2009 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2009 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification
ESPN
2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Louisville 16 2   .889 31 6   .838
No. 4 Pittsburgh 15 3   .833 31 5   .861
No. 5 Connecticut 15 3   .833 31 5   .861
No. 11 Villanova 13 5   .722 30 8   .789
No. 23 Marquette 12 6   .667 25 10   .714
No. 13 Syracuse 11 7   .611 28 10   .737
West Virginia 10 8   .556 23 12   .657
Providence 10 8   .556 19 14   .576
Notre Dame 8 10   .444 21 15   .583
Cincinnati 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Seton Hall 7 11   .389 17 15   .531
Georgetown 7 11   .389 16 15   .516
St. John's 6 12   .333 16 18   .471
South Florida 4 14   .222 9 22   .290
Rutgers 2 16   .111 11 21   .344
DePaul 0 18   .000 9 24   .273
2009 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 2009
AP Poll


The 2009

2009 NCAA tournament
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This was the first 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.

UConn 127–117.[3]

Announcers

Television

Network Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
ESPN
Sean McDonough Jay Bilas and Bill Raftery

Local Radio

Seed Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
2 Pittsburgh WBGG–AM 970 Bill Hillgrove Dick Groat
7 West Virginia

Bracket

All times

AP Poll
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First round
Tuesday, March 10
Second round
Wednesday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Final
Saturday, March 14
1#5 Louisville73
8Providence838Providence55
9Cincinnati5716DePaul741#5 Louisville69
16DePaul674#10 Villanova55
4#10 Villanova76
5#21 Marquette745#21 Marquette75
12Georgetown5913St. John's451#5 Louisville76
13St. John's646#18 Syracuse66
2#2 Pittsburgh60
7West Virginia747West Virginia74
10Notre Dame6110Notre Dame627West Virginia69
15Rutgers506#18 Syracuse74OT
3#3 Connecticut117
6#18 Syracuse896#18 Syracuse1276OT
11Seton Hall6811Seton Hall74
14South Florida54

Results

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

ESPN
Thursday, March 12
7:00 pm
#7 West Virginia Mountaineers 74, #2 Pittsburgh Panthers 60
Pts: – 20
Rebs: – 7
Asts
: – 4
Pts: S. Young – 15
Rebs: L. Fields – 6
Asts: L. Fields – 7
Halftime Score: West Virginia, 36–34
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,375
Referees: Jim Burr, Wally Rutecki, Michael Stephens

Syracuse vs. Connecticut

The quarterfinal game on Thursday, March 12 between Syracuse and Connecticut lasted for six overtime periods, the second-longest game in NCAA Division I Men's Basketball history. The record is a seven overtime game from December 21, 1981, in which Cincinnati outlasted Bradley 75–73, in a game that took place before the implementation of the shot clock. Syracuse beat Connecticut 127–117 without having the lead in any of the first five overtimes.[3] The game tipped off at 9:36 PM ET and ended at 1:22 AM ET on Friday March 13; in the 3 hours and 46 minutes it took to play the game, a combined total of 244 points were scored (102 of which were scored in overtime), 211 field-goals attempted (103 in overtime), 93 free throws attempted, 66 fouls committed with four players on each team fouling out.

Semifinals

Championship game

See also

References

  1. ^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2008-09." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-23-10.
  2. ^ "16-Team Men's Championship Format" (PDF) (Press release). Big East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Syracuse survives longest game in Big East history with epic win over UConn". ESPN. New York City. AP. March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.