2014 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2014 Big East Championship, was the 35th overall edition of the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, but the first of the current Big East Conference. It determined the recipient of the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament, as well as one of the two (or more) officially recognized conference champions for the 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season (like most NCAA Division I conferences, the Big East recognizes both the regular-season and tournament winners as conference champions). It was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

2014 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Providence (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ed Cooley (1st title)
MVP	Bryce Cotton (Providence)
Television	FS1
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments

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 tournament was the last tournament for the Big East in its original form. Following a prolonged period of turnover in the conference membership, culminating in a split of the conference along football lines effective in July 2013, the Big East name was assumed by the seven schools of the original Big East that do not sponsor FBS football (a group colloquially called either the "Basketball 7" or the "Catholic 7"). The FBS schools retained the old Big East's structure and charter and joined with several other schools to form the American Athletic Conference. As part of the deal, the new Big East retained the rights to the conference tournament in New York City, even though The American is the old Big East's legal successor.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Villanova‡†	16–2	28–3
2	Creighton†	14–4	24–6
3	Xavier†	10–8	20–11	3–1 vs Providence/St. John's
4	Providence†	10–8	20–11	2–2 vs. Xavier/St. John's
5	St. John's†	10–8	20–11	1–3 vs. Xavier/Providence
6	Marquette†	9–9	17–14
7	Georgetown	8–10	17–13
8	Seton Hall	6–12	15–16
9	Butler	4–14	14–16
10	DePaul	3–15	11–20
‡ – 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.

Schedule

Villanova and Seton Hall playing in the 2014 Big East Tournament

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1	7:00 pm	#8 Seton Hall vs #9 Butler	FS1	13,177[2]
2	9:30 pm	#7 Georgetown vs #10 DePaul	FS1
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
3	12:00 pm	#1 Villanova vs #8 Seton Hall	FS1	14,925[3]
4	2:30 pm	#4 Providence vs #5 St. John's	FS1
5	7:00 pm	#2 Creighton vs #10 DePaul	FS1	13,807
6	9:30 pm	#3 Xavier vs #6 Marquette	FS1
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
7	7:00 pm	#8 Seton Hall vs #4 Providence	FS1	15,580
8	9:30 pm	#2 Creighton vs #3 Xavier	FS1	15,580
Championship – Saturday, March 15
9	8:30 pm	#4 Providence vs. #2 Creighton	FS1	15,290
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 12					Quarterfinals March 13					Semifinals March 14					Championship March 15
						1	#3 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	#14 Creighton	58
						2	#14 Creighton	84
						10	DePaul	62
	7	Georgetown	56
	10	DePaul	60
											2	#14 Creighton	82
										3	Xavier	74
						3	Xavier	68
						6	Marquette	65

All-tournament team

• LaDontae Henton, Providence
• Austin Chatman, Creighton
• Doug McDermott, Creighton
• Semaj Christon, Xavier
• Gene Teague, Seton Hall

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

• Bryce Cotton, Providence

References

1. "Big East Conference Standings - 2013-14." ESPN.com. Retrieved: March 18, 2014.