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
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	13
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	St. John's (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mike Jarvis (1st title)
MVP	Bootsy Thornton (St. John's)
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1999–2000 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Syracuse	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 23 Miami (FL)	13	–	3		.813			23	–	11		.676
No. 9 St. John's†	12	–	4		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 20 Connecticut	10	–	6		.625			25	–	10		.714
Seton Hall	10	–	6		.625			22	–	10		.688
Villanova	8	–	8		.500			20	–	13		.606
Notre Dame	8	–	8		.500			22	–	15		.595
West Virginia	6	–	10		.375			14	–	14		.500
Georgetown	6	–	10		.375			19	–	15		.559
Rutgers	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Pittsburgh	5	–	11		.313			13	–	15		.464
Providence	4	–	12		.250			11	–	19		.367
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
† 2000 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2000[1] Rankings from AP poll

St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 80–70 to earn its first Big East tournament championship since 1986, and third overall.

Bracket

	First round March 8, 2000					Quarterfinals March 9, 2000					Semifinals March 10, 2000					Championship Game March 11, 2000
						1	#12 Syracuse	72
						9	Georgetown	76
	8	West Virginia	67
	9	Georgetown	70
											9	Georgetown	55
											4	#21 Connecticut	70
	5	Seton Hall	85
	12	Providence	65
						5	Seton Hall	64
						4	#21 Connecticut	79
	4	#21 Connecticut	70
	13	Boston College	55
																4	#21 Connecticut	70
																3	#19 St. John's	80
						3	#19 St. John's	75
						6	Villanova	70
	6	Villanova	65
	11	Pittsburgh	55
											3	#19 St. John's	58
											2	#23 Miami	57
						2	#23 Miami	61
						7	Notre Dame	58
	7	Notre Dame	74
	10	Rutgers	62

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Bootsy Thornton, St. John's

All-Tournament Team

• Erick Barkley, St. John's
• Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut
• Albert Mouring, Connecticut
• Lavor Postell, St. John's
• Lee Scruggs, Georgetown
• Bootsy Thornton, St. John's

Television

Network	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
ESPN2 (Rutgers–Notre Dame, opening round; Notre Dame–Miami (FL), quarterfinals)

Local Radio

Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
7	Notre Dame	WNDV–AM/WNDV-FM (Notre Dame)	Jack Lorri	Jack Nolan