The 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place in March 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 60–58 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. It was West Virginia's first Big East tournament championship. This was the second 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.
Seeds 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seedsSeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker1. ‡†Syracuse 15–3 28–32. †Pittsburgh 13–5 24–7 2–1 vs. WVU/NOVA3. †West Virginia 13–5 24–6 2–2 vs. PITT/NOVA4. †Villanova 13–5 24–6 1–2 vs. PITT/WVU5. #Marquette 11–7 20–10 1–0 vs. LOU6. #Louisville 11–7 20–11 0–1 vs. MARQ7. #Notre Dame 10–8 21–10 1–0 vs. GTWN8. #Georgetown 10–8 20–9 0–1 vs. ND9. South Florida 9–9 19–11 1–0 vs. HALL10. Seton Hall 9–9 18–11 0–1 vs. USF11. Cincinnati 7–11 16–142–0 vs. CONN12. Connecticut 7–11 17–14 0–2 vs. CIN13. St. John's 6–12 16–1414. Rutgers 5–13 15–1615. Providence 4–14 12–1816. DePaul 1–17 8–22‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed."Orange top Red Storm to win Big East title outright for second time". ESPN.com. Published 03-02-2010. Retrieved 03-02-2010. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Bracket All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll.
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
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See also 2010 Big East women's basketball tournament
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