2013 Big East men's basketball tournament

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2013 Big East men's basketball tournament
2013 Big East Championship logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	14
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Big East men's basketball tournaments

The 2013 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, officially known as the 2013 Big East Championship, will be the 35th annual Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, deciding the champion of the 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season. For the 31st consecutive season, the tournament be will held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12-16, 2013. The tournament will only feature 14 teams due to Connecticut being given a one year postseason ban due to APR penalties. This would have been the final year with 16 teams participating in the Big East tournament, as SMU, Houston, Memphis, Temple, and UCF join the league for 2014, while Pitt and Syracuse will leave for the ACC, but Connecticut is ineligible and West Virginia moved to the Big 12 before the beginning of the season. The conference tournament winner champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Louisville†**	14	–	4		.778			35	–	5		.875
No. 8 Georgetown	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
No. 15 Marquette	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
No. 20 Pittsburgh	12	–	6		.667			24	–	9		.727
No. 16 Syracuse	11	–	7		.611			30	–	10		.750
No. 23 Notre Dame	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
Villanova	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Connecticut*	10	–	8		.556			20	–	10		.667
Cincinnati	9	–	9		.500			22	–	12		.647
Providence	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
St. John's	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	3	–	15		.167			15	–	18		.455
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
DePaul	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2013 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.

Seeds

All teams except for Connecticut (due to Academic Progress Rate violations) will qualify for the tournament, seeds 11-14 will play a first round game, while teams five through ten will receive byes to the second round. The top four seeds will receive double-byes to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13.
#14.
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

All tournament games were nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 12
1	1	7:00 PM	#12 vs. #13	ESPNU
	2	9:00 PM	#11 vs. #14	ESPNU
Second Round – Wednesday, March 13
2	3	12:00 PM	#8 vs. #9	ESPN
	4	2:00 PM	#5 vs. Game 1 Winner	ESPN
3	5	7:00 PM	#7 vs. #10	ESPN2
	6	9:00 PM	#6 vs. Game 2 Winner	ESPN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
4	7	12:00 PM	#1 vs. Game 3 winner	ESPN
	8	2:00 PM	#4 vs. Game 4 Winner	ESPN
5	10	7:00 PM	#2 vs. Game 5 Winner	ESPN
	12	9:00 PM	#3 vs. Game 6 Winner	ESPN
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
6	13	7:00 PM		ESPN
	14	9:00 PM		ESPN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 16
7	15	8:30 PM		ESPN
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round Tuesday, March 12 ESPNU					Second Round Wednesday, March 13 ESPN/ESPN2					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN					Semifinals Friday, March 15 ESPN					Championship Game Saturday, March 16 ESPN
											1
						9
						8
											4
						5
	13
	12
											2
						7
						10
											3
						6
	14
	11

^OT denotes overtime game

All-Tournament team

2013 Big East Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team
Team	Position	Player	Games	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks

† Received Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

See also

• 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season