2010 Big East men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2010 Big East I Men's 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament logo.jpg 250px Tournament Logo 16 Madison Square Garden New York City West Virginia 1st Bob Huggins 1st Da'Sean Butler West Virginia 60 ESPN 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.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 Seeds 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seedsSeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreakerhttp://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/tie-breaker10.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11228&SPSID=94715 Tie Breaking Procedures 2010-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331111542/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/tie-breaker10.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11228&SPSID=94715 2010-03-31 dead 1. ‡†Syracuse 15–3 28–32. †Pittsburgh 13–5 24–7 2–1 vs. WVU/NOVA3. †West Virginia 13–5 24–6 2–2 vs. PITT/NOVA4. †Villanova 13–5 24–6 1–2 vs. PITT/WVU5. #Marquette 11–7 20–10 1–0 vs. LOU6. #Louisville 11–7 20–11 0–1 vs. MARQ7. #Notre Dame 10–8 21–10 1–0 vs. GTWN8. #Georgetown 10–8 20–9 0–1 vs. ND9. South Florida 9–9 19–11 1–0 vs. HALL10. Seton Hall 9–9 18–11 0–1 vs. USF11. Cincinnati 7–11 16–142–0 vs. CONN12. Connecticut 7–11 17–14 0–2 vs. CIN13. St. John's 6–12 16–1414. Rutgers 5–13 15–1615. Providence 4–14 12–1816. DePaul 1–17 8–22‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed."Orange top Red Storm to win Big East title outright for second time". ESPN.com. Published 03-02-2010. Retrieved 03-02-2010. † – 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 9 South Florida 58 16 DePaul 49 12 Connecticut 51 13 St. John's 73 10 Seton Hall 109 15 Providence 106 11 Cincinnati 69 14 Rutgers 68 8 #22 Georgetown 69 9 South Florida 49 5 Marquette 57 13 St. John's 55 7 Notre Dame 68 10 Seton Hall 56 6 Louisville 66 11 Cincinnati 69 1 #3 Syracuse 84 8 #22 Georgetown 91 4 #10 Villanova 76 5 Marquette 80 2 #16 Pittsburgh 45 7 Notre Dame 50 3 #7 West Virginia 54 11 Cincinnati 51 8 #22 Georgetown 80 5 Marquette 57 7 Notre Dame 51 3 #7 West Virginia 53 8 #22 Georgetown 58 3 #7 West Virginia 60 First round #eee March 9 2:30 pm ET Recap (13) St. John's 73 (12) Connecticut 51 35–22 38–29 Sean Evans 19 Sean Evans 10 Malik Boothe 9 Blocks: Justin Brownlee 4 Kemba Walker 12 Stanley Robinson 8 Kemba Walker 4 Blocks: Ater Majok 3 Madison Square Garden 19,375 Karl Hess, Brian O'Connell, Karl Walton espn2 Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Broadcasters Television Radio Local Radio Teams Flagship station Play-by-play AnalystConnecticutWTIC–AMJoe D'AmbrosioWayne Norman See also 2010 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:2010s in Manhattan