2023–24 Big East Conference men's basketball season

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2023–24 Big East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox, FS1, CBS, CBSSN, FSN
Regular Season
Season championsUConn
Season MVPDevin Carter
Tournament
ChampionsUConn
  Runners-upMarquette
Basketball seasons
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn † 18 – 2   .900 37 – 3   .925
No. 13 Creighton 14 – 6   .700 25 – 10   .714
No. 12 Marquette 14 – 6   .700 27 – 10   .730
Seton Hall 13 – 7   .650 25 – 12   .676
St. John's 11 – 9   .550 20 – 13   .606
Villanova 10 – 10   .500 18 – 16   .529
Providence 10 – 10   .500 21 – 14   .600
Butler 9 – 11   .450 18 – 15   .545
Xavier 9 – 11   .450 16 – 18   .471
Georgetown 2 – 18   .100 9 – 23   .281
DePaul 0 – 20   .000 3 – 29   .094
† 2024 Big East tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Big East men's basketball season is the current season for Big East Conference basketball teams that began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2023. Conference play began in December 2023 and ended in March. The conference champions were the 2023-24 UConn Huskies men's basketball team and the season MVP was Devin Carter.

Head coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Providence[edit]

On March 20, 2023, Ed Cooley left Providence to become the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.[1] On March 23, 2023, Kim English was named the head coach of the Friars.[2]

Georgetown[edit]

On March 9, 2023, Patrick Ewing was fired as the coach of the Georgetown men's basketball team after six years with the team.[3] On March 20, 2023, Ed Cooley was named the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.[4]

St. John's[edit]

St. John's fired men's basketball coach Mike Anderson on March 10, 2023, after his fourth season.[5] On March 20, 2023, Rick Pitino was named the head coach of the team.[6]

Coaches[edit]

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big East record Big East titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Butler Thad Matta Ohio State 2 32–32 13–25 0 0 0 0
UConn Dan Hurley Rhode Island 6 100–29 55–41 1 3 1 1
Creighton Greg McDermott Iowa State 13 242–129 123–82 0 8 0 0
DePaul Matt Brady (interim) DePaul
(asst.) 		1 0–14 0–13 0 0 0 0
Georgetown Ed Cooley Providence 1 9–22 2–17 0 0 0 0
Marquette Shaka Smart Texas 3 73–29 42–17 1 2 0 0
Providence Kim English George Mason 1 21–13 10–10 0 0 0 0
Seton Hall Shaheen Holloway St. Peter's 2 36–28 22–17 0 0 0 0
St. John's Rick Pitino Iona 1 20–13 11–9 0 0 0 0
Villanova Kyle Neptune Fordham 2 35–32 20–20 0 0 0 0
Xavier Sean Miller Arizona 2 43–27 24–16 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Years at school includes 2020–21 season.
  • Overall and Big East records are from time at current school and are through week nine of the 2019–20 season.
  • McDermott's MVC conference records, Matta's MCC records, Miller's A-10 records, Hurley's AAC records not included since team began play in the Big East.

Preseason[edit]

Preseason Big East poll[edit]

Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.[7]

Rank Team
1 Marquette (7)
2 Creighton (4)
3 UConn
4 Villanova
5 St. John's
6 Xavier
7 Providence
8 Georgetown
9 Seton Hall
10 Butler
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Big East[edit]

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big East team and player of the year.[8]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Tyler Kolek, Marquette
Preseason All-Big East First Team Trey Alexander, Creighton
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Bryce Hopkins, Providence
Joel Soriano, St. John's,
Justin Moore, Villanova
Preseason All-Big East Second Team Donovan Clingan, UConn
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton
Oso Ighodaro, Marquette
Kam Jones, Marquette
Eric Dixon, Villanova

Preseason All-American teams[edit]

Player AP[9]
Tyler Kolek 1st

Preseason watchlists[edit]

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[10] Naismith[11] Naismith DPOY Robertson Cousy[12] West[13] Erving [14] Malone[15] Abdul-Jabbar [16]
Trey Alexander, Creighton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Steven Ashworth, Creighton Green tickY
Stephon Castle, UConn Green tickY
Donovan Clingan, UConn Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jordan Dingle, St. John's Green tickY
Bryce Hopkins, Providence Green tickY Green tickY
Oso Ighodaro, Marquette Green tickY
Kam Jones, Marquette Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Alex Karaban, UConn Green tickY
Tyler Kolek, Marquette Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Justin Moore, Villanova Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Tristen Newton, UConn Green tickY Green tickY
Baylor Scheierman, Creighton Green tickY Green tickY
Joel Soriano, St. John's Green tickY Green tickY

Regular season[edit]

Rankings[edit]

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
  Pre/
Wk 1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Wk
17		 Wk
18		 Wk
19		 Wk
20		 Final
Butler AP *
C
UConn AP 6 (2) 5 (1) 5 (1) 4 (2) 5 5 5 5 4 4 1 (39) 1 (44) 1 (48) 1 (45) 1 (45) 1 (62) 3 (5) 2 (6) 2 (6) 1 (61) *
C 5 (1) 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 1 (20) 1 (24) 1 (23) 1 (25) 1 (24) 1 (32) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 1 (32)
Creighton AP 8 8 8 15 10 8 12 22 RV 22 18 17 13 19 17 15 12 10 8 11 *
C 8 7 7 14 11 8 14 20 RV 20 15 16 13 18 16 15 12 10 6 11
DePaul AP *
C
Georgetown AP *
C
Marquette AP 5 4 4 3 8 7 6 10 7 11т 17 14 9 7 4 7 5 8 10 8 *
C 7 5 5 3 7 7 6 8 7 12 18 15 10 7 4 8 5 9 10 8
Providence AP RV RV RV 25 23 RV *
C 25 23 RV
Seton Hall AP RV RV *
C RV RV RV
St. John's AP *
C
Villanova AP 22 21 RV 18 RV RV RV RV RV *
C 20 21 RV 15 RV RV RV RV RV
Xavier AP RV *
C RV

* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.

Early season tournaments[edit]

All 11 Big East teams participated in early season tournaments.[17] Eight teams participated in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.[18]

Team Tournament Finish
Butler ESPN Events Invitational 5th
Creighton Hall of Fame Classic 2nd
DePaul Arizona Tip-Off 4th
Georgetown Georgetown MTE 1st
Marquette Maui Invitational 2nd
Providence Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship 3rd
Seton Hall Rady Children's Invitational 4th
St. John's Charleston Classic 3rd
UConn Empire Classic 1st
Villanova Battle 4 Atlantis 1st
Xavier Continental Tire Main Event 3rd

Players of the week[edit]

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big East offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week
November 13, 2023 Kam Jones, Marquette Stephon Castle, UConn
November 20, 2023 Trey Alexander, Creighton Isaiah Coleman, Seton Hall
November 27, 2023 Eric Dixon, Villanova Lazar Djokovic, Xavier
December 4, 2023 Baylor Scheierman, Creighton Isaiah Coleman, Seton Hall (2)
December 11, 2023 Tyler Kolek, Marquette Solomon Ball, UConn
December 18, 2023 Al-Amir Dawes, Seton Hall Roman Brumbaugh, Georgetown
December 27, 2023 Devin Carter, Providence Stephon Castle, UConn (2)
January 8, 2024 Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall Stephon Castle, UConn (3)
January 15, 2024 Kadary Richmond, Seton Hall (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (4)
January 22, 2024 Tristen Newton, UConn Rich Barron, Providence
January 29, 2024 Trey Alexander, Creighton (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (5)
February 5, 2024 Quincy Olivari, Xavier Stephon Castle, UConn (6)
February 12, 2024 Tyler Kolek, Marquette (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (7)
February 19, 2024 Devin Carter, Providence (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (8)
February 26, 2024 Kam Jones, Marquette (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (9)
March 4, 2024 Baylor Scheierman, Creighton (2) Stephon Castle, UConn (10)
March 10, 2024 Dre Davis, Seton Hall Stephon Castle, UConn (11)

Conference matrix[edit]

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

  Butler UConn Creighton DePaul Georgetown Marquette Providence Seton Hall St. John's Villanova Xavier
vs. Butler – 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. UConn 0–2 – 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Creighton 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. DePaul 2–0 2–0 2–0 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Georgetown 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Marquette 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Providence 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Seton Hall 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 – 0–2 1–1 1–1
vs. St. John's 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 1–1
vs. Villanova 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 – 1–1
vs. Xavier 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 –
Total 9–11 18-2 14–6 0–20 2–18 14–6 10–10 13–7 11–9 10–10 9–11

Honors and awards[edit]

All-Big East awards and teams[edit]

On March 13, 2024, the Big East will announce most of its conference awards.

Big East Awards[edit]

2024 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Devin Carter, Providence
Coach of the Year Dan Hurley, UConn
Defensive Player of the Year Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
Freshman of the Year Stephon Castle, UConn
Most Improved Player of the Year Desmond Claude, Xavier
Sixth Man Award Hassan Diarra, UConn
2024 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[19]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team

Tristen Newton† – UConn
Cam Spencer - UConn
Baylor Scheierman† – Creighton
Tyler Kolek† – Marquette
Devin Carter† – Providence
Kadary Richmond – Seton Hall

Trey Alexander – Creighton
Ryan Kalkbrenner – Creighton
Oso Ighodaro – Marquette
Daniss Jenkins – St. Johns
Eric Dixon – Villanova

Donovan Clingan - UConn
Josh Oduro - Providence
Quincy Olivari – Xavier

Finley Bizjack – Butler
Stephon Castle† – UConn
Rich Barron – Providence
Isaiah Coleman – Seton Hall
Trey Green – Xavier
Dailyn Swain – Xavier

† - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason[edit]

Big East tournament[edit]

Main article: 2024 Big East men's basketball tournament
This section is transcluded from 2024 Big East men's basketball tournament. (edit | history)
First round
Wednesday, March 13
FS1 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
FS1 		Semifinals
Friday, March 15
FOX/FS1 		Championship
Saturday, March 16
FOX
            
1 UConn 87
9 Xavier 60
8 Butler 72
9 Xavier 76
1 UConn 95
5 St. John's 90
4 Seton Hall 72
5 St. John's 91
1 UConn 73
3 Marquette 57
2 Creighton 73
7 Providence 78
7 Providence 74
10 Georgetown 56
7 Providence 68
3 Marquette 79
3 Marquette 71*
6 Villanova 65
6 Villanova 58
11 DePaul 57

Source:[20]
* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament[edit]

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The winner of the Big East Tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 East UConn Defeated (16) Stetson, 91–52 Defeated (9) Northwestern, 75–58 Defeated (5) San Diego State, 82–52 Defeated (3) Illinois, 77–52 Defeated (W4) Alabama, 86–72 Defeated (MW1) Purdue, 75-60
2 South Marquette Defeated (15) Western Kentucky, 87–69 Defeated (10) Colorado, 81–77 Lost to (11) NC State, 58–67
DNP
3 Midwest Creighton Defeated (14) Longwood, 77–60 Defeated (11) Oregon, 86–73 (2OT) Lost to (2) Tennessee, 75–82
DNP
W–L (%): 3–0 (1.000) 3–0 (1.000) 1–2 (.333) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000)
Total: 10–2 (.833)

National Invitation Tournament[edit]

Main article: 2024 National Invitation Tournament

The following Big East teams will receive invitations to the National Invitation Tournament.

Seed School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Seton Hall Defeated Saint Joseph's, 75–72 (OT) Defeated North Texas, 72–58 Defeated UNLV, 91–68 Defeated (4) Georgia, 84–67 Defeated (1) Indiana State, 79–77
1 Villanova Lost to VCU, 61–70
DNP
3 Providence Lost to Boston College, 57–62
DNP
4 Butler Lost to Minnesota, 72–73
DNP
– Xavier Lost to (4) Georgia, 76–78
DNP
W–L (%): 1–4 (.200) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000)
Total: 5–4 (.556)

References[edit]

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