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2023–24 Big East Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 11 |
TV partner(s) | Fox, FS1, CBS, CBSSN, FSN |
Regular Season | |
Season champions | UConn |
Season MVP | Devin Carter |
Tournament | |
Champions | UConn |
Runners-up | Marquette |
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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
Coaching changes
Providence
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
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
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
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 | 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
Preseason Big East poll
Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.[7]
Rank | Team | |
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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
A select media panel named a preseason All-Big East team and player of the year.[8]
Honor | Recipient |
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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
Player | AP[9] |
Tyler Kolek | 1st |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.