# 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season

The 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This was the 35th year in the conference's history, but the first as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play started on New Year's Eve 2013, and concluded in March with the 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The original Big East Conference split effective immediately after the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The seven schools that did not sponsor FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and reorganized as a new Big East, while the FBS schools that had not left for other conferences retained the original Big East charter and are now operating as the American Athletic Conference (The American). Both leagues, however, claim the 1979 founding date of the original Big East as their own founding dates. While both offshoot leagues initially claimed the history of the original conference, that has apparently changed, as the basketball history of the original Big East is now claimed by the current Big East, and The American now considers its basketball history to have begun with the conference split. Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn, the five full members of the original Big East that sponsored FBS football before the split, joined with several new members to reorganize as The American.
The nucleus of the conference is the so-called "Catholic 7", the members of the original Big East Conference that do not sponsor FBS football, all Catholic institutions: DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova. The seven from the original Big East were joined by Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10, and Creighton from the Missouri Valley. The Big East's full membership remained unchanged from the conference's relaunch through the 2019–20 season; the first change to the league's core membership took place on July 1, 2020 when UConn re-joined from The American.

## Preseason

| | Media |
| 1. | Marquette (5) |
| 2. | Georgetown (2) |
| 3. | Creighton (1) |
| 4. | Villanova |
| 5. | St. John's (2) |
| 6. | Providence |
| 7. | Xavier |
| 8. | Seton Hall |
| 9. | Butler |
| 10. | DePaul |
 first place votes

### Preseason All-Big East teams

* Media
* Semaj Christon XAVIER Bryce Cotton PROVIDENCE Davante Gardner MARQUETTE D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S Doug McDermott CREIGHTON Markel Starks GEORGETOWN
* Coaches select 8 players
* Players in bold are choices for Big East Player of the Year

## Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Wk 20 | Final |
| Butler | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Butler | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Creighton | AP | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | RV | RV | | RV | RV | RV | 20 | RV | 20 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
| Creighton | C | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 20 |
| DePaul | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DePaul | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgetown | AP | RV | RV | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgetown | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marquette | AP | 17 | 17 | 25 | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marquette | C | 17 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Providence | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV |
| Providence | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | |
| Seton Hall | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seton Hall | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Villanova | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 14 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Villanova | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Xavier | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RV | | |
| Xavier | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Regular season
### Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
| | Butler | Creighton | DePaul | Georgetown | Marquette | Providence | Seton Hall | St. John's | Villanova | Xavier |
| vs. Butler | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Creighton | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| vs. DePaul | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Georgetown | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Marquette | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Providence | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Seton Hall | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| vs. St. John's | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Villanova | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 |
| vs. Xavier | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – |
| Total | 4–14 | 14–4 | 3–15 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 16–2 | 10–8 |

## Honors and awards
### All-Big East awards and teams
#### Coaches

2014 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Doug McDermott Sr., F, CREIGHTON |
| Coach of the Year | Jay Wright VILLANOVA |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Fuquan Edwin Sr., G, SETON HALL |
| Most Improved Player | Darrun Hilliard Jr., G, VILLANOVA Daniel Ochefu So., F, VILLANOVA |
| Rookie of the Year | Billy Garrett Jr. Fr., G, DEPAUL |
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Alex Barlow Jr., G, BUTLER |
| Sixth Man Award | Davante Gardner Sr., F, MARQUETTE |
| Sportsmanship Award | Chris Otule Sr., C, MARQUETTE |
2014 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | All-Rookie Team |
| James Bell, Sr., G., VILLANOVA †Semaj Christon, So., G., XAVIER †Bryce Cotton, Sr., G., PROVIDENCE †Doug McDermott, Sr., F., CREIGHTON D'Angelo Harrison, Jr., G., ST. JOHN'S Markel Starks, Sr., G., GEORGETOWN | Kadeem Batts, Sr., F., PROVIDENCE Kellen Dunham, So., G., BUTLER Fuquan Edwin, Sr., G., SETON HALL Davante Gardner, Sr., F., MARQUETTE JayVaughn Pinkston, Jr., F., VILLANOVA D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, So., G., GEORGETOWN | Ryan Arcidiacono, So., G., VILLANOVA Darrun Hilliard, Jr., G., VILLANOVA Matt Stainbrook, Jr., C., XAVIER Ethan Wragge, Sr., F., CREIGHTON | Deonte Burton, Fr., G., MARQUETTE Andrew Chrabascz, Fr., F., BUTLER Billy Garrett Jr., Fr., G., DEPAUL Tommy Hamilton IV, Fr., F., DEPAUL Josh Hart, Fr., G., VILLANOVA Rysheed Jordan, Fr., G., ST. JOHN'S Jaren Sina, Fr., G., SETON HALL |
| † - denotes unanimous selection |||||

## Postseason
### 2014 Big East tournament

* March 12–15, 2014 Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York.
2014 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | First Round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 |
| 1‡† | Villanova | 15–2 | 27–3 | BYE | vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 63–64 | | |
| 2† | Creighton | 14–4 | 24–6 | BYE | vs. #10 DePaul – W, 84–62 | vs. #3 Xavier – W, 82–74 | vs. #4 Providence – L, 58–65 |
| 3† | Xavier | 10–8 | 20–11 | BYE | vs. #6 Marquette – W, 68–65 | vs. #2 Creighton – L, 74–82 | |
| 4† | Providence | 10–8 | 20–11 | BYE | vs. #5 St. John's – W, 79–74 | vs. #8 Seton Hall – W, 80–74 | vs. #2 Creighton – W, 65–58 |
| 5† | St. John's | 10–8 | 20–11 | BYE | vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–79 | | |
| 6† | Marquette | 9–9 | 17–14 | BYE | #3 Xavier – L, 65–68 | | |
| 7 | Georgetown | 8–10 | 17–13 | #10 DePaul – L, 56–60 | | | |
| 8 | Seton Hall | 6–12 | 15–16 | vs. #9 Butler – W, 51–50 | vs. #1 Villanova – W, 64–63 | vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–80 | |
| 9 | Butler | 4–14 | 14–16 | vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 50–51 | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 3–15 | 11–20 | vs. #10 Georgetown – W, 60–56 | vs. #2 Creighton – L, 62–84 | | |
| ‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament. ||||||||||

### Bracket

| First round March 12 | First round March 12 | First round March 12 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Quarterfinals March 13 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 15 | Championship March 15 | Championship March 15 |
| | | | 1 | Villanova | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Seton Hall | 64 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Seton Hall | 51 | 8 | Seton Hall | 64 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 50 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Butler | 50 | | | | 8 | Seton Hall | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Providence | 80 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Providence | 79 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | St. John's | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Providence | 65 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Creighton | 58 |
| | | | 2 | Creighton | 84 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | DePaul | 62 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Georgetown | 56 | 10 | DePaul | 62 | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 60 | | | | 2 | Creighton | 82 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Xavier | 74 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Xavier | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Marquette | 65 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime game

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 1 | East | Villanova | | W, 75–53 vs. #15 Milwaukee – (Buffalo, NY) | L, 65–77 vs. #7 UConn – (Buffalo, NY) | | | | |
| 3 | West | Creighton | | W, 76–66 vs. #14 UL Lafayette – (San Antonio, TX) | L, 55–85 vs. #6 Baylor – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | |
| 11 | East | Providence | | L, 77–79 vs. #6 UNC – (San Antonio, TX) | | | | | |
| 12 | Midwest | Xavier | L, 59–74 vs. #12 NC State – (Dayton, OH) | | | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 0–1 (.000) | 2–1 (.667) | 0–2 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) Total: 2–4 (.333) |
* denotes overtime game