2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2008–09
Teams 16
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Louisville (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Pitino (1st title)
MVP Jonny Flynn ((Syracuse))
Top scorer Eric Devendorf Syracuse
(84 points)
Television ESPN
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2008  2010»

{{2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings}} The 2009 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place in March 2009 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Syracuse Orange 76–66 in the tournament finals to earn the Big East Tournament championship for the first time, and received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

This was the first 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.[1] The tournament featured a conference record six-overtime quarterfinals game (the second longest game in NCAA history) in which Syracuse defeated UConn 127–117.[2]

Bracket

All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.

First Round
Tuesday, March 10		 Second Round
Wednesday, March 11		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		 Semifinals
Friday, March 13
9  Cincinnati 57  
16  DePaul 67     16  DePaul 74  
         8  Providence 83  
           8  Providence 55  
           1  #5 Louisville 73  
               
               
           1  #5 Louisville 69
12  Georgetown 59       4  #10 Villanova 55
13  St. John's 64     13  St. John's 45  
         5  #21 Marquette 74  
           5  #21 Marquette 75  
           4  #10 Villanova 76  
                    
                    
      
First Round
Tuesday, March 10		 Second Round
Wednesday, March 11		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		 Semifinals
Friday, March 13
10  Notre Dame 61  
15  Rutgers 50     10  Notre Dame 62  
         7  West Virginia 74  
           7  West Virginia 74  
           2  #2 Pittsburgh 60  
               
               
           7  West Virginia 69
11  Seton Hall 68       6  #18 Syracuse 74OT
14  South Florida 54     11  Seton Hall 74  
         6  #18 Syracuse 89  
           6  #18 Syracuse 1276OT  
           3  #3 Connecticut 117  
                    
                    
      

Championship Game

Big East Tournament Final
Saturday, March 14
   
1 #5 Louisville 76
6 #18 Syracuse 66

Syracuse vs. Connecticut

The quarterfinal game on Thursday, March 12 between Syracuse and Connecticut lasted for six overtime periods, the second-longest game in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history. The record is a seven overtime game from December 21, 1981 in which Cincinnati outlasted Bradley 75–73, in a game that took place before the implementation of the shot clock. Syracuse beat Connecticut 127–117 without having the lead in any of the first five overtimes.[2] The game tipped off at 9:36 PM ET and ended at 1:22 AM ET on Friday March 13; in the 3 hours and 46 minutes it took to play the game, a combined total of 244 points were scored (102 of which were scored in overtime), 211 field-goals attempted (103 in overtime), 93 free throws attempted, 66 fouls committed with four players on each team fouling out.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "16-Team Men's Championship Format" (PDF) (Press release). Big East Conference. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  2. 1 2 "Syracuse survives longest game in Big East history with epic win over UConn". ESPN (New York City). AP. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
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