2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season
2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9 Villanova † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 33 | – | 3 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#23 Butler | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#22 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] | |
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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
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Kellen Dunham BUTLER D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera GEORGETOWN D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S JayVaughn Pinkston VILLANOVA Matt Stainbrook XAVIER
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Rankings
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
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 | ||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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
All-Big East awards and teams
Coaches
2015 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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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 | ||||||
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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
- 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 | |
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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 |
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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
Seed | Region | School | Second Round | Third Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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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
References
- 1 2 "Big East Media Days" (Press release). Big East Conference. October 22, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.