2002 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2002 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 2002 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the two highest seeds in each division received byes in the first round. The six teams with the best conference records in each division were invited to participate for a total of 12 teams. Teams were seeded by division. Connecticut and Pittsburgh had the best regular season conference records and received the East #1 seed and West #1 seed, respectively.

2002 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200102
Teams12
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsConnecticut (5th title)
Winning coachJim Calhoun (5th title)
MVPCaron Butler (Connecticut)
2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut133 .813277  .794
No. 21 Miami106 .625248  .750
St. John's97 .5632012  .625
Boston College88 .5002012  .625
Villanova79 .4381913  .594
Providence610 .3751516  .484
Virginia Tech*412 .2501018  .357
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh133 .813296  .829
Notre Dame106 .6252211  .667
Georgetown97 .5631911  .633
Syracuse97 .5632313  .639
Rutgers88 .5001813  .581
Seton Hall511 .3131218  .400
West Virginia*115 .063820  .286
2002 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 2002
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament

Connecticut defeated Pittsburgh in the championship game 74–65 in double overtime to win its fifth Big East tournament championship.

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