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)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2000  2002»
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[1]; 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.

Bracket

  First Round
March 7, 2001		 Quarterfinals
March 8, 2001		 Semifinals
March 9, 2001		 Championship Game
March 10, 2001
                                     
        
  W1  Notre Dame 54  
    W5  Pittsburgh 66  
W5  Pittsburgh 78
E4  Miami 69  
  W5  Pittsburgh* 55  
  W3  Syracuse 54  
        
        
  E2  Providence 54
    W3  Syracuse 55  
E6  Connecticut 75
W3  Syracuse 86  
  W5  Pittsburgh 57
  E1  Boston College 79
        
        
  E1  Boston College 93
    E5  Villanova 79  
E5  Villanova 82
W4  West Virginia 71  
  E1  Boston College 75
  W6  Seton Hall 48  
        
        
  W2  Georgetown 40
    W6  Seton Hall 58  
W6  Seton Hall 78
E3  St. John's 66  

* 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.

Awards

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

All-Tournament Team

References

External links

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