# 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place in March 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 60–58 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was West Virginia's first Big East tournament championship. This was the second 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.

## Seeds

2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1. | ‡†Syracuse | 15–3 | 28–3 | |
| 2. | †Pittsburgh | 13–5 | 24–7 | 2–1 vs. WVU/NOVA |
| 3. | †West Virginia | 13–5 | 24–6 | 2–2 vs. PITT/NOVA |
| 4. | †Villanova | 13–5 | 24–6 | 1–2 vs. PITT/WVU |
| 5. | #Marquette | 11–7 | 20–10 | 1–0 vs. LOU |
| 6. | #Louisville | 11–7 | 20–11 | 0–1 vs. MARQ |
| 7. | #Notre Dame | 10–8 | 21–10 | 1–0 vs. GTWN |
| 8. | #Georgetown | 10–8 | 20–9 | 0–1 vs. ND |
| 9. | South Florida | 9–9 | 19–11 | 1–0 vs. HALL |
| 10. | Seton Hall | 9–9 | 18–11 | 0–1 vs. USF |
| 11. | Cincinnati | 7–11 | 16–14 | 2–0 vs. CONN |
| 12. | Connecticut | 7–11 | 17–14 | 0–2 vs. CIN |
| 13. | St. John's | 6–12 | 16–14 | |
| 14. | Rutgers | 5–13 | 15–16 | |
| 15. | Providence | 4–14 | 12–18 | |
| 16. | DePaul | 1–17 | 8–22 | |
| ‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. ||||||

## Bracket

All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.
| First round Tuesday, March 9 | First round Tuesday, March 9 | First round Tuesday, March 9 | Second round Wednesday, March 10 | Second round Wednesday, March 10 | Second round Wednesday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 |
| | | | | | | 1 | #3 Syracuse | 84 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | #22 Georgetown | 69 | 8 | #22 Georgetown | 91 | | | | | | |
| 9 | South Florida | 58 | 9 | South Florida | 49 | | | | 8 | #22 Georgetown | 80 | |
| 16 | DePaul | 49 | | | | | | | 5 | Marquette | 57 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | #10 Villanova | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Marquette | 57 | 5 | Marquette | 80 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Connecticut | 51 | 13 | St. John's | 55 | | | | | | | 8 | #22 Georgetown | 58 |
| 13 | St. John's | 73 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | #7 West Virginia | 60 |
| | | | | | | 2 | #16 Pittsburgh | 45 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Notre Dame | 68 | 7 | Notre Dame | 50 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Seton Hall | 109 | 10 | Seton Hall | 56 | | | | 7 | Notre Dame | 51 | | | |
| 15 | Providence | 106 | | | | | | | 3 | #7 West Virginia | 53 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #7 West Virginia | 54 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Louisville | 66 | 11 | Cincinnati | 51 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 69 | 11 | Cincinnati | 69 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Rutgers | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### First round

* espn2
* March 9 2:30 pm ET
* Recap
(13) St. John's 73, (12) Connecticut 51 :
| Scoring by half: 35–22, 38–29 |||
| Pts: Sean Evans 19 Rebs: Sean Evans 10 Asts: Malik Boothe 9 Blocks: Justin Brownlee 4 | Pts: Kemba Walker 12 Rebs: Stanley Robinson 8 Asts: Kemba Walker 4 Blocks: Ater Majok 3 |
* Madison Square Garden Attendance: 19,375 Referees: Karl Hess, Brian O'Connell, Karl Walton

### Finals
## Broadcasters
### Local Radio

| Teams | Flagship station | Play-by-play | Analyst |
| Connecticut | WTIC–AM | Joe D'Ambrosio | Wayne Norman |