2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, FS1, FSN, Fox
Regular Season
2014 Big East ChampionsVillanova
  Runners-upCreighton
Season MVPDoug McDermott, Creighton
Top scorerDoug McDermott, Creighton
Tournament
ChampionsProvidence
  Runners-upCreighton
Finals MVPBryce Cotton, Providence
Basketball seasons
2013–14 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Villanova 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853
No. 16 Creighton 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
Providence † 10 – 8   .556 23 – 12   .657
Xavier 10 – 8   .556 21 – 13   .618
St. John's 10 – 8   .556 20 – 13   .606
Marquette 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Georgetown 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Seton Hall 6 – 12   .333 17 – 17   .500
Butler 4 – 14   .222 14 – 17   .452
DePaul 3 – 15   .167 12 – 21   .364
† 2014 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
Source:[1]

The 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This was the 35th year in the conference's history, but the first as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play started on New Year's Eve 2013, and concluded in March with the 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The original Big East Conference split effective immediately after the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The seven schools that did not sponsor FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and reorganized as a new Big East, while the FBS schools that had not left for other conferences retained the original Big East charter and are now operating as the American Athletic Conference (The American). Both leagues, however, claim the 1979 founding date of the original Big East as their own founding dates. While both offshoot leagues initially claimed the history of the original conference, that has apparently changed, as the basketball history of the original Big East is now claimed by the current Big East, and The American now considers its basketball history to have begun with the conference split. Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn, the five full members of the original Big East that sponsored FBS football before the split, joined with several new members to reorganize as The American.

The nucleus of the conference is the so-called "Catholic 7", the members of the original Big East Conference that do not sponsor FBS football, all Catholic institutions: DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova. The seven from the original Big East were joined by Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10, and Creighton from the Missouri Valley. The Big East's full membership remained unchanged from the conference's relaunch through the 2019–20 season; the first change to the league's core membership took place on July 1, 2020 when UConn re-joined from The American.[2]

Preseason

Media[3]
1. Marquette (5)
2. Georgetown (2)
3. Creighton (1)
4. Villanova
5. St. John's (2)
6. Providence
7. Xavier
8. Seton Hall
9. Butler
10. DePaul

() first place votes

Preseason All-Big East teams

Media[3]
Semaj Christon XAVIER
Bryce Cotton PROVIDENCE
Davante Gardner MARQUETTE
D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S
Doug McDermott CREIGHTON
Markel Starks GEORGETOWN
  • Coaches select 8 players
  • Players in bold are choices for Big East Player of the Year

Rankings

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Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

  Butler Creighton DePaul Georgetown Marquette Providence Seton Hall St. John's Villanova Xavier
vs. Butler – 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Creighton 0–2 – 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1
vs. DePaul 1–1 2–0 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Georgetown 0–2 1–1 0–2 – 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Marquette 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 – 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Providence 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Seton Hall 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 2–0 0–2
vs. St. John's 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 – 2–0 2–0
vs. Villanova 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 – 0–2
vs. Xavier 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 –
Total 4–14 14–4 3–15 8–10 9–9 10–8 6–12 10–8 16–2 10–8

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-Big East awards and teams

Coaches

2014 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards[4][5][6]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Doug McDermott Sr., F, CREIGHTON
Coach of the Year Jay Wright VILLANOVA
Defensive Player of the Year Fuquan Edwin Sr., G, SETON HALL
Most Improved Player Darrun Hilliard Jr., G, VILLANOVA
Daniel Ochefu So., F, VILLANOVA
Rookie of the Year Billy Garrett Jr. Fr., G, DEPAUL
Scholar-Athlete of the Year Alex Barlow Jr., G, BUTLER
Sixth Man Award Davante Gardner Sr., F, MARQUETTE
Sportsmanship Award Chris Otule Sr., C, MARQUETTE
2014 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[7]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Rookie Team
James Bell, Sr., G., VILLANOVA
†Semaj Christon, So., G., XAVIER
†Bryce Cotton, Sr., G., PROVIDENCE
†Doug McDermott, Sr., F., CREIGHTON
D'Angelo Harrison, Jr., G., ST. JOHN'S
Markel Starks, Sr., G., GEORGETOWN
 Kadeem Batts, Sr., F., PROVIDENCE
Kellen Dunham, So., G., BUTLER
Fuquan Edwin, Sr., G., SETON HALL
Davante Gardner, Sr., F., MARQUETTE
JayVaughn Pinkston, Jr., F., VILLANOVA
D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, So., G., GEORGETOWN
 Ryan Arcidiacono, So., G., VILLANOVA
Darrun Hilliard, Jr., G., VILLANOVA
Matt Stainbrook, Jr., C., XAVIER
Ethan Wragge, Sr., F., CREIGHTON
 Deonte Burton, Fr., G., MARQUETTE
Andrew Chrabascz, Fr., F., BUTLER
Billy Garrett Jr., Fr., G., DEPAUL
Tommy Hamilton IV, Fr., F., DEPAUL
Josh Hart, Fr., G., VILLANOVA
Rysheed Jordan, Fr., G., ST. JOHN'S
Jaren Sina, Fr., G., SETON HALL
† - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason

2014 Big East tournament

Main article: 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament
2014 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 12 		Quarterfinals
March 13 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 15
1‡† Villanova 15–2 27–3 BYE vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 63–64
2† Creighton 14–4 24–6 BYE vs. #10 DePaul – W, 84–62 vs. #3 Xavier – W, 82–74 vs. #4 Providence – L, 58–65
3† Xavier 10–8 20–11 BYE vs. #6 Marquette – W, 68–65 vs. #2 Creighton – L, 74–82
4† Providence 10–8 20–11 BYE vs. #5 St. John's – W, 79–74 vs. #8 Seton Hall – W, 80–74 vs. #2 Creighton – W, 65–58
5† St. John's 10–8 20–11 BYE vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–79
6† Marquette 9–9 17–14 BYE #3 Xavier – L, 65–68
7 Georgetown 8–10 17–13 #10 DePaul – L, 56–60
8 Seton Hall 6–12 15–16 vs. #9 Butler – W, 51–50 vs. #1 Villanova – W, 64–63 vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–80
9 Butler 4–14 14–16 vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 50–51
10 DePaul 3–15 11–20 vs. #10 Georgetown – W, 60–56 vs. #2 Creighton – L, 62–84
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Bracket

First round
March 12 		Quarterfinals
March 13 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 15
            
1 Villanova 63
8 Seton Hall 64
8 Seton Hall 51
9 Butler 50
8 Seton Hall 74
4 Providence 80
4 Providence 79
5 St. John's 74
4 Providence 65
2 Creighton 58
2 Creighton 84
10 DePaul 62
7 Georgetown 56
10 DePaul 60
2 Creighton 82
3 Xavier 74
3 Xavier 68
6 Marquette 65

* denotes overtime game

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 East Villanova   W, 75–53 vs. #15 Milwaukee – (Buffalo, NY) L, 65–77 vs. #7 UConn – (Buffalo, NY)        
3 West Creighton   W, 76–66 vs. #14 UL Lafayette – (San Antonio, TX) L, 55–85 vs. #6 Baylor – (San Antonio, TX)        
11 East Providence   L, 77–79 vs. #6 UNC – (San Antonio, TX)          
12 Midwest Xavier L, 59–74 vs. #12 NC State – (Dayton, OH)            
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 2–1 (.667) 0–2 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 2–4 (.333)

* denotes overtime game

References

  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2013-14." ESPN.com. Retrieved: March 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Norlander, Matt (June 26, 2019). "UConn leaving AAC after accepting invitation to join Big East Conference in all sports except football". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Big East Media Days" (Press release). Big East Conference. October 16, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  4. ^ "BIG EAST Announces Several Men's Basketball Awards" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 10, 2014. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "BIG EAST Announces Men's Basketball Player, Rookie, Coach of the Year" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 12, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  6. ^ "Butler's Alex Barlow Named BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 12, 2014. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
  7. ^ "All-BIG EAST Men's Basketball Team Announced" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 9, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2014.