2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	13
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	St. John's (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Jarvis (1st title)
MVP	Bootsy Thornton (St. John's)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments ← 1999 2001 →

1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#16 Syracuse	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
#23 Miami	12	–	2	.857	23	–	11	.676
#9 St. John's†	12	–	4	.750	25	–	8	.758
#20 Connecticut	10	–	6	.625	25	–	10	.714
Seton Hall	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	20	–	13	.606
Notre Dame	8	–	8	.500	22	–	15	.595
West Virginia	6	–	10	.375	14	–	14	.500
Georgetown	6	–	10	.375	19	–	15	.559
Rutgers	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	13	–	15	.464
Providence	4	–	12	.250	11	–	19	.367
Boston College	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 2000 Big East Tournament winner As of April 3, 2000; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Syracuse finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 80–70 to earn their first Big East Tournament championship since 1986, and their third overall.

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Bootsy Thornton, St. John's

All-Tournament Team

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28.