ND Rick Jackson, SYR Kemba Walker, CONN Brad Wanamaker, PITT Statistical leaders The regular season team, individual, and attendance figures include all conference and non-conference games played from November 8, 2010 through March 5, 2011."Big East Conference Overall Statistical Leaders" https://web.archive.org/web/20110211224158/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/stats/mbasketball/2010-2011/CONFLDRS.HTM 2011-02-11 . BigEast.org. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Team 22em start Scoring OffenseRkTeamGamesPointsPPG1Marquette31237776.72Providence31236076.13Notre Dame30226675.54Louisville31233275.25Pittsburgh31229674.1 22em break Scoring DefenseRkTeamGamesPointsPPG1Cincinnati31180458.22Pittsburgh31187560.53Syracuse31194162.64West Virginia30192064.05Louisville31199564.4 22em break Scoring MarginRkTeamOffenseDefenseMargin1Pittsburgh74.160.5+13.62Syracuse73.562.6+10.93Louisville75.264.4+10.94Cincinnati69.058.2+10.85Notre Dame75.565.5+10.0 22em break Free throw percentageRkTeamFTMFTAPct1Villanova548728.7532Connecticut432587.7363Georgetown393538.7304Notre Dame532736.7235St. John's513721.712 22em break Field goal percentageRkTeamFGMFGAPct1Georgetown7671599.4802Syracuse8331757.4743Marquette8331761.4734Pittsburgh8081712.4725Notre Dame7461608.464 22em break 3-Pt Field goal percentageRkTeam3FGM3FGAPct1Notre Dame242618.3922Pittsburgh180471.3823Georgetown213583.3654Louisville272750.3635Marquette174467.351 22em break Rebounding MarginRkTeamAvgOpp AvgMarg1Pittsburgh40.429.4+11.02Notre Dame37.031.9+5.13Cincinnati35.730.9+4.84Villanova37.332.6+4.75Syracuse37.633.6+4.0 22em break Offensive ReboundsRkTeamGamesNo.Avg/G1West Virginia3043714.62Providence3145114.53Connecticut3043514.54Pittsburgh3144614.45Cincinnati3140513.1 22em break Defensive ReboundsRkTeamGamesNo.Avg/G1Notre Dame3078026.02Pittsburgh3180526.03Syracuse3178825.44Connecticut3075625.25Villanova3177625.0 22em break BlocksRkTeamGamesNo.Avg/G1Syracuse312086.72Connecticut301745.83Louisville311555.04Rutgers301374.65Providence311394.5 22em break AssistsRkTeamGamesNo.Avg/G1Pittsburgh3154417.52Louisville3154017.43Notre Dame3050016.74Syracuse3150516.35Marquette3150116.2 22em break StealsRkTeamGamesNo.Avg/G1Louisville312949.52Syracuse312708.73St. John's302448.14Providence312457.95Cincinnati312447.9 end Individual 22em start ScoringRkNameGPPtsAvg/G1Marshon Brooks, PROV3176824.82Kemba Walker, CONN3069423.13Ben Hansbrough, ND3055618.54Dwight Hardy, SJU3053817.95Austin Freeman, GTWN3053417.8 22em break ReboundingRkNameGPRebAvg/G1Rick Jackson, SYR3133210.72Alex Oriakhi, CONN302498.33Herb Pope, HALL292328.04Gary McGhee, PITT312417.85Kevin Jones, WVU302237.4 22em break AssistsRkNameGPNo.Avg/G1Scoop Jardine, SYR311866.02Vincent Council, PROV311825.93Chris Wright, GTWN281505.44Brad Wanamaker, PITT311605.25Peyton Siva, LOU311565.0 22em break StealsRkNameGPNo.Avg/G1Peyton Siva, LOU31662.12Duke Mondy, PROV28592.13Preston Knowles, LOU30561.94D. J. Kennedy, SJU30551.85Kemba Walker, CONN30541.8 22em break BlocksRkNameGPNo.Avg/G1Rick Jackson, SYR31772.52John Flowers, WVU30732.43Gorgui Dieng, LOU25522.14Julian Vaughn, GTWN29582.05Alex Oriakhi, CONNTerrence Jennings, LOU30561.9 22em break Field GoalsRkNameFGMFGAPCT1Rick Jackson, SYR173291.5952Nasir Robinson, PITT99185.5353Gilvydas Biruta, RUT102192.5314Terrence Jennings, LOU111212.5245Cleveland Melvin, DEP163312.522 22em break 3-Pt Field GoalsRkName3PM3PAPCT1Ashton Gibbs, PITT89191.4662Kyle Kuric, LOU61134.4553Ben Hansbrough, ND78173.4514Hollis Thompson, GTWN3680.4505Corey Stokes, VILL82190.432 22em break Free ThrowsRkNameFTMFTAPCT1Corey Stokes, VILLAshton Gibbs, PITT7786.8953Austin Freeman, GTWN8598.8674Casey Mitchell, WVU6879.8615Dwight Hardy, SJU141167.8446Brandon Triche, SYR6983.831 end Attendance RkTeamHome Gms.Home Att.Avg. HomeAway Gms.Away Att.Avg. AwayNeut. Gms.Neut. Att.Avg. Neut.Total Gms.Total Att.Avg.1Syracuse19423,92422,3129145,53416,170330,93510,31231600,39319,3682Louisville21458,46321,83210100,11710,01200031558,58018,0193Marquette18280,54515,58611116,06010,5512n/an/a31396,60513,676*4West Virginia14160,56711,46911146,51013,319550,46710,09330357,54411,9185Georgetown14177,44812,67512150,06812,506423,4035,85130350,91911,6976Pittsburgh18195,18210,8439103,82911,537451,95912,99031350,97011,3227Connecticut17196,67111,56910132,72313,27237,2002,40030336,59411,2208Villanova17178,69210,51112117,3439,779213,9746,98731310,00910,0009Seton Hall15119,0607,93711123,89911,26443,3653,365**31246,3249,123**10St. John's15126,4668,43112121,57310,131315,2705,09030263,3098,77711Notre Dame17132,3507,7859111,88612,43249,3333,111†30253,5698,743†12DePaul17130,4867,67610116,57111,65734,9952,498‡30252,0528,691‡13Cincinnati18132,1947,34412122,47210,20616,0166,01631260,6828,40914Providence19133,8157,04310122,77612,278274537231257,3368,30115Rutgers1689,6365,60211100,1189,102329,7869,92930219,5407,31816South Florida1667,6744,2301388,3816,79921,1001,100§31157,1555,239§ TOTALS2713,003,17311,0821721,919,86011,16245248,548 6,717^4885,171,581 10,774^* – does not factor two neutral games played, vs. Duke and Gonzaga, in the 2010 CBE Classic, which do not have attendance figures on record.Box Score – Duke vs. Marquette. ESPN.com. Published 11-22-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011.Box Score – Gonzaga vs. Marquette. ESPN.com. Published 11-23-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Overall average is therefore calculated based on the 29 games with attendance figures.** – does not factor three neutral games played, vs. Alabama, Clemson, and Arkansas, which do not have attendance figures on record.Box Score – Alabama vs. Seton Hall. ESPN.com. Published 11-19-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011.Box Score – Clemson vs. Seton Hall. ESPN.com. Published 11-22-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011.Box Score – Seton Hall vs. Arkansas. ESPN.com. Published 12-08-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Averages are therefore calculated based on the one neutral game and 27 total games with attendance figures.† – does not factor one neutral game played, vs. Kentucky, in the 2010 SEC/Big East Invitational, which does not have an attendance figure on record.Box Score – Notre Dame vs. Kentucky. ESPN.com. Published 12-08-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Averages are therefore calculated based on the 3 neutral games and 29 total games with attendance figures.‡ – does not factor one neutral game played, vs. Stanford, in the 2010 76 Classic, which does not have an attendance figure on record.Box Score – DePaul vs. Stanford. ESPN.com. Published 11-28-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Averages are therefore calculated based on the 2 neutral games and 29 total games with attendance figures.§ – does not factor one neutral game played, vs. Texas Tech, in the 2010 South Padre Island Invitational, which does not have an attendance figure on record.Box Score – Texas Tech vs. South Florida. ESPN.com. Published 11-27-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2011. Averages are therefore calculated based on the one neutral game and 30 total games with attendance figures.^ – due to games without attendance figures, overall averages are therefore calculated based on the 37 neutral games and 480 total games with attendance figures. Postseason Big East tournament 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament For the third straight year, all 16 teams in the conference participated in the Big East tournament.2011 Championship Bracket https://web.archive.org/web/20110304055207/http://www.bigeast.org/Portals/5/fls/19400/ChampionshipCentral_10_11_PDF/basketball_m/2011_mbb_bracket.pdf 2011-03-04 BigEast.org. Retrieved 2011-03-08. Under this format, the teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received a bye to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received a bye to the quarterfinals. The five-round tournament spanned five consecutive days, from Tuesday, March 8, through Saturday, March 12, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreakerhttp://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/men_basketball/tiebreaker11.pdf Archived copy 2011-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725073329/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/men_basketball/tiebreaker11.pdf 2011-07-25 dead First roundTuesday, March 8 Second roundWednesday, March 9 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 10 SemifinalsFriday, March 11 ChampionshipSaturday, March 121. ‡†Pittsburgh 15–3 27–5 BYE BYE #9 CONN, L, 74–76Connecticut vs. Pittsburgh – March 10, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10.2. †Notre Dame 14–4 26–6 BYE BYE #7 CIN – W, 89–51Cincinnati vs. Notre Dame – March 10, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10. #3 LOU – L, 77–83OTLouisville vs. Notre Dame – March 11, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-11.3. †Louisville 12–6 25–9 2–0 vs. SYR/SJU BYE BYE #11 MARQ – W, 81–56Marquette vs. Louisville – March 10, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10. #2 ND – W, 83–77OT #9 CONN – L, 66–69Connecticut vs. Louisville – March 12, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-12. Retrieved 2011-03-12.4. †Syracuse 12–6 26–7 1–1 vs. LOU/SJU BYE BYE #5 SJU – W, 79–73St. John's vs. Syracuse – March 10, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10. #9 CONN – L, 71–76OTConnecticut vs. Syracuse – March 11, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-11.5. #St. John's 12–6 21–11 0–2 vs. LOU/SYR BYE #13 RUT – W, 65–63Rutgers vs. St. John's – March 9, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. #4 SYR – L, 73–796. #West Virginia 11–7 20–11 1–0 vs. CIN BYE #11 MARQ – L, 61–67Marquette vs. West Virginia – March 9, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. 7. #Cincinnati 11–7 25–8 0–1 vs. WVU BYE #15 USF – W, 87–61South Florida vs. Cincinnati – March 9, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. #2 ND – L, 51–898. #Georgetown 10–8 21–10 BYE #9 CONN – L, 62–79Connecticut vs. Georgetown – March 9, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09.9. Connecticut 9–9 26–9 2–1 vs. VILL/MARQ #16 DEP – W, 97–71DePaul vs. Connecticut – March 8, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08. #8 GTWN – W, 79–62 #1 PITT – W, 76–74 #4 SYR – W, 76–71OT #3 LOU – W, 69–6610. Villanova 9–9. 21–11 1–1 vs. CONN/MARQ #15 USF – L, 69–70South Florida vs. Villanova – March 8, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08.11. Marquette 9–9 20–14 1–2 vs. CONN/VILL #14 PROV – W, 87–66Providence vs. Marquette – March 8, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08. #6 WVU – W, 67–61 #3 LOU – L, 56–8112. Seton Hall 7–11 13–18 #13 RUT – L, 70–76OTRutgers vs. Seton Hall – March 8, 2011 – Box Score. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08.13. Rutgers 5–13 15–17 #12 HALL – W, 76–70OT #5 SJU – L, 63–6514. Providence 4–14 15–17 #11 MARQ – L, 66–8715. South Florida 3–14 10–23 #10 VILL – W, 70–69 #7 CIN – L, 61–8716. DePaul 1–17 7–24 #9 CONN – L, 71–97‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament. Highlights Connecticut won their first Big East tournament game in six years, by defeating DePaul, 97–71, in the first round. Their last win came in 2005 against Georgetown, 66–62, in the quarterfinals. In the six intervening losses, the Huskies were beaten three times by Syracuse, including a Big East record six-overtime, 127–117 decision in the 2009 quarterfinals.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290710041 Syracuse survives longest game in Big East history with epic win over UConn 2009-03-15 2009-03-13 AP ESPN New York City https://web.archive.org/web/20090314174328/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290710041 14 March 2009 dead In a controversial finish to a second round game, St. John's defeated Rutgers, 65–63, allowing the Red Storm to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2003."St. John's holds on to beat Rutgers in Big East tournament second round". ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. The final seconds of the game were heavily criticized by analysts, including the live ESPN crew, for a lack of officiating that appeared to hinder the Scarlet Knights' late rally, including two uncalled personal fouls against Red Storm players, and an incident in which St. John's forward Justin Brownlee appeared to prematurely celebrate by traveling, stepping out of bounds, and throwing the ball into the stands with more than a second remaining in the game."Colossal officiating mistakes create uproar off St. John's-Rutgers". SI.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09."What they're saying about the ending to the St. John's-Rutgers Big East basketball game". Syracuse.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09."Spotlight glares at officials after blunder in Big East tournament". USA Today. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Rutgers' head coach Mike Rice Jr. could be seen screaming frantically for an explanation for the missed calls, while officials Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Earl Walton had already left the court. At end of the game, ESPN analyst Doris Burke was quoted as saying, "this was the bizarrest ending of a game I've ever seen," and in a later post-game analysis that "the officials won't sleep tonight.""NCAAM: Rutgers vs #18 St. John's (second round)". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-09."Controversial End To St. John's-Rutgers"July 2024 medicmedic. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Analyst Fran Fraschilla also added that the officiating "crew lost its composure." Following the game, the head of the NCAA's officiating arm, John Adams, who is in charge of selecting 98 officials for the NCAA tournament, called the lack of officiating "unacceptable," but would still consider the overall body of work of each official throughout the season to determine whether or not they would be invited to the tournament."Ref head: St. John's end 'unacceptable'". ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Big East commissioner John Marinatto released a statement acknowledging "two separate officiating errors" that occurred at the end of the game, but conceded that "neither error is reviewable or correctable under NCAA playing rules." The following day, the conference announced that all three officials had voluntarily withdrawn themselves from the remainder of the tournament, which was, according to Marinatto, "in the best interests of everyone involved — including coaches, student-athletes, game officials and Big East member institutions.""Officials withdraw from Big East tourney ". ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10. NCAA tournament 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament At the finish of the regular season, prior to seeding for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, it was widely speculated that the Big East would eclipse its NCAA record 8 bids, sending as many as 11 teams to the tournament. The official tournament selection process took place on Sunday, March 13, and the predictions were accurate, as the following 11 Big East teams received bids into the tournament: Seed Region School Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship 3 West Connecticut #14 Bucknell – W, 81–52"Kemba Walker powers Huskies' rout of Bison". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #6 Cincinnati – W, 69–58"Kemba Walker's 33 points puts UConn past Big East rival into Sweet 16". ESPN.com. Published 19-03-2011. Retrieved 20-03-2011. #2 San Diego State – W, 74–67"Kemba Walker, Jeremy Lamb lead UConn past San Diego State". ESPN.com. Published 24-03-2011. Retrieved 27-03-2011. #5 Arizona – W, 65–63"Kemba Walker leads UConn to second Final Four in three years". ESPN.com. Published 26-03-2011. Retrieved 27-03-2011. #4 Kentucky – W, 56–55"UConn nips Kentucky to advance to national championship game". ESPN.com. Published 02-04-2011. Retrieved 02-04-2011. #8 Butler – W, 53–41"Connecticut wins third national title thanks to Butler's woeful shooting". ESPN.com. Published 04-04-2011. Retrieved 04-04-2011. 11 East Marquette #6 Xavier – W, 66–55"Marquette snaps Xavier's streak of Sweet 16 appearances". ESPN.com. Published 18-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #3 Syracuse – W, 66–62"Marquette 66, No. 12 Syracuse 62 ". ESPN.com. Published 20-03-2011. Retrieved 20-03-2001. #2 North Carolina – L, 81–63"North Carolina pounds Marquette, advances to Elite Eight". ESPN.com Published 25-03-2011. Retrieved 27-02-2011.       1 Southeast Pittsburgh #16 UNC-Asheville – W, 74–51"Ashton Gibbs helps Pitt shake 16-seed UNC-Asheville in second half". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #8 Butler – L, 70–71"Butler stuns No. 1 Pitt after foul-filled finish ". ESPN.com. Published 19-03-2011. Retrieved 20-03-2011.         2 Southwest Notre Dame #15 Akron – W, 69–56"Notre Dame holds off Akron, advances to round of 32". ESPN.com. Published 18-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #10 Florida State – L, 57–71         3 East Syracuse #14 Indiana State – W, 77–60"Rick Jackson leads No. 3 Syracuse past Indiana State to conclude round of 64". ESPN.com. Published 18-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #11 Marquette – L, 62–66         5 East West Virginia #12 Clemson – W, 84–76"Darryl Bryant, Kevin Jones help West Virginia shake off slow start". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #4 Kentucky – L, 63–71"Brandon Knight's 30 carry Kentucky past West Virginia, into Sweet 16". ESPN.com. Published 19-03-2011. Retrieved 19-03-2011.         6 West Cincinnati #11 Missouri – W, 78–63"Cincinnati's defense, rebounding shuts down Missouri". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011. #3 Connecticut – L, 58–69         4 Southwest Louisville #13 Morehead State – L, 61–62https://archive.today/20120717060838/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?id=310760097 "Demonte Harper's 3-pointer with seconds left lifts Morehead State past Louisville". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011.           6 Southeast St. John's #11 Gonzaga – L, 71–86"Gonzaga owns the boards to knock out St. John's". ESPN.com. Published 17-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011.           6 Southwest Georgetown #11 VCU – L, 56–74"Sharp-shooting VCU shocks Georgetown for second win of tournament". ESPN.com. Published 18-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011.           9 East Villanova #8 George Mason – L, 57–61"Luke Hancock's 3-pointer caps George Mason's rally". ESPN.com. Published 18-03-2011. Retrieved 18-03-2011.          11 BidsW-L (%):7–4 (.636)2–5 (.286)1–1 (.500)1–0 (1.000)1–0 (1.000)TOTAL: 13–10 (.565) After winning the 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament, Connecticut continued its winning streak all the way to the Final Four in Houston, Texas, defeating Butler in the national championship game for their third national title in school history.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310940041 https://archive.today/20130124062911/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310940041 dead January 24, 2013 Connecticut wins third national title thanks to Butler's woeful shooting Associated Press ESPN.com April 4, 2011 March 18, 2012 Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player.http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/04/kemba-walker-mop-alltournament.html Kemba Walker MOP; All-Tournament Final Four Team Hartford Courant Mike Anthony April 4, 2011 March 18, 2012 https://archive.today/20130121053003/http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/04/kemba-walker-mop-alltournament.html January 21, 2013 dead mdy-all Fellow Connecticut guard Jeremy Lamb was also named to the Final Four All-Tournament team. In addition, Walker and Lamb were named to the West All-Regional team, the only Big East players to be named to an All-Region team in the tournament.http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/03/30/ncaa-tournament-all-region-teams/ NCAA Tournament All-Regional Teams ZagsBlog on SportsNet New York Adam Zagoria March 30, 2011 March 18, 2012 National Invitation tournament 2011 National Invitation Tournament No Big East teams were selected to play in the 2011 National Invitation Tournament. Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking.   Drop in ranking. RV Received votes, but were not ranked. AP AP Poll.http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1 AP Top 25 2011-03-07 Rivals.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110227000212/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1 27 February 2011 live C ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=3 USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll 2011-03-07 Rivals.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110125022145/http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=3 25 January 2011 live + 2010–11 Big East Conference Weekly Rankings Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 FINAL Cincinnati AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 25 25 RV RV RV RV 25 RV n/a C RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV Connecticut AP RV RV RV 7 6 4 4 4 8 10 8 5 6 10 13 14 16 21 9 n/a C 9 6 4 4 4 9 9 8 5 7 9 12 15 16 19 8 1 DePaul AP n/a C Georgetown AP 20 20 16 16 9 15 10 9 13 22 23 21 13 11 9 11 17 22 RV n/a C 21 21 16 14 10 13 9 9 13 19 23 20 14 11 9 11 17 22 25 RV Louisville AP RV RV 24 20 RV 22 RV 18 19 23 15 16 16 16 11 14 14 n/a C RV RV RV RV 21 25 20 23 17 15 19 13 15 16 16 11 14 11 22 Marquette AP RV RV RV RV RV n/a C RV RV RV RV 20 Notre Dame AP 25 23 24 22 15 14 9 16 15 9 8 8 9 8 4 5 n/a C RV 23 23 20 15 15 11 16 14 8 7 7 9 7 4 6 14 Pittsburgh AP 5 5 5 3 3 8 6 6 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 n/a C 4 4 5 3 3 8 6 6 5 5 4 2 4 4 4 6 5 3 4 12 Providence AP n/a C Rutgers AP n/a C St. John's AP RV RV RV RV 23 15 17 18 n/a C RV 25 15 18 19 Seton Hall AP n/a C South Florida AP n/a C Syracuse AP 10 10 9 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 3 9 17 12 17 17 12 11 12 n/a C 13 11 10 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 3 10 17 13 20 20 12 11 14 18 Villanova AP 6 6 7 12 12 10 8 8 7 7 7 8 12 9 15 15 19 RV RV n/a C 6 7 7 12 12 11 8 8 7 7 7 7 12 10 14 14 19 RV West Virginia AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 RV 25 25 RV RV RV 20 22 n/a C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV Awards and honors Conference awards and teams The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the Big East Conference coaches. 2011 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the Year"Notre Dame's Hansbrough Named BIG EAST Player of the Year" https://web.archive.org/web/20120318153115/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/222072/Notre-Dame-s-Hansbrough-Named-BIG-EAST-Player-of-the-Year.aspx 2012-03-18 . BigEast.org. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08.Ben Hansbrough, G., NOTRE DAMECoach of the YearMike Brey, NOTRE DAMEDefensive Player of the Year"BIG EAST Announces End-Of-Season Basketball Awards" https://web.archive.org/web/20110312061959/http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/221956/BIG-EAST-Announces-End-Of-Season-Basketball-Awards.aspx 2011-03-12 . Big East Conference. Published 2011-03-07. Retrieved 2011-03-07.Rick Jackson, F., SYRACUSERookie of the YearCleveland Melvin, F., DePAULScholar-Athlete of the Year"Notre Dame Tim Abromaitis Named American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year" https://web.archive.org/web/20110314031747/http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/222073/-Notre-Dame-Tim-Abromaitis-Named-American-Eagle-Outfitters-BIG-EAST-Men%E2%80%99s-Basketball-Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year-.aspx 2011-03-14 . Big East Conference. Published 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-08.Tim Abromaitis, F., NOTRE DAMEMost Improved PlayerDwight Hardy, G., ST. JOHN'SSixth Man AwardJustin Burrell, F., ST. JOHN'SSportsmanship AwardBrad Wanamaker, G., PITTSBURGH The Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Scholar Athlete of the Year awards were announced on Tuesday, March 8, after the post-game interviews of the first session of the first round of the Big East tournament. The remainder of the individual awards were announced on Monday, March 7, while the All-Big East Men's Basketball Teams were announced on Sunday, March 6. Awardees are chosen by a simple ballot, in which coaches are not allowed to vote for their players or themselves (in the case of the Big East Coach of the Year). Coaches voted for Big East Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year from the first team and all-rookie lists, respectively. Notre Dame senior guard Ben Hansbrough was named Player of the Year, and head coach Mike Brey was named Coach of the Year, after both leading the Fighting Irish to a surprising second-place finish in the conference regular season, with a record of 14–4. Hansbrough finished the regular season with a team-high 18.5 points per game, and was noted for his all-around quality of play, team leadership, and high efficiency shooting, including .492 field goal shooting, .451 from 3 point range, and .818 at the foul line. Fellow teammate Tim Abromaitis, a senior forward, received the Scholar Athlete of the Year award for the second year in a row, and was only the third player to receive the award in consecutive years. Defensive Player of the Year Rick Jackson, a senior guard from Syracuse, was chosen for his shot-blocking and rebounding dominance, having led the Big East in both of these statistics during both the conference and non-conference season. This included a leading average of 10.7 rebounds per game, 7.2 defensive rebounds per game, and 2.5 blocks per game. DePaul freshman forward Cleveland Melvin was named Rookie of the Year, after leading the Blue Demons in scoring, at 14.3 points per game, the highest average for a freshman in the league. Other awardees included most improved player Dwight Hardy, who was credited with helping lead St. John's to a surprising resurgence in the conference, to a tie for third-place finish, with a conference fourth-best 17.9 points per game. Hardy's teammate Justin Burrell was also honored with the Sixth Man Award, for being key to the Red Storm's success, averaging 6.6 points on 51.1 percent shooting, 5.0 rebounds and 21.1 minutes off the bench. Finally, Pittsburgh senior guard Brad Wanamaker received the Sportsmanship Award for his all-around contribution to the team, as its captain, its leader in rebounds, assists, and steals (at 5.3, 5.2, and 1.5 per game, respectively), and its second-highest scorer (at 11.9 per game)."Pittsburgh Panthers Stats – 2010–11" ESPN.com. Retrieved. 2011-03-07. 2011 All-Big East Men's Basketball Teams"All-BIG EAST Men's Basketball Teams Announced" https://web.archive.org/web/20110310084012/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/221858/All-BIG-EAST-Men-s-Basketball-Teams-Announced.aspx 2011-03-10 . BigEast.org. Published 03-06-2011. Retrieved 03-06-2011. First Team Second Team Third Team Honorable Mention All-Rookie TeamKemba Walker, G., CONNAustin Freeman, G., GTWNBen Hansbrough†, G., NDAshton Gibbs, G., PITTMarshon Brooks, G/F., PROVDwight Hardy, G., SJUPreston Knowles, G., LOUDarius Johnson-Odom, G., MARQBrad Wanamaker, G., PITTRick Jackson, F., SYRCorey Fisher, G., VILLChris Wright, G., GTWNTim Abromaitis, F., NDJeremy Hazell, G., HALLKris Joseph, F., SYRCorey Stokes, G., VILLPeyton Siva, G., LOUJimmy Butler, F., MARQBrandon Triche, G., SYRKevin Jones, G., WVUSean Kilpatrick, G., CINJeremy Lamb, G., CONNShabazz Napier, G., CONNCleveland Melvin†, F., DEPBrandon Young, G., DEPGilvydas Biruta, F., RUT † - denotes unanimous selection On the All-Big East Men's Basketball Teams, notable members of the first team included Hansbrough, Hardy, and Providence senior guard/forward Marshon Brooks, who were all given no all-conference consideration prior to the start of the season. Brooks led the conference in scoring, averaging 24.8 points per game, including a Big East single-game record 52 points in a loss to Notre Dame on February 23, 2010."Marshon Brooks drops 52 but Ben Hansbrough's 32 helps Irish edge Providence". ESPN.com. Published 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-03-08. On the All-Rookie Team, DePaul forward Cleveland Melvin was the only player to receive a unanimous selection. Notably absent from the list was Preseason Rookie of the Year Fab Melo, a center from Syracuse, who only averaged 9.4 minutes and 2.2 points off the bench."Syracuse Orange Stats – 2010–11". ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-06-2011. National awards and teams Players 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was recognized as a consensus First Team All-American after being named to the first team All-American lists by the Associated Press,http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/03/uconns-kemba-walker-named-to-a.html https://archive.today/20120713050553/http://blogs.courant.com/uconn_mens_basketball/2011/03/uconns-kemba-walker-named-to-a.html dead July 13, 2012 UConn's Kemba Walker Named To AP All-America First Team Hartford Courant March 28, 2011 March 28, 2011 the USBWA,http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2011/allamerica110314.html USBWA Names 2010–11 All-Americans Sportswriters.net March 14, 2011 March 14, 2011 the NABC,http://www.nabc.org/genrel/040211aae.html NABC ANNOUNCES 2011 State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America Teams NABC April 2, 2011 April 2, 2011 March 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308053025/http://www.nabc.org/genrel/040211aae.html dead and Sporting News.http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-22/jimmer-fredette-named-sporting-news-2011-college-basketball-player-of-the-year Jimmer Fredette named Sporting News' 2011 College Basketball Player of the Year Sportingnews.com March 22, 2011 March 22, 2011 March 26, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110326225655/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-22/jimmer-fredette-named-sporting-news-2011-college-basketball-player-of-the-year dead Notre Dame guard Ben Hansbrough was a consensus Second Team All-American after being named to the Second Team by all four selecting bodies. In addition, Providence forward Marshon Brooks was selected as a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press. Pittsburgh guard Brad Wanamaker, Syracuse forward Rick Jackson, St. John's guard Dwight Hardy, Georgetown guard Austin Freeman, and Pittsburgh guard Ashton Gibbs were all named Honorable Mention All-Americans by the Associated Press. Walker was also selected as the winner of the Bob Cousy Award for the nation's best point guard,Report: Kemba Walker wins Bob Cousy Award https://web.archive.org/web/20110401205427/http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2011-03-30/report-kemba-walker-wins-bob-cousy-award 2011-04-01 , accessed March 31, 2011 and won the second-ever Lute Olson Award for the most outstanding non-freshman in the nation.Kemba Walker wins the 2011 Lute Olson Award, accessed April 2, 2011 For the second consecutive year, Notre Dame senior forward Tim Abromaitis was named to the men's basketball Academic All-America First Team, by CoSIDA and ESPN The Magazine.http://cosida.com/media/documents/2011/2/CapitalOneMBBAAA201011.pdf Matt Howard of Butler, Austin Meier of MSOE Lead Capital One Academic All America Men's Basketball Team 2011-02-22 2011-02-22 College Sports Information Directors of America A graduate student, Abromaitis was pursuing an MBA, specializing in finance, and achieved a 3.72 GPA during his penultimate season with the Fighting Irish. Award finalists On March 14, the Wooden Award final ballot was released, and included four Big East players.http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=934 2011 Men's and Women's Ballots Announced 2012-03-14 2011-03-14 John R. Wooden Award The list was composed of 20 players, reduced from the midseason list of 30. St. John's guard Dwight Hardy and Notre Dame guard Ben Hansbrough were newcomers to the list, while three Big East players who were on the midseason list did not appear on the final ballot: Austin Freeman, Rick Jackson, and Brad Wanamaker. On March 20, Kemba Walker was named one of four finalists for the Naismith Award.http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/18/Sullinger-Pursues-Osu-Repeat-for-Naismith-Mens-College-Player-of-the-Year-Fredette-Smith-and-Walker.aspx Sullinger Pursues Osu Repeat for Naismith Men's College Player of the Year; Fredette, Smith and Walker Seek to Spoil 2012-03-03 2011-03-20 Naismithawards.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120318044729/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/18/Sullinger-Pursues-Osu-Repeat-for-Naismith-Mens-College-Player-of-the-Year-Fredette-Smith-and-Walker.aspx 2012-03-18 dead WoodenNaismith Marshon Brooks, PROV Ben Hansbrough, ND Dwight Hardy, SJU Kemba Walker, CONN BYU guard Jimmer Fredette was chosen as both the 2011 Wooden Award and 2011 Naismith Award recipient.http://www.woodenaward.com/?p=1076 BYU'S JIMMER FREDETTE WINS 35th ANNUAL JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD John R. Wooden Award April 8, 2011 March 4, 2012http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/20/Fredette-Named-2011-Naismith-Mens-College-Player-of-the-Year-Beating-Out-Smith-Sullinger-and-Walker.aspx Fredette Named 2011 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year, Beating Out Smith, Sullinger and Walker Naismithawards.com April 3, 2011 March 4, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404185733/http://www.naismithawards.com/PressBox/ArticleView/tabid/209/ArticleId/20/Fredette-Named-2011-Naismith-Mens-College-Player-of-the-Year-Beating-Out-Smith-Sullinger-and-Walker.aspx 2012-04-04 dead Coaches Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey was named the Associated Press Coach of the Year,Mike Brey named AP coach of year, accessed April 1, 2011 and was selected for the Henry Iba Award by the USBWA.Notre Dame's Brey wins 2011 Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award, accessed March 21, 2011 See also 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season 2010–11 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team 2010–11 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team 2010–11 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team 2010–11 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team 2010–11 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team 2010–11 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team 2010–11 Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball team 2010–11 Providence Friars men's basketball team 2010–11 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team 2010–11 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team 2010–11 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team 2010–11 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team 2010–11 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team Notes and references 3