2001 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2001 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200001
Teams12
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Boston College (2nd title)
Winning coach Al Skinner (1st title)
MVP Troy Bell (Boston College)
  2000
2002  
2000–01 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 7 Boston College133 .813275  .844
Providence 115 .6882110  .677
St. John's 88 .5001415  .483
Miami 88 .5001613  .552
Villanova 88 .5001813  .581
Connecticut 88 .5002012  .625
Virginia Tech*214 .125819  .296
West
No. 19 Notre Dame 115 .6882010  .667
No. 21 Georgetown 106 .625258  .758
No. 17 Syracuse 106 .625259  .735
West Virginia 88 .5001712  .586
Pittsburgh 79 .4381914  .576
Seton Hall 511 .3131615  .516
Rutgers*313 .1881116  .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 six teams with the best conference records in each division were invited to participate for a total of 12 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.

Contents

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 #19 Notre Dame 54
W5Pittsburgh66
W5 Pittsburgh 78
E4 Miami 69
W5Pittsburgh*55
W3 #17 Syracuse 54
E2 Providence 54
W3#17 Syracuse55
E6 Connecticut 75
W3 #17 Syracuse 86
W5 Pittsburgh 57
E1#10 Boston College79
E1 #10 Boston College 93
E5 Villanova 79
E5 Villanova 82
W4 West Virginia 71
E1#10 Boston College75
W6 Seton Hall 48
W2 #18 Georgetown 40
W6Seton Hall58
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

  1. "2000-01 Big East Conference Season Summary". www.sports-reference.com.