2000 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2000 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Syracuse finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

2000 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199900
Teams13
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSt. John's (3rd title)
Winning coachMike Jarvis (1st title)
MVPBootsy Thornton (St. John's)
1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 Syracuse133 .813266  .813
No. 23 Miami (FL)133 .8132311  .676
No. 9 St. John's124 .750258  .758
No. 20 Connecticut106 .6252510  .714
Seton Hall106 .6252210  .688
Villanova88 .5002013  .606
Notre Dame88 .5002215  .595
West Virginia610 .3751414  .500
Georgetown610 .3751915  .559
Rutgers610 .3751516  .484
Pittsburgh511 .3131315  .464
Providence412 .2501119  .367
Boston College313 .1881119  .367
2000 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 2000
Rankings from AP poll

St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 8070 to earn its first Big East tournament championship since 1986, and third overall.

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