2005 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200405
Teams 11
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Syracuse (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Boeheim (4th title)
MVP Hakim Warrick (Syracuse)
Top scorer Hakim Warrick (Syracuse)
(69 points)
2004–05 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#14 Boston College 13 3   .813     25 5   .833
#13 Connecticut 13 3   .813     23 8   .742
#19 Villanova 11 5   .688     24 8   .750
Pittsburgh 10 6   .625     20 9   .690
Notre Dame 9 7   .563     17 12   .586
Georgetown 8 8   .500     19 13   .594
West Virginia 8 8   .500     24 11   .686
Providence 4 12   .250     14 17   .452
Seton Hall 4 12   .250     12 16   .429
Rutgers 2 14   .125     10 19   .345
St. John's* 3 13   .188     9 18   .333
#11 Syracuse†** 5   .000     12 7   .632
2005 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 4, 2005; Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2005 Big East Tournament.
**Syracuse had 15 regular season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 27–7, 11–5.

The 2005 Big East Men's Basketball Championship was played from March 9 to March 12, 2005. The tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Syracuse Orange won the tournament and were awarded an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Final
Saturday, March 12
                                     
 
  1 Boston College 72  
    8 West Virginia 78  
8 West Virginia 82
9 Providence 59  
  8 West Virginia 78  
  4 Villanova 76  
 
 
  4 Villanova 67
    5 Pittsburgh 58  
 
  8 West Virginia 59
  3 Syracuse 68
 
 
  2 Connecticut 66
    7 Georgetown 62  
7 Georgetown 56
10 Seton Hall 51  
  2 Connecticut 63
  3 Syracuse 67  
 
 
  3 Syracuse 81
    11 Rutgers 57  
6 Notre Dame 65
11 Rutgers 72  

Note: By finishing in last place during the regular season, St. John's did not qualify for the tournament.

Games

Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(9) Providence 2039 59
(8) West Virginia 3547 82
2PM
Team 1 2 Total
(10) Seton Hall 2823 51
(7) Georgetown 2729 56
7PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) Rutgers 3537 72
(6) Notre Dame 3233 65
Noon
Team 1 2 Total
(8) West Virginia 4434 78
(1) Boston College 2250 72
2 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(5) Pittsburgh 1939 58
(4) Villanova 3136 67
7 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(7) Georgetown 2636 62
(2) Connecticut 3234 66
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(11) Rutgers 2235 57
(3) Syracuse 4734 81
7 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(8) West Virginia 4236 78
(4) Villanova 3541 76
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(3) Syracuse 3235 67
(2) Connecticut 1944 63
9 PM
Team 1 2 Total
(8) West Virginia 3128 59
(3) Syracuse 4127 68

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Hakim Warrick, Syracuse

All-Tournament Team

References

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