2024–25 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Big East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox, FS1, CBS, CBSSN, NBC
Regular Season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
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2024–25 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Marquette 3 – 0   1.000 12 – 2   .857
No. 11 UConn 3 – 0   1.000 11 – 3   .786
Georgetown 2 – 0   1.000 11 – 2   .846
St. John's 2 – 1   .667 11 – 3   .786
Creighton 2 – 1   .667 9 – 5   .643
Villanova 2 – 1   .667 9 – 5   .643
Xavier 1 – 2   .333 9 – 5   .643
Providence 1 – 2   .333 7 – 7   .500
DePaul 0 – 3   .000 9 – 5   .643
Butler 0 – 3   .000 7 – 7   .500
Seton Hall 0 – 3   .000 5 – 9   .357
† 2025 Big East tournament winner
As of January 1, 2025
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024–25 Big East men's basketball season is the current season for Big East Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which will begin in November 2024. Conference play will begin in December 2024 and ended in March 2025.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

DePaul

Following the end of the 2023–24 Matt Brady interim coach was replaced by Chris Holtmann who was named the 16th head coach of the Blue Demons.[1]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big East record Big East titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Butler Thad Matta Ohio State 4 30–33 15–25 0 13 2 0
UConn Dan Hurley Rhode Island 7 106–29 71–41 1 6 2 2
Creighton Greg McDermott Iowa State 15 245–130 123–82 0 13 0 0
DePaul Chris Holtmann Ohio State 1 0–0 0–0 0 7 0 0
Georgetown Ed Cooley Providence 2 9–23 2–18 0 0 0 0
Marquette Shaka Smart Texas 4 75–30 42–17 1 11 1 0
Providence Kim English George Mason 2 21–14 10–10 0 0 0 0
Seton Hall Shaheen Holloway St. Peter's 3 42–28 23–17 0 1 0 0
St. John's Rick Pitino Iona 2 20–13 11–9 0 21 5 1
Villanova Kyle Neptune Fordham 3 35–33 20–20 0 0 0 0
Xavier Sean Miller Arizona 8 43–28 24–16 0 11 0 0

Notes:

  • Years at school includes 2020–21 season.
  • Overall and Big East records are from current school.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances, Final Four & Championships include all schools.
  • McDermott's MVC conference records, Matta's MCC records, Miller's A-10 records, Hurley's AAC records not included since team began play in the Big East, Pitino does not include vacated wins.

Preseason

Preseason Big East poll

Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.[2]

Rank Team Points
1. UConn 100 (10)
2. Creighton 84
3. Xavier 82
4. Marquette 74 (1)
5. St. John's 70
6. Providence 54
7. Villanova 44
8. Butler 36
9. Georgetown 25
10. Seton Hall 24
11. DePaul 12
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Big East

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big East team and player of the year.[3]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Preseason Freshman of the Year Liam McNeeley, UConn
Preseason All-Big East First Team Alex Karaban, UConn
Kam Jones, Marquette
Bryce Hopkins, Providence
Kadary Richmond, St. John’s
Eric Dixon, Villanova
Preseason All-Big East Second Team Pierre Brooks, Butler
Jahmyl Telfort, Butler
Deivon Smith, St. John’s
Zach Freemantle, Xavier
Dayvion McKnight, Xavier
Preseason All-Big East Third Team Aidan Mahaney, UConn
Steven Ashworth, Creighton
Jayden Epps, Georgetown
Wooga Poplar, Villanova
Ryan Conwell, Xavier

Preseason All-American teams

Player AP

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden Naismith Naismith DPOY Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul-Jabbar

Regular season

Rankings

See also: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
  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		 Wk
19		 Wk
20		 Final
Butler AP
C
UConn AP 3 (11)
C
Creighton AP 15
C
DePaul AP
C
Georgetown AP
C
Marquette AP 18
C
Providence AP RV
C
Seton Hall AP
C
St. John's AP RV
C
Villanova AP
C
Xavier AP RV
C

Early season tournaments

All 11 Big East teams participated in early season tournaments.[4]

Team Tournament Finish
Butler Arizona Tip-Off 1st
UConn Maui Invitational 8th
Creighton Players Era Festival 7th
DePaul – –
Georgetown – –
Marquette – –
Providence Battle 4 Atlantis 8th
Seton Hall Charleston Classic 3rd
St. John's Bahamas Championship 3rd
Villanova Empire Classic 2nd
Xavier Fort Myers Tip-Off 2nd

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big East offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 11, 2024

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

  Butler UConn Creighton DePaul Georgetown Marquette Providence Seton Hall St. John's Villanova Xavier
vs. Butler – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UConn 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Creighton 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. DePaul 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Georgetown 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Marquette 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Providence 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Seton Hall 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. St. John's 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0
vs. Villanova 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0
vs. Xavier 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 –
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Honors and awards

All-Big East awards and teams

Will be announced at the end of the regular season in March.

Big East Awards

2024 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year
Sixth Man Award
2024 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[5]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team
† - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason

Big East tournament

Main article: 2025 Big East men's basketball tournament
First round
Wednesday, March 12
Peacock 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
Peacock/FS1 		Semifinals
Friday, March 14
FOX 		Championship
Saturday, March 15
FOX
            
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Source:[6]

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The winner of the Big East Tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 East UConn
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 10–2 (.833)

National Invitation Tournament

Main article: 2025 National Invitation Tournament

The following Big East teams will receive invitations to the National Invitation Tournament.

Seed School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–)
Total: 0–0 (–)

References

  1. ^ "DePaul hires Chris Holtmann: Blue Demons tap ex-Ohio State coach to turn around floundering program". March 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "UConn Selected For First Place In Preseason Coaches' Poll". www.bigeast.com. October 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Creighton's Kalkbrenner Named Preseason Player of the Year". www.bigeast.com. October 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Dobbertean, Chris. "2024-25 Men's College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "All-BIG EAST Teams Announced". www.bigeast.com. March 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bracket (PDF) - Big East Conference" (PDF). www.bigeast.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.