College basketball tournament
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.[ 2]
Seeds
2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed
School
Conf.
Over.
Tiebreaker[ 3]
1.
‡†Syracuse
15–3
28–3
2.
†Pittsburgh
13–5
24–7
2–1 vs. WVU/NOVA
3.
†West Virginia
13–5
24–6
2–2 vs. PITT/NOVA
4.
†Villanova
13–5
24–6
1–2 vs. PITT/WVU
5.
#Marquette
11–7
20–10
1–0 vs. LOU
6.
#Louisville
11–7
20–11
0–1 vs. MARQ
7.
#Notre Dame
10–8
21–10
1–0 vs. GTWN
8.
#Georgetown
10–8
20–9
0–1 vs. ND
9.
South Florida
9–9
19–11
1–0 vs. HALL
10.
Seton Hall
9–9
18–11
0–1 vs. USF
11.
Cincinnati
7–11
16–14
2–0 vs. CONN
12.
Connecticut
7–11
17–14
0–2 vs. CIN
13.
St. John's
6–12
16–14
14.
Rutgers
5–13
15–16
15.
Providence
4–14
12–18
16.
DePaul
1–17
8–22
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.[ 4] † – 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 9Second round Wednesday, March 10Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11Semifinals Friday, March 12Championship Saturday, March 131 #3 Syracuse 84 8 #22 Georgetown 69 8 #22 Georgetown 91 9 South Florida 58 9 South Florida 49 8 #22 Georgetown 80 16 DePaul 49 5 Marquette 57 4 #10 Villanova 76 5 Marquette 57 5 Marquette 80 12 Connecticut 51 13 St. John's 55 8 #22 Georgetown 58 13 St. John's 73 3 #7 West Virginia 60 2 #16 Pittsburgh 45 7 Notre Dame 68 7 Notre Dame 50 10 Seton Hall 109 10 Seton Hall 56 7 Notre Dame 51 15 Providence 106 3 #7 West Virginia 53 3 #7 West Virginia 54 6 Louisville 66 11 Cincinnati 51 11 Cincinnati 69 11 Cincinnati 69 14 Rutgers 68
First round
Madison Square GardenAttendance: 19,375Referees: Karl Hess, Brian O'Connell, Karl Walton
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Broadcasters
Television
Radio
Local Radio
See also
References