2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2000 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 2000 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Syracuse finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams13
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSt. John's (3rd title)
Winning coachMike Jarvis (1st title)
MVPBootsy Thornton (St. John's)
1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 16 Syracuse13–3 .813  26–6  .813
No. 23 Miami13–3 .813  23–11  .676
No. 9 St. John's†12–4 .750  25–8  .758
No. 20 Connecticut10–6 .625  25–10  .714
Seton Hall10–6 .625  22–10  .688
Villanova8–8 .500  20–13  .606
Notre Dame8–8 .500  22–15  .595
West Virginia6–10 .375  14–14  .500
Georgetown6–10 .375  19–15  .559
Rutgers6–10 .375  15–16  .484
Pittsburgh5–11 .313  13–15  .464
Providence4–12 .250  11–19  .367
Boston College3–13 .188  11–19  .367
† 2000 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2000[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 80–70 to earn its first Big East Tournament championship since 1986, and third overall.

Bracket
  First round
March 8, 2000		 Quarterfinals
March 9, 2000		 Semifinals
March 10, 2000		 Championship Game
March 11, 2000
                                     
       
  1 #12 Syracuse 72  
    9 Georgetown 76  
8 West Virginia 67
9 Georgetown 70  
  9 Georgetown 55  
  4 #21 Connecticut 70  
5 Seton Hall 85  
12 Providence 65  
  5 Seton Hall 64
    4 #21 Connecticut 79  
4 #21 Connecticut 70
13 Boston College 55  
  4 #21 Connecticut 70
  3 #19 St. John's 80
       
       
  3 #19 St. John's 75
    6 Villanova 70  
6 Villanova 65
11 Pittsburgh 55  
  3 #19 St. John's 58
  2 #23 Miami 57  
       
       
  2 #23 Miami 61
    7 Notre Dame 58  
7 Notre Dame 74
10 Rutgers 62  

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Bootsy Thornton, St. John's

All-Tournament Team

Television
Network Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s) Sideline reporter(s)
ESPN2 (Rutgers–Notre Dame, opening round; Notre Dame–Miami (FL), quarterfinals)

Local Radio
Seed Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
7 Notre Dame WNDV–AM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame) Jack Lorri Jack Nolan

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/2000.html
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