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2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2001 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000–01
Teams 12
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Boston College (2nd title)
Winning coach Al Skinner (1st title)
MVP Troy Bell (Boston College)
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2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
#7 Boston College 13 3   .813     27 5   .844
Providence 11 5   .688     21 10   .677
St. John's 8 8   .500     14 15   .483
Miami 8 8   .500     16 13   .552
Villanova 8 8   .500     18 13   .581
Connecticut 8 8   .500     20 12   .625
Virginia Tech* 2 14   .125     8 19   .296
West
#19 Notre Dame 11 5   .688     20 10   .667
#21 Georgetown 10 6   .625     25 8   .758
#17 Syracuse 10 6   .625     25 9   .735
West Virginia 8 8   .500     17 12   .586
Pittsburgh 7 9   .438     19 14   .576
Seton Hall 5 11   .313     16 15   .516
Rutgers* 3 13   .188     11 16   .407
† 2001 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2001; Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2001 Big East Tournament

The 2001 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 2001 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the two highest seeds in each division received byes in the first round. The 6 teams with the best conference records in each division were invited to participate for a total of twelve teams. Teams were seeded by division. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the East #1 seed, while Notre Dame received the West #1 seed.

Boston College defeated Pittsburgh in the championship game 79–57 for its second and final Big East Tournament championship.

* denotes an overtime (OT) period.

Note: By finishing in last place during the regular season in their respective divisions, Virginia Tech and Rutgers did not qualify for the tournament.

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Troy Bell, Boston College

All-Tournament Team


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