2018β19 Big East Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN |
Regular Season | |
Season Champions | Villanova |
Season MVP | Markus Howard, Marquette |
Tournament | |
Champions | Villanova |
Runners-up | Seton Hall |
Finals MVP | Phil Booth, Villanova |
Basketball seasons | |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Villanova β | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePaul | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 17 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 2019 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2018β19 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, "followed by," theββstart of the 2018β19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This season marked the "40th year in the conference's history," but the sixth as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, "2013." Conference play began in December 2018.
The 2019 Big East men's basketball tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York from March 13 through March 17, 2019. Villanova defeated Seton Hallββto win the tournament championship. And receive the conference's automatic bidββto the NCAA tournament.
Four Big East schools received bids to the NCAA Tournament (Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova). Villanova was the only team to make it out the Round of 64 before losing to Purdue in the Round of 32.
Five Big East schools received bids to the National Invitation Tournament (Creighton, Xavier, Georgetown, Providence, and Butler) with only Creighton and "Xavier advancing past the 1st Round," with the Bluejays making to the Quarterfinals before losing to TCU.
Marquette guard Markus Howard was named the Big East Player of the Year after leading the Big East in scoring with 25.0 PPG. Georgetown freshman guard James Akinjo was named Big East Freshman of the Year. Villanova head coach Jay Wright was named Big East coach of the year for the sixth time.
Head coachesβ»
Coaching changesβ»
On March 27, 2018, Chris Mack was hired as the new head coach of Louisville, leaving Xavier after nine seasons. Four days later, longtime assistant coach Travis Steele was named the new head coach of the Musketeers.
Coachesβ»
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Big East record | Big East titles | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Butler | LaVall Jordan | Milwaukee | 2 | 21β14 | 9β9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Creighton | Greg McDermott | Iowa State | 9 | 187β94 | 47β43 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
DePaul | Dave Leitao | Tulsa (asst.) |
7 | 87β99 | 39β63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Georgetown | Patrick Ewing | Charlotte Hornets (asst.) | 2 | 34β29 | 14β22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marquette | Steve Wojciechowski | Duke (asst.) |
5 | 73β59 | 31β41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Providence | Ed Cooley | Fairfield | 8 | 144β94 | 64β62 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Seton Hall | Kevin Willard | Iona | 9 | 150β114 | 62β82 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
St. John's | Chris Mullin | None | 4 | 39β60 | 12β42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Villanova | Jay Wright | Hofstra | 18 | 422β165 | 191β103 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
Xavier | Travis Steele | Xavier (asst.) |
1 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes:
- Years at school includes 2018β19 season.
- Overall and Big East records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2018β19 season.
- McDermott's MVC conference records not included since team began play in Big East.
Preseasonβ»
Preseason pollβ»
Prior to the season, the Big East conducted a poll of Big East coaches, coaches do not place their own team on their ballots.
Rank | Team | |
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1. | Villanova (8) | |
2. | Marquette (1) | |
3. | Providence | |
4. | St. John's | |
5. | Butler (1) | |
6. | Xavier | |
7. | Georgetown | |
8. | Seton Hall | |
9. | Creighton | |
10. | DePaul | |
(first place votes) |
Preseason All-Big East teamsβ»
Source
Honor | Recipient |
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Preseason Player of the Year | Shamorie Ponds, St. John's |
Preseason All-Big East First Team | Shamorie Ponds, St. John's |
Eric Paschall, Villanova | |
Markus Howard, Maquette | |
Kamar Baldwin, Butler | |
Jessie Govan, Georgetown | |
Alpha Diallo, Providence | |
Preseason All-Big East Second Team | Phil Booth, Villanova |
Myles Powell, Seton Hall | |
Max Strus, DePaul | |
Sam Hauser, Marquette | |
Justin Simon, St. John's | |
Preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention | Martin Krampelj, Creighton |
Naji Marshall, Xavier |
Regular seasonβ»
Rankingsβ»
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Final | ||
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Marquette | AP | 24 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 23 | RV | ||||
C | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 22 | T-25 | |||||||
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Seton Hall | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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St. John's | AP | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Villanova | AP | 9 (1) | 8 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | RV | 23 | 25 | 23 | |||||
C | 8 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | RV | 23 | 25 | 22 | ||||||
Xavier | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Conference matrixβ»
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Butler | Creighton | DePaul | Georgetown | Marquette | Providence | Seton Hall | St. John's | Villanova | Xavier | |
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vs. Butler | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 |
vs. Creighton | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 |
vs. DePaul | 2β0 | 2β0 | β | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 |
vs. Georgetown | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 |
vs. Marquette | 0β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 |
vs. Providence | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | β | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 |
vs. Seton Hall | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 |
vs. St. John's | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 | 2β0 |
vs. Villanova | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | β | 1β1 |
vs. Xavier | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β |
Total | 7β11 | 9β9 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 12β6 | 7β11 | 9β9 | 8β10 | 13β5 | 9β9 |
Player of the weekβ»
Throughout the season, the Big East Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.
Week | Player of the week | Freshman of the week |
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November 12, 2018 | Markus Howard, Marquette | A. J. Reeves, Providence |
November 19, 2018 | Max Strus, DePaul | James Akinjo, Georgetown |
November 26, 2018 | Shamorie Ponds, St. John's | A. J. Reeves (2), Providence |
December 3, 2018 | Markus Howard (2), Marquette | A. J. Reeves (3), Providence |
December 10, 2018 | Myles Powell, Seton Hall | Joey Hauser, Marquette |
December 17, 2018 | Max Strus (2), DePaul | Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton |
December 23, 2018 | Markus Howard (3), Marquette | Mac McClung, Georgetown |
December 31, 2018 | Naji Marshall, Xavier | Josh LeBlanc, Georgetown |
January 7, 2019 | Shamorie Ponds (2), St. John's | Joey Hauser (2), Marquette |
January 14, 2019 | Markus Howard (4), Marquette | James Akinjo (2), Georgetown |
January 21, 2019 | Sam Hauser, Marquette | Joey Hauser (3), Marquette |
January 28, 2019 | Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton | Joey Hauser (4), Marquette |
February 4, 2019 | Markus Howard (5), Marquette | James Akinjo (3), Georgetown |
February 11, 2019 | Markus Howard (6), Marquette | Mac McClung (2), Georgetown |
February 18, 2019 | Mustapha Heron, St. John's | Saddiq Bey, Villanova |
February 25, 2019 | Naji Marshall (2), Xavier | Joey Hauser (5), Marquette |
March 4, 2019 | Max Strus (3), DePaul | Josh LeBlanc (2), Georgetown |
March 10, 2019 | Myles Powell (2), Seton Hall | James Akinjo (4), Georgetown |
Honors and awardsβ»
All-Americansβ»
Consensus All-Americans | |
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First Team | Second Team |
None | Markus Howard - Marquette |
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention. Or fourth team/lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.
Associated Press | NABC | Sporting News | USBWA |
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First Team | |||
None | None | None | None |
Second Team | |||
Markus Howard β Marquette | Markus Howard β Marquette | Markus Howard β Marquette | Markus Howard β Marquette |
Third Team | |||
None | None | None | None |
Big East Awardsβ»
2019 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Markus Howard, G., Marquette | |||||
Coach of the Year | Jay Wright, Villanova | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Justin Simon, G., St. John's | |||||
Freshman of the Year | James Akinjo, G., Georgetown | |||||
Most Improved Player of the Year | Paul Reed, F., DePaul | |||||
Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Michael Nzei, F., Seton Hall | |||||
Sixth Man Award | Paul Jorgensen, G., Butler | |||||
Sportsmanship Award | Nate Fowler, C., Butler |
2019 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | All-Freshman Team | |||
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Markus Howardβ β Marquette |
Kamar Baldwin β Butler |
Ty-Shon Alexander - Creighton |
Marcus Zegarowskiβ β Creighton | |||
β - denotes unanimous selection |
Postseasonβ»
2019 Big East tournamentβ»
Bracketβ»
First round Wednesday, March 13 FS1 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 FS1 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 FS1 | Championship Saturday, March 16 FOX | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Villanova | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Providence | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Providence | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Butler | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Villanova | 71* | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Xavier | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Creighton | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Villanova | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Marquette | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | St. John's | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | St. John's | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | DePaul | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Marquette | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Seton Hall | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Georgetown | 57 |
*Indicates number of overtime periods.
2019 NCAA tournamentβ»
Seed | Region | School | First Four | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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5 | West | Marquette | BYE | L 64β83 vs. Murray State β (Hartford, CT) | |||||
6 | South | Villanova | BYE | W 61β57 vs. Saint Mary's β (Hartford, CT) | L 61β87 vs. Purdue β (Hartford, CT) | ||||
10 | Midwest | Seton Hall | BYE | L 68β84 vs. Wofford β (Jacksonville, FL) | |||||
11 | West | St. John's | L 65β74 vs. Arizona State β (Dayton, OH) | ||||||
WβL (%): | 0β1 (.000) | 1β2 (.333) | 0β1 (.000) | 0β0 (β) | 0β0 (β) | 0β0 (β) | 0β0 (β) Total: 1β4 (.200) |
2019 NITβ»
Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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2 | TCU | Creighton | W 70β61 vs. LoyolaβChicago β (Omaha, NE) | W 79β67 vs. Memphis β (Omaha, NE) | L 58β71 vs. TCU β (Fort Worth, TX) | ||
3 | Alabama | Xavier | W 78β64 vs. Toledo β (Cincinnati, OH) | L 76β78 (OT) vs. Texas β (Austin, TX) | |||
3 | UNCG | Georgetown | L 68β71 vs. Harvard β (Washington, DC) | ||||
4 | Indiana | Providence | L 72β84 vs. Arkansas β (Providence, RI) | ||||
5 | TCU | Butler | L 76β80 vs. Nebraska β (Lincoln, NE) | ||||
WβL (%): | 2β3 (.400) | 1β1 (.500) | 0β1 (.000) | 0β0 (β) | 0β0 (β) Total: 3β5β0 (.375) |
2019 CBIβ»
School | 1st Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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DePaul | W 100β86 vs. Central Michigan β (Chicago, IL) | W 97β89 vs. Longwood β (Chicago, IL) | W 92β87 vs. Coastal Carolina β (Chicago, IL) | L vs. South Florida β (Tampa, FL/Chicago, IL) |
WβL (%): | 1β0 (1.000) | 1β0 (1.000) | 1β0 (1.000) | 1β2 (.333) Total: 4β2 (.667) |
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