2011 Big East men's basketball tournament

February 2023 March 2026 the women's basketball tournament Big East women's basketball tournament 2011 Big East I Men's 2011BigEastBballTournament.PNG 200px 2011 Big East tournament logo 16 Madison Square Garden New York City Connecticut 7th Jim Calhoun 7th Kemba Walker Connecticut Kemba Walker Connecticut 130 ESPN The 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–12, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was the third 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 Big East Conference https://web.archive.org/web/20090206113521/http://bigeast.org/pdf2/94777.pdf 2009-02-06 dead The tournament was won by Connecticut, their seventh title, tying Georgetown for the most championships in Big East Men's Basketball Tournament history. Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was named the tournament MVP. Seeds 2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seedsSeedSchoolConf.Over.TiebreakerCHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING FORMULA http://bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/men_basketball/tiebreaker11.pdf bigeast.org 16 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725073329/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/men_basketball/tiebreaker11.pdf 25 July 2011 dead 1. ‡†Pittsburgh 15–3 27–42. †Notre Dame 14–4 25–5 3. †Louisville 12–6 23–8 2–0 vs. SYR/SJU4. †Syracuse 12–6 25–6 1–1 vs. LOU/SJU5. #St. John's 12–6 20–10 0–2 vs. LOU/SYR6. #West Virginia 11–7 20–10 1–0 vs. CIN7. #Cincinnati 11–7 24–7 0–1 vs. WVU8. #Georgetown 10–8 21–99. Connecticut 9–9 21–9 2–1 vs. VILL/MARQ10. Villanova 9–9 21–10 1–1 vs. CONN/MARQ11. Marquette 9–9 18–13 1–2 vs. CONN/VILL12. 2010 Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall 7–11 13–17 13. 2010 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers 5–13 14–1614. Providence 4–14 15–1615. South Florida 3–15 9–2316. 2010 DePaul Blue Demons DePaul 1–17 7–23‡ – 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 are as of the end of the regular season. Bracket First round Tuesday, March 8 Second round Wednesday, March 9 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 Semifinals Friday, March 11 Championship game Saturday, March 12 9 #21 Connecticut 97 16 DePaul 71 12 Seton Hall 70 13 Rutgers 76* 10 Villanova 69 15 South Florida 70 11 Marquette 87 14 Providence 66 62 8 #22 Georgetown 9 #21 Connecticut 79 5 #17 St. John's 65 13 Rutgers 63 7 #25 Cincinnati 87 15 South Florida 61 6 #20 West Virginia 61 11 Marquette 67 1 #3 Pittsburgh 74 9 #21 Connecticut 76 4 #11 Syracuse 79 5 #17 St. John's 73 2 #4 Notre Dame 89 7 #25 Cincinnati 51 3 #14 Louisville 81 11 Marquette 56 9 #21 Connecticut 76* 4 #11 Syracuse 71 2 #4 Notre Dame 77 3 #14 Louisville 83* 9 #21 Connecticut 69 3 #14 Louisville 66 Championship game #e3e3e3 March 12 9:00 pm Box Score (9) #21 Connecticut Huskies 69 (3) #14 Louisville Cardinals 66 P. Knowles 18 P. Siva 7 P. Siva 7 Halftime Score: Connecticut, 38-32 K. Walker 19 A. Oriakhi 8 J. Lamb, K. Walker 3 Madison Square Garden - New York, NY 19,375 Mike Roberts, Ed Corbett, John Gaffney ESPN * Denotes Overtime Game Rutgers–St. John's controversy 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. See also 2011 Big East women's basketball tournament References External links The 11-Game Run That Immortalized Kemba Walker and the 2011 UConn Huskies SB Nation March 30, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEnGKlzUPw https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ibEnGKlzUPw 2021-12-21 live YouTube 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:2010s in Manhattan