2020 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2020 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Television FS1, Fox
  2019
2021  
2019–20 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Creighton 135 .722247  .774
No. 11 Villanova 135 .722247  .774
No. 16 Seton Hall 135 .722219  .700
Providence 126 .6671912  .613
No. 24 Butler 108 .556229  .710
Marquette 810 .4441812  .600
Xavier 810 .4441913  .594
Georgetown 513 .2781517  .469
St. John's 513 .2781715  .531
DePaul 315 .1671616  .500
Note: The 2020 Big East tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 Big East men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was to have been held from March 11 through March 14, 2020, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the two first-round games were played on March 11.

Contents

Early on March 12, amid concerns over the spreading COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the Big East Conference issued a statement that it would limit attendance during the rest of the tournament to student-athletes, coaches, team staff, event staff, essential media, and immediate family members [1] The first quarterfinal game, with Creighton facing St. John's, began on March 12, but during halftime, with St. John's leading 38–35, [2] the Big East Conference cancelled the rest of the game and all remaining tournament games in order to further reduce the possibility of spreading the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for cases of COVID-19. It was the first cancellation of the tournament since its foundation in 1980. Despite the cancellation of the tournament, the conference was able to receive an insurance payout of $10.5 million as a result of the tournament's insurance policy. [3]

The winner was to have received the conference's bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament, which also was cancelled on March 12, 2020.

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools were slated to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1
1 Creighton 13–53–1 vs. Villanova/Seton Hall
2 Villanova 13–52–2 vs. Creighton/Seton Hall
3 Seton Hall 13–51–3 vs. Creighton/Villanova
4 Providence 12–6
5 Butler 10–8
6 Marquette 8–102–0 vs. Xavier
7 Xavier 8–100–2 vs. Marquette
8 Georgetown 5–132–0 vs. St. John's
9 St. John's 5–130–2 vs. Georgetown
10 DePaul 3–15

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 11
17:00 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 St. John's62–75FS117,534
29:30 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 DePaul67–71
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
312:00 pmNo. 1 Creighton vs. No. 9 St. John's
(cancelled at halftime)
35–38
(halftime)
FS1N/A*
42:30 pmNo. 4 Providence vs. No. 5 Butlercancelled
57:00 pmNo. 2 Villanova vs. No. 10 DePaul
69:30 pmNo. 3 Seton Hall vs. No. 6 Marquette
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
76:30 pmGame 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winnercancelled
89:00 pmGame 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14
96:30 pmGame 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winnercancelled
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. [4]

*Attendance by the general public was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 11
FS1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
FS1
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
FS1
Championship
Saturday, March 14
Fox
            
1 #7 Creighton 35
9 St. John's 38
(canceled
halftime)
8 Georgetown 62
9 St. John's75
cancelled
 
4 Providence cancelled
5 #24 Butler
cancelled
 
2 #11 Villanova cancelled
10 DePaul
7 Xavier 67
10 DePaul71
cancelled
 
3 #16 Seton Hall cancelled
6 Marquette

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