2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
NBA Draft
Regular Season
Champions	Villanova
Runners-up	Georgetown
Season MVP	Ryan Arcidiacono, Kris Dunn
Top scorer	LaDontae Henton
Tournament
Champions	Villanova
Runners-up	Xavier
Finals MVP	Josh Hart

2014–15 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Villanova †	16	–	2		.889			33	–	3		.917
No. 22 Georgetown	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
No. 24 Butler	12	–	6		.667			23	–	11		.676
Providence	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
St. John's	10	–	8		.556			21	–	12		.636
Xavier	9	–	9		.500			23	–	14		.622
DePaul	6	–	12		.333			12	–	20		.375
Seton Hall	6	–	12		.333			16	–	15		.516
Marquette	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
Creighton	4	–	14		.222			14	–	19		.424
† 2015 Big East tournament winner As of April 6, 2015 Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This is the 36th year in the conference's history, but the second as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. While the first game involving two conference members took place during the Battle 4 Atlantis, it did not count in the Big East standings; conference play officially began on New Year's Eve 2014. The season concluded in March with the 2015 Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Preseason

	Media
1.	Villanova (9)
2.	Georgetown (1)
3.	St. John's
4.	Xavier
5.	Providence
6.	Seton Hall
7t.	Butler
7t.	Marquette
9.	Creighton
10.	DePaul

() first place votes

Preseason All-Big East teams

Media
Kellen Dunham BUTLER D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera GEORGETOWN D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S JayVaughn Pinkston VILLANOVA Matt Stainbrook XAVIER Coaches select 8 players Players in bold are choices for Big East Player of the Year

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		Pre	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	Final
Butler	AP				23	15	23	RV		RV	RV	RV	25	22	18	19	23	21	22	24	23
	Coaches				RV	19	25	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	22	18	19	23	21	22	23
Creighton	AP			23	RV	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV
DePaul	AP
	C
Georgetown	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	21	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	24
Marquette	AP
	C
Providence	AP			RV	RV						RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	24	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV		25	RV	RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV
Seton Hall	AP				RV	RV	RV	RV		19	21	24	RV	RV
	C					RV	RV	RV	RV	19	21	24		RV
St. John's	AP				RV	24	20	17	15	24	RV	RV						RV	RV
	C				RV	RV	23	19	17	24	RV	RV						RV
Villanova	AP	12	12	12	10	7	7	7	6	8	5	4	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	2	9
	C	12	12	11	9	7	7	7	5	8	5	4	7	7	6	6	6	4	3	2
Xavier	AP			RV						RV				RV	RV					RV	22
	C																			RV

Regular Season

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Butler	Creighton	DePaul	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Seton Hall	St. John's	Villanova	Xavier
vs. Butler	–	0–2	0–2	2-0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1
vs. Creighton	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. DePaul	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Georgetown	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
vs. Marquette	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Providence	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
vs. Seton Hall	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–1
vs. St. John's	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	2–0	0–2
vs. Villanova	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	0–2
vs. Xavier	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	–
Total	12–6	4–14	6–12	12–6	4–14	11–7	6–12	10–8	16–2	9–9

Honors and Awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-Big East awards and teams

Coaches

2015 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Ryan Arcidiacono, G., Villanova Kris Dunn, G., Providence
Coach of the Year	Jay Wright, Villanova
Defensive Player of the Year	Kris Dunn, G., Providence Sir'Dominic Pointer, G/F., St. John's
Sixth Man Award	Josh Hart, G., Villanova
Most Improved Player the Year	Sir'Dominic Pointer, G/F., St. John's
Freshman of the Year	Angel Delgado, F., Seton Hall

2015 Big East Men's Basketball All–Conference Teams
† First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention	All–Rookie Team
Kellen Dunham, Sr., G., Butler D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Jr., G., Georgetown ‡ Kris Dunn, So., G., Providence ‡ LaDontae Henton, Sr., F., Providence D'Angelo Harrison, Sr., G., St. John's Ryan Arcidiacono, Jr., G., Villanova ‡ Darrun Hilliard, Sr., G., Villanova	Roosevelt Jones, Jr., F., Butler Matt Carlino, Sr., G., Marquette Sterling Gibbs, Jr., G., Seton Hall Sir'Dominic Pointer, Sr., G/F., St. John's Matt Stainbrook, Sr., C., Xavier	Billy Garrett, Jr., So., G., DePaul Daniel Ochefu, Jr., F., Villanova JayVaughn Pinkston, Sr., F., Villanova	Isaac Copeland, Fr., F., Georgetown L. J. Peak, Fr., F., Georgetown Duane Wilson, Fr., G., Marquette ‡ Angel Delgado, Fr., F., Seton Hall Isaiah Whitehead, Fr., G., Seton Hall ‡ Trevon Bluiett, Fr., F., Xavier
‡ – Denotes unanimous selection. † – Due to a tie in the voting, additional positions was named.

Postseason

Big East Tournament

Main article: 2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

• March 11–14, 2015 Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York City.

2015 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 11	Quarterfinals March 12	Semifinals March 13	Championship March 14
1.	‡† Villanova	16–2	32–2		Bye	#9 Marquette	#4 Providence	#6 Xavier
2.	† Georgetown	12–6	21–10	2–0 vs. Butler	Bye	#10 Creighton	#6 Xavier
3.	† Butler	12–6	22–10	0–2 vs. Georgetown	Bye	#6 Xavier
4.	† Providence	11–7	22–11		Bye	#5 St. John's	#1 Villanova
5.	† St. John's	10–8	21–11		Bye	#4 Providence
6.	† Xavier	9–9	21–13		Bye	#3 Butler	#2 Georgetown	#1 Villanova
7.	DePaul	6–12	12–20	2–0 vs. Seton Hall	#10 Creighton
8.	Seton Hall	6–12	16–15	0–2 vs. DePaul	#9 Marquette
9.	Marquette	4–14	13–15	1–1 vs. Providence	#8 Seton Hall	#1 Villanova
10.	Creighton	4–14	14–19	0–2 vs. Providence	#7 DePaul	#2 Georgetown
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East Tournament.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14
						1	Villanova	84
						9	Marquette	49
	8	Seton Hall	56
	9	Marquette	78
											1	Villanova	63
											4	Providence	61
						4	Providence	74
						5	St. John's	57
																1	Villanova	69
																6	Xavier	52
						2	Georgetown	60
						10	Creighton	55
	7	DePaul	63
	10	Creighton	78
											2	Georgetown	63
											6	Xavier	65
						3	Butler	61
						6	Xavier	67*

* denotes overtime game

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Region	School	Second Round	Third Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	East	Villanova	#16 Lafayette - March 19, Pittsburgh - W, 93–52	#8 NC State - March 21, Pittsburgh - L, 68–71
4	South	Georgetown	#13 Eastern Washington - March 19, Portland - W, 84–74	#5 Utah - March 21, Portland - L, 64–75
6	East	Providence	#11 Dayton - March 22, Colombus - L, 53–66
6	Midwest	Butler	#11 Texas - March 19, Pittsburgh - W, 56–48	#3 Notre Dame - March 21, Pittsburgh - L, *64–67
6	West	Xavier	#11 Ole Miss - March 19, Jacksonville - W, 76–57	#14 Georgia State - March 21, Jacksonville - W, 75–67	#2 Arizona - March 26, Los Angeles - L, 60–68
9	South	St. John's	#8 San Diego State - March 20, Charlotte - L, 64–76
	6 Bids	W-L (%):	4–2 .667	1–3 .250	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 5–6 .455

* denotes overtime game

External links

• Big East website