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)
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2001 →
1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Syracuse 13 3   .813 26 6   .813
No. 23 Miami (FL) 13 3   .813 23 11   .676
No. 9 St. John's 12 4   .750 25 8   .758
No. 20 Connecticut 10 6   .625 25 10   .714
Seton Hall 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
Villanova 8 8   .500 20 13   .606
Notre Dame 8 8   .500 22 15   .595
West Virginia 6 10   .375 14 14   .500
Georgetown 6 10   .375 19 15   .559
Rutgers 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Pittsburgh 5 11   .313 13 15   .464
Providence 4 12   .250 11 19   .367
Boston College 3 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

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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

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

All-Tournament Team

Television

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

Local Radio

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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

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General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2009.