2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	16
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	West Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Huggins (1st title)
MVP	Da'Sean Butler (West Virginia)
Television	ESPN
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2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#4 Syracuse	15	–	3		.833			30	–	5		.857
#6 West Virginia†	13	–	5		.722			31	–	7		.816
#9 Villanova	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
#18 Pittsburgh	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Marquette	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Louisville	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
#14 Georgetown	10	–	8		.556			23	–	11		.676
Notre Dame	10	–	8		.556			23	–	12		.657
South Florida	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Seton Hall	9	–	9		.500			19	–	13		.594
Cincinnati	7	–	11		.389			19	–	16		.543
Connecticut	7	–	11		.389			18	–	16		.529
St. John's	6	–	12		.333			17	–	16		.515
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Providence	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
DePaul	1	–	17		.056			8	–	23		.258
† 2010 Big East Tournament winner As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.

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