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2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season
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Value
title
2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season
color
#072e67
color text
#efe3bb
league
NCAA Division I
sport
Basketball
logo_size
125px
duration
November 9, 2009
through March 6, 2010
no_of_teams
16
attendance
2,942,432
average_attendance
10,898
TV
Big East Network, ESPN
season
Regular Season
season_champs
Syracuse (15–3)
season_champ_name
Champion
second_place
Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and Villanova (13–5)
MVP
Wesley Johnson (SYR)
MVP_link
Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year
finals
Tournament
finals_link
Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
finals_champ
West Virginia
finals_runner-up
Georgetown
finals_MVP
Da'Sean Butler (WVU)
finals_MVP_link
Most Valuable Player
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Big East Conference men's basketball
prevseason_link
2008–09 Big East Conference men's basketball season
prevseason_year
2008–09
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2010–11 Big East Conference men's basketball season
nextseason_year
2010–11
through March 6, 2010
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| finals_runner-up = Georgetown
The 2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 31st in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools. Syracuse captured the regular season title, its eighth overall, and second outright. However, West Virginia won the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament, their first.
Preseason
At Big East media day in October, the conference released their predictions for standings and All-Big East teams.
On August 19, the Wooden Award preseason watch list included eleven 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 nine Big East names.
Da'Sean Butler, WVU
Jerome Dyson, CONN
Devin Ebanks, WVU
Corey Fisher, VILL
Luke Harangody, ND
Lazar Hayward, MARQ
Jeremy Hazell, HALL
Greg Monroe, GTWN
Scottie Reynolds, VILL
Samardo Samuels, LOU
Deonta Vaughn, CIN
Kemba Walker, CONN
Regular season
Season summary & highlights
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim became the eighth Division I coach to win 800 games, when the Orange defeated Albany, 75–43, on November 9.
Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody became the first Fighting Irish player to surpass the 2,000-point and 1,000-rebound mark, during an 80–70 victory over Idaho State on December 2.
Syracuse won the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, upsetting #13 California in the semifinals, 95–73, and #6 North Carolina in the finals, 87–71.
Villanova won the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, defeating Mississippi, 79–67.
West Virginia won the 76 Classic, defeating Portland, 84–66.
Connecticut was the runner-up in the NIT Season Tip-Off, losing to #7 Duke, 68–59.
Pittsburgh was the runner-up in the CBE Classic, losing to #2 Texas, 78–62.
Marquette was the runner-up in the Old Spice Classic, losing to Florida State, 57–56.
On January 11, DePaul head coach Jerry Wainwright was fired after a 7–8 start, and a 22-game Big East losing streak, becoming the fourth NCAA Division I coach to leave his position since the season began. Wainwright, who compiled a 59–80 record in five seasons at the school, was replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Tracy Webster, who remained until a national search concluded following the end of the season.
On January 18, Connecticut fell out of the AP Poll for the first time since January 28, 2008, after losing consecutive games, to Georgetown, Pittsburgh, and Michigan.
On January 20, it was announced that Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun would go on an immediate medical leave of absence, the circumstances of his condition unknown, but unrelated to his previous bouts with cancer and heart issues. UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway insisted that Calhoun's condition was not career ending, and would not affect the terms of a four-year contract extension, agreed upon in principle in December 2009, but that he did not know when Calhoun would return. Associate head coach George Blaney took over for Calhoun, and lead the Huskies to wins at home against St. John's, then-No. 1 Texas and DePaul, and four losses at Providence, home vs. Marquette, at Louisville, and at Syracuse. Calhoun returned on February 13 for a home loss against Cincinnati, and has since kept quiet on the circumstances of his leave.
Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim extended his NCAA Division-I record for most 20-win seasons to 32, when then-no. 4 Syracuse rallied from a 14–0 starting deficit to defeat then-no. 7 Georgetown, 73–56, on January 25.
On February 27, then-no. 4 Syracuse clinched its eighth Big East regular season title and a no. 1 seed in the Big East tournament by beating then-no. 8 Villanova, 95–77. The game also set the NCAA on-campus basketball attendance record, with 34,616 spectators packing the Carrier Dome. Three days later they won the title outright, with a win against St. John's, 85–66.
On March 1, Syracuse achieved its first no. 1 ranking in the AP Poll since the 1989–90 season, and its first in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll since winning the national championship in 2003.
On March 6, Louisville upset no. 1 Syracuse 78–68 in the final game at Freedom Hall in front of an arena-record crowd of 20,135.
Midseason watchlists
On January 4, the Wooden Award midseason watchlist was released, and included six Big East players—more than any other conference. The list was composed of 31 players, reduced from the preseason list of 50. Newcomers included junior forward Wesley Johnson of Syracuse. In addition, six Big East players who were on the preseason list did not appear at midseason: Devin Ebanks, Corey Fisher, Jeremy Hazell, Samardo Samuels, Deonta Vaughn, and Kemba Walker. The list was reduced to a final national ballot of about 20 players in March.
Da’Sean Butler, WVU
Jerome Dyson, CONN
Luke Harangody, ND
Wesley Johnson, SYR
Dominique Jones, USF
Greg Monroe, GTWN
Scottie Reynolds, VILL
Rankings
AP Poll
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
Cincinnati
Connecticut
DePaul
Georgetown
Louisville
Marquette
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Providence
Rutgers
St. John's
Seton Hall
South Florida
Syracuse
Villanova
West Virginia
22
19
25
RV
RV
RV
12
12
13
14
14
14
11
10
13
15
RV
19
20
19
18
16
15
11
14
13
12
11
12
7
7
7
10
11
19
22
14
19
20
16
20
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
16
9
17
22
25
19
12
17
16
18
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
10
8
7
5
5
5
7
5
5
4
3
2
5
4
1
3
4
5
5
4
3
3
8
8
8
6
4
4
3
2
4
3
7
9
10
9
8
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
8
10
11
9
6
5
8
8
10
7
6
Statistical leaders
The regular season team, individual, and attendance figures include all conference and non-conference games played from November 9, 2009 through March 6, 2010.
Team
Rk
Team
Games
Points
PPG
1
**Villanova**
30
2483
82.8
2
**Providence**
30
2448
81.6
3
**Syracuse**
31
2523
81.4
4
**Seton Hall**
29
2329
80.3
5
**Notre Dame**
31
2416
77.9
Rk
Team
Games
Points
PPG
1
**Pittsburgh**
31
1914
61.7
2
**Marquette**
30
1907
63.6
3
**West Virginia**
30
1945
64.8
4
**Georgetown**
29
1899
65.5
5
**Syracuse**
31
2049
66.1
Rk
Team
Offense
Defense
Margin
1
**Syracuse**
81.4
66.1
+15.3
2
**Marquette**
73.8
63.6
+10.2
3
**Villanova**
82.8
72.6
+10.1
4
**West Virginia**
74.7
64.8
+9.9
5
**Georgetown**
73.1
65.5
+7.6
Rk
Team
FTM
FTA
Pct
1
**Villanova**
595
792
.751
2
**Marquette**
442
593
.745
3
**Notre Dame**
507
694
.731
4
**Georgetown**
410
579
.708
5
**Louisville**
478
677
.706
Rk
Team
FGM
FGA
Pct
1
**Syracuse**
930
1806
.515
2
**Georgetown**
764
1535
.498
3
**Notre Dame**
835
1761
.474
4
**Villanova**
829
1792
.463
5
**Marquette**
768
1693
.454
Rk
Team
3FGM
3FGA
Pct
1
**Marquette**
235
589
.399
2
**Notre Dame**
239
600
.398
3
**Georgetown**
181
466
.388
4
**Syracuse**
204
538
.379
5
**Villanova**
230
618
.372
Rk
Team
Avg
Opp Avg
Marg
1
**West Virginia**
38.4
31.8
+6.6
2
**Cincinnati**
38.8
32.7
+6.1
3
**Villanova**
39.4
34.2
+5.2
4
**Pittsburgh**
37.6
32.7
+4.9
5
**Notre Dame**
36.4
32.4
+4.0
Rk
Team
Games
No.
Avg/G
1
**Providence**
30
512
17.1
2
**West Virginia**
30
467
15.6
3
**Louisville**
31
454
14.6
4
**Seton Hall**
29
413
14.2
5
**Villanova**
30
409
13.6
Rk
Team
Games
No.
Avg/G
1
**Connecticut**
31
817
26.4
2
**Syracuse**
31
813
26.2
3
**Villanova**
30
772
25.7
4
**Cincinnati**
30
764
25.5
5
**Pittsburgh**
31
781
25.2
Rk
Team
Games
No.
Avg/G
1
**Connecticut**
31
242
7.8
2
**Rutgers**
31
220
7.1
3
**Syracuse**
31
206
6.6
4
**Seton Hall**
29
155
5.3
5
**Georgetown**
29
142
4.9
Rk
Team
Games
No.
Avg/G
1
**Syracuse**
31
601
19.4
2
**Notre Dame**
31
534
17.2
3
**West Virginia**
30
482
16.1
4
**Pittsburgh**
31
497
16.0
5
**Louisville**
31
481
15.5
Rk
Team
Games
No.
Avg/G
1
**Syracuse**
31
310
10.0
2
**Marquette**
30
243
8.1
3
**Providence**
30
240
8.0
4
**Villanova**
30
237
7.9
5
**Louisville**
31
243
7.8
Individual
Rk
Name
GP
Pts
Avg/G
1
**Luke Harangody, ND**
26
607
23.3
2
**Dominique Jones, USF**
30
640
21.3
3
**Jeremy Hazell, HALL**
29
615
21.2
4
**Jamine Peterson, PROV**
30
571
19.0
5
**Scottie Reynolds, VILL**
30
564
18.8
Rk
Name
GP
Reb
Avg/G
1
**Herb Pope, HALL**
29
323
11.1
2
**Jamine Peterson, PROV**
30
299
10.0
3
**Luke Harangody, ND**
26
251
9.7
4
**Greg Monroe, GTWN**
29
278
9.6
5
**Wesley Johnson, SYR**
31
263
8.5
Rk
Name
GP
No.
Avg/G
1
**Tory Jackson, ND**
31
166
5.4
2
**Kemba Walker, CONN**
31
161
5.2
3
**Andy Rautins, SYR**
31
149
4.8
4
**Brad Wanamaker, PITT**
31
146
4.7
5
**Eugene Harvey, HALL**
27
127
4.7
Rk
Name
GP
No.
Avg/G
1
**Andy Rautins, SYR**
31
64
2.1
2
**Kemba Walker, CONN**
31
62
2.0
3
**Lazar Hayward, MARQ**
30
52
1.7
4
**Wesley Johnson, SYR**
31
52
1.7
5
**Chris Wright, GTWN**
29
48
1.7
Rk
Name
GP
No.
Avg/G
1
**Hamady N'Diaye, RUT**
31
140
4.5
2
**Gavin Edwards, CONN**
31
66
2.1
3
**Rick Jackson, SYR**
31
62
2.0
4
**Herb Pope, HALL**
29
57
2.0
5
**Gary McGhee, PITT
& Wesley Johnson SYR**
31
58
1.9
Rk
Name
FGM
FGA
PCT
1
**Arinze Onuaku, SYR**
152
227
.670
2
**Rick Jackson, SYR**
137
227
.604
3
**Gavin Edwards, CONN**
120
199
.603
4
**Hamady N'Diaye, RUT**
112
191
.586
5
**Julian Vaughn, GTWN**
96
168
.571
Rk
Name
3PM
3PA
PCT
1
**Austin Freeman, GTWN**
56
117
.479
2
**Darius Johnson-Odom, MARQ**
66
139
.475
3
**Maurice Acker, MARQ**
43
92
.467
4
**Tim Abromaitis, ND**
80
178
.449
5
**Jason Clark, GTWN**
57
135
.422
Rk
Name
FTM
FTA
PCT
1
**Ashton Gibbs, PITT**
129
145
.890
2
**Tim Abromaitis, ND**
108
122
.885
3
**Sharaud Curry, PROV**
123
140
.879
4
**Robert Mitchell, HALL**
58
67
.866
5
**Austin Freeman, GTWN**
75
89
.843
Attendance
Rk
Team
Home Gms.
Home Att.
Avg. Home
Away Gms.
Away Att.
Avg. Away
Neut. Gms.
Neut. Att.
Avg. Neut.
Total Gms.
Total Att.
Avg.
1
**Syracuse**
19
420,890
22,152
9
117,425
13,047
3
40,270
13,423
31
578,585
18,664
2
**Louisville**
19
368,537
19,397
11
157,470
14,315
1
n/a
n/a
31
526,007
17,534*
3
**Marquette**
17
265,484
15,617
10
126,218
12,622
3
8,738
2,913
30
400,440
13,348
4
**Connecticut**
18
216,453
12,025
10
138,911
13,891
3
37,809
12,603
31
393,173
12,683
5
**Villanova**
14
153,105
10,936
12
167,586
13,966
4
35,581
8,895
30
356,272
11,876
6
**Georgetown**
16
192,638
12,040
11
138,845
12,622
2
8,975
4,488
29
340,458
11,740
7
**Pittsburgh**
18
185,209
10,289
10
122,085
12,208
3
24,277
8,092
31
331,571
10,696
8
**West Virginia**
15
185,629
12,375
11
115,704
10,519
4
18,621
4,655
30
319,954
10,665
9
**Notre Dame**
20
168,033
8,402
9
120,618
13,402
2
6,616
3,308
31
295,267
9,525
10
**Providence**
17
140,920
8,289
13
127,627
9,817
0
0
0
30
268,547
8,952
11
**Cincinnati**
16
136,471
8,529
11
106,192
9,654
3
7,200
2,400
30
249,863
8,329
12
**DePaul**
15
126,760
8,451
11
93,786
8,526
4
19,447
4,862
30
239,993
8,000
13
**St. John's**
15
82,166
5,478
11
122,369
11,124
4
28,873
7,218
30
233,408
7,780
14
**Rutgers**
19
99,476
5,236
10
122,118
12,212
2
8,780
4,390
31
230,374
7,431
15
**Seton Hall**
17
126,019
7,413
11
80,361
7,306
1
2,365
2,365
29
208,745
7,198
16
**South Florida**
15
74,642
4,976
10
109,318
10,932
5
7,037
1,407
30
190,997
6,367
**TOTALS**
**270**
**2,942,432**
**10,898**
**170**
**1,966,633**
**11,568**
**44**
**254,589**
**5,921****
**484**
**5,163,654**
**10,691****
* - does not factor the one neutral game played, vs. Arkansas, which does not have an attendance figure on record. Overall average is therefore calculated based on the 30 games with attendance figures.
** - due to game without an attendance figure, overall averages are therefore calculated based on the 43 neutral games and 483 total games with attendance figures.
For the second straight year, all 16 teams in the conference participated in the Big East tournament. 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 9, through Saturday, March 13, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In the finals, West Virginia held of a last-minute rally by Georgetown to win the title, 60–58. Da'Sean Butler of the first-time champion Mountaineers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Butler hit the tournament-winning field goal, and led West Virginia in a series of dramatic games, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the quarterfinals to advance the team over Cincinnati.
The Big East secured eight bids into the NCAA tournament, tying its own Division I record, achieved in both 2006 and 2008. As the Big East tournament champion, West Virginia received an automatic bid into the tournament, while the remaining seven teams all received at-large bids. Syracuse achieved its first #1 seed since 1980, when it lost to #5 seed Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen. These teams combined for 8 wins and eight losses, as two teams reached the Sweet Sixteen, and West Virginia reached the Final Four.
The Big East received five bids into the National Invitation Tournament, combining for 2 wins and 5 losses. Only two teams, Cincinnati and Connecticut, advanced to the second round, both losing in their respective matchups.
Awards and honors
Conference awards and teams
The following individuals received postseason honors after having been chosen by the Big East Conference coaches:
Award
Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
**Wesley Johnson**, F., SYRACUSE
Coach of the Year
**Jim Boeheim**, SYRACUSE
Defensive Player of the Year
**Hamady N'Diaye**, C., RUTGERS
Rookie of the Year
**Lance Stephenson**, G., CINCINNATI
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
**Tim Abromaitis**, G., NOTRE DAME
Most Improved Player
**Ashton Gibbs**, G., PITTSBURGH
Sixth Man of the Year
**Kris Joseph**, F., SYRACUSE
Sportsmanship Award
**Tory Jackson**, G., NOTRE DAME
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
Honorable Mention
All-Rookie Team
Greg Monroe, C., GTWN
Luke Harangody, F., ND
Dominique Jones, G., USF
Wesley Johnson, F., SYR
Scottie Reynolds†, G., VILL
Da'Sean Butler, F., WVU
Austin Freeman, G., GTWN
Lazar Hayward, F., MARQ
Ashton Gibbs, G., PITT
Jeremy Hazell, G., HALL
Andy Rautins, G., SYR
Jerome Dyson, G., CONN
Kemba Walker, G., CONN
Samardo Samuels, F., LOU
Corey Fisher, G., VILL
Devin Ebanks, F., WVU
Jimmy Butler, F., MARQ
Tim Abromaitis, F., ND
Jamine Peterson, F., PROV
Lance Stephenson†, G., CIN
Alex Oriakhi, F/C., CONN
Vincent Council, G., PROV
Dane Miller†, F., RUT
Brandon Triche, G., SYR
Maalik Wayns, G., VILL
† - denotes unanimous selection
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.
Notable members of the first team include Notre Dame senior forward Luke Harangody, who was named to the team for the third-straight year, Villanova senior guard Scottie Reynolds, who was the only player to receive a unanimous selection. Also of note was Syracuse junior forward Wesley Johnson, who was given no all-conference consideration prior to the start of the season, yet helped lead the Orange to a surprising eighth regular season conference title, and received both first team and Big East Player of the Year honors. Notably absent from all lists was preseason first-team pick Deonta Vaughn, a senior guard from Cincinnati, who led the team in assists and finished second in points.
Two Big East players, Wesley Johnson of Syracuse and Scottie Reynolds of Villanova were named to the 2010 Consensus All-America First Team, while Luke Harangody of Notre Dame was named to the Second Team. Both Johnson and Reynolds were also named to the AP, USBWA, and NABC First Team All-America selections. Reynolds was also named to the TSN First-Team, while Johnson was named to its Second-Team.
Coaches
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse:
Naismith College Coach of the Year
AP Coach of the Year
NABC Coach of the Year
Henry Iba Coach of the Year, from the United States Basketball Writers Association
The Sporting News National Coach of the Year
FoxSports.com National Coach of the Year
Yahoo! Sports National Coach of the Year
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