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2010 Big East men's basketball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2010 |
| Conference | Big East |
| Division | I |
| Gender | Men's |
| Image | 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament logo.jpg |
| ImageSize | 250px |
| Caption | Tournament Logo |
| Teams | 16 |
| Arena | Madison Square Garden |
| City | New York City |
| Champions | [West Virginia](2009-10-west-virginia-mountaineers-men-s-basketball-team) |
| TitleCount | 1st |
| Coach | Bob Huggins |
| CoachCount | 1st |
| MVP | Da'Sean Butler |
| MVPTeam | West Virginia |
| Points | 60 |
| Television | 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.
Seeds
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | url=http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/tie-breaker10.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11228&SPSID=94715 | title=Tie Breaking Procedures | access-date=2010-03-06 | archive-url=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 | archive-date=2010-03-31 | url-status=dead }} |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‡†[Syracuse](2009-10-syracuse-orange-men-s-basketball-team) | 15–3 | 28–3 | ||||||
| 2. | †[Pittsburgh](2009-10-pittsburgh-panthers-men-s-basketball-team) | 13–5 | 24–7 | **2–1** vs. WVU/NOVA | |||||
| 3. | †[West Virginia](2009-10-west-virginia-mountaineers-men-s-basketball-team) | 13–5 | 24–6 | **2–2** vs. PITT/NOVA | |||||
| 4. | †[Villanova](2009-10-villanova-wildcats-men-s-basketball-team) | 13–5 | 24–6 | **1–2** vs. PITT/WVU | |||||
| 5. | #Marquette | 11–7 | 20–10 | **1–0** vs. LOU | |||||
| 6. | #[Louisville](2009-10-louisville-cardinals-men-s-basketball-team) | 11–7 | 20–11 | **0–1** vs. MARQ | |||||
| 7. | #[Notre Dame](2009-10-notre-dame-fighting-irish-men-s-basketball-team) | 10–8 | 21–10 | **1–0** vs. GTWN | |||||
| 8. | #[Georgetown](2009-10-georgetown-hoyas-men-s-basketball-team) | 10–8 | 20–9 | **0–1** vs. ND | |||||
| 9. | [South Florida](2009-10-south-florida-bulls-men-s-basketball-team) | 9–9 | 19–11 | **1–0** vs. HALL | |||||
| 10. | Seton Hall | 9–9 | 18–11 | **0–1** vs. USF | |||||
| 11. | [Cincinnati](2009-10-cincinnati-bearcats-men-s-basketball-team) | 7–11 | 16–14 | **2–0** vs. CONN | |||||
| 12. | [Connecticut](2009-10-connecticut-huskies-men-s-basketball-team) | 7–11 | 17–14 | **0–2** vs. CIN | |||||
| 13. | St. John's | 6–12 | 16–14 | ||||||
| 14. | Rutgers | 5–13 | 15–16 | ||||||
| 15. | [Providence](2009-10-providence-friars-men-s-basketball-team) | 4–14 | 12–18 | ||||||
| 16. | DePaul | 1–17 | 8–22 | ||||||
| ‡ – 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
All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.
Tuesday, March 9 Wednesday, March 10 Thursday, March 11 Friday, March 12 Saturday, March 13
| RD1-seed01=9 | RD1-team01= South Florida | RD1-score01= 58 | RD1-seed02=16 | RD1-team02= DePaul | RD1-score02= 49
| RD1-seed03=12 | RD1-team03= Connecticut | RD1-score03= 51 | RD1-seed04=13 | RD1-team04= St. John's | RD1-score04= 73
| RD1-seed05=10 | RD1-team05= Seton Hall | RD1-score05= 109 | RD1-seed06=15 | RD1-team06= Providence | RD1-score06= 106
| RD1-seed07=11 | RD1-team07= Cincinnati | RD1-score07= 69 | RD1-seed08=14 | RD1-team08= Rutgers | RD1-score08= 68
| RD2-seed01=8 | RD2-team01= #22 Georgetown | RD2-score01= 69 | RD2-seed02=9 | RD2-team02= South Florida | RD2-score02= 49
| RD2-seed03=5 | RD2-team03= Marquette | RD2-score03= 57 | RD2-seed04=13 | RD2-team04= St. John's | RD2-score04= 55
| RD2-seed05=7 | RD2-team05= Notre Dame | RD2-score05= 68 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06= Seton Hall | RD2-score06= 56
| RD2-seed07=6 | RD2-team07= Louisville | RD2-score07= 66 | RD2-seed08=11 | RD2-team08=Cincinnati | RD2-score08= 69
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01= #3 Syracuse | RD3-score01= 84 | RD3-seed02=8 | RD3-team02= #22 Georgetown | RD3-score02= 91
| RD3-seed03=4 | RD3-team03= #10 Villanova | RD3-score03= 76 | RD3-seed04=5 | RD3-team04= Marquette | RD3-score04= 80
| RD3-seed05=2 | RD3-team05= #16 Pittsburgh | RD3-score05= 45 | RD3-seed06=7 | RD3-team06= Notre Dame | RD3-score06= 50
| RD3-seed07=3 | RD3-team07= #7 West Virginia | RD3-score07= 54 | RD3-seed08=11 | RD3-team08= Cincinnati | RD3-score08= 51
| RD4-seed01=8 | RD4-team01= #22 Georgetown | RD4-score01= 80 | RD4-seed02=5 | RD4-team02= Marquette | RD4-score02= 57
| RD4-seed03=7 | RD4-team03=Notre Dame | RD4-score03= 51 | RD4-seed04=3 | RD4-team04= #7 West Virginia | RD4-score04= 53
| RD5-seed1=8 | RD5-team1= #22 Georgetown | RD5-score1= 58 | RD5-seed2=3 | RD5-team2= #7 West Virginia | RD5-score2= 60
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Broadcasters
Television
Radio
Local Radio
| Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Connecticut](2009-10-connecticut-huskies-men-s-basketball-team) | WTIC–AM | Joe D'Ambrosio | Wayne Norman |
References
References
- "16-Team Men's Championship Format". [[Big East Conference (1979–2013).
- "Tie Breaking Procedures".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100304213649/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300620183 "Orange top Red Storm to win Big East title outright for second time"]. ESPN.com. Published 03-02-2010. Retrieved 03-02-2010.
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