2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2006–07
Teams 12
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Georgetown (7th title)
Winning coach John Thompson III (1st title)
MVP Jeff Green (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2006  2008»
2006–07 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Georgetown† 13 – 3   .813     30 – 7   .811
#16 Louisville 12 – 4   .750     24 – 10   .706
#12 Pittsburgh 12 – 4   .750     29 – 8   .784
#17 Notre Dame 11 – 5   .688     24 – 8   .750
Syracuse 10 – 6   .625     24 – 11   .686
#20 Marquette 10 – 6   .625     24 – 10   .706
West Virginia 9 – 7   .563     27 – 9   .750
DePaul 9 – 7   .563     20 – 14   .588
Villanova 9 – 7   .563     22 – 11   .667
Providence 8 – 8   .500     18 – 13   .581
St. John's 7 – 9   .438     16 – 15   .516
Connecticut 6 – 10   .375     17 – 14   .548
Seton Hall 4 – 12   .250     13 – 16   .448
South Florida 3 – 13   .188     12 – 18   .400
Rutgers 3 – 13   .188     10 – 19   .345
Cincinnati 2 – 14   .125     11 – 19   .367
† 2007 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2007[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Big East Men's Basketball Championship was played from March 7 to March 10, 2007. The tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was sponsored by Aéropostale. The Georgetown Hoyas won the tournament for the first time since 1989 and the seventh time overall, and were awarded an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Jeff Green of Georgetown was given the Dave Gavitt Trophy, awarded to the tournament's most outstanding player.

Bracket

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game
                                     
        
  1  Georgetown 62  
    9  Villanova 57  
8  DePaul 67
9  Villanova 75  
  1  Georgetown 84  
  4  Notre Dame 82  
        
        
  4  Notre Dame 89
    5  Syracuse 83  
5  Syracuse 78
12  Connecticut 65  
  1  Georgetown 65
  3  Pittsburgh 42
        
        
  3  Pittsburgh 89
    6  Marquette 79  
6  Marquette 76
11  St. John's 67  
  3  Pittsburgh 65
  2  Louisville 59  
        
        
  2  Louisville 82
    7  West Virginia 71  
7  West Virginia 92
10  Providence 79  

Games

Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(9) Villanova 2847 75
(8) DePaul 2641 67
2PM
Team 1 2 Total
(12) Connecticut 3827 65
(5) Syracuse 3642 78
7PM
Team 1 2 Total
(10) Providence 3247 79
(7) West Virginia 4052 92
9PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) St. John's 2839 67
(6) Marquette 3541 76

Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(9) Villanova 1839 57
(1) Georgetown 3725 62
2 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(5) Syracuse 3449 83
(4) Notre Dame 3257 89
7 PM
Team 1 2 OT 2OT Total
(7) West Virginia 273185 71
(2) Louisville 3523816 82
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(6) Marquette 3742 79
(3) Pittsburgh 4049 89

7 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(4) Notre Dame 4636 82
(1) Georgetown 4440 84
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(3) Pittsburgh 2639 65
(2) Louisville 3722 59

9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(1) Georgetown 3233 65
(3) Pittsburgh 1725 42

Championship Game

On March 10, Georgetown defeated Pittsburgh, 65–42. The Panthers shot just 26.2 percent from the field in the loss. After Pittsburgh cut the lead to 13–11 with 9:04 remaining, Georgetown went on a huge run and led 28–13 with 2:58 left. The game was not close again. Jeff Green led all scorers with 21 points, while Roy Hibbert had 18. Hibbert also added eleven rebounds.

Georgetown and Pittsburgh had previously split their two regular season meetings, each winning at home. It was the Hoyas first conference tournament title since 1989 when Alonzo Mourning and Charles Smith led the way. Pittsburgh was in the championship game for the sixth time in seven years, but set a record for least points in a Big East final. Sam Young led the team with a meager 10 points. Pittsburgh's Aaron Gray had a season-low 3 points, going 1-of-13 from the floor.[2]

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Jeff Green, Georgetown

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ "2006-07 Big East Conference Season Summary: Standings" sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12-13-2013.
  2. ↑ Championship game recap at ESPN.com