2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season

The 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This was the 35th year in the conference's history, but the first as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play started on New Year's Eve 2013, and concluded in March with the 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FS1, FSN, Fox
Regular Season
2014 Big East Champions	Villanova
Runners-up	Creighton
Season MVP	Doug McDermott, Creighton
Top scorer	Doug McDermott, Creighton
Tournament
Champions	Providence
Runners-up	Creighton
Finals MVP	Bryce Cotton, Providence

2013–14 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Villanova	16	–	2		.889			29	–	5		.853
No. 16 Creighton	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
Providence †	10	–	8		.556			23	–	12		.657
Xavier	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
St. John's	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
Marquette	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Georgetown	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Seton Hall	6	–	12		.333			17	–	17		.500
Butler	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
DePaul	3	–	15		.167			12	–	21		.364
† 2014 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll Source:[1]

The original Big East Conference split effective immediately after the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The seven schools that did not sponsor FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and reorganized as a new Big East, while the FBS schools that had not left for other conferences retained the original Big East charter and are now operating as the American Athletic Conference (The American). Both leagues, however, claim the 1979 founding date of the original Big East as their own founding dates. While both offshoot leagues initially claimed the history of the original conference, that has apparently changed, as the basketball history of the original Big East is now claimed by the current Big East, and The American now considers its basketball history to have begun with the conference split. Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn, the five full members of the original Big East that sponsored FBS football before the split, joined with several new members to reorganize as The American.

The nucleus of the conference is the so-called "Catholic 7", the members of the original Big East Conference that do not sponsor FBS football, all Catholic institutions: DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova. The seven from the original Big East were joined by Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10, and Creighton from the Missouri Valley. The Big East's full membership remained unchanged from the conference's relaunch through the 2019–20 season; the first change to the league's core membership took place on July 1, 2020 when UConn re-joined from The American.^[2]

Preseason

	Media[3]
1.	Marquette (5)
2.	Georgetown (2)
3.	Creighton (1)
4.	Villanova
5.	St. John's (2)
6.	Providence
7.	Xavier
8.	Seton Hall
9.	Butler
10.	DePaul

() first place votes

Preseason All-Big East teams

Media[3]
Semaj Christon XAVIER Bryce Cotton PROVIDENCE Davante Gardner MARQUETTE D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S Doug McDermott CREIGHTON Markel Starks GEORGETOWN

• 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: 2013–14 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	Wk 20	Final
Butler	AP
	C
Creighton	AP	RV	RV	23	20	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	20	RV	20	12	18	11	9	13	14	16
	C	RV	RV	23	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	19	24	20	12	17	12	10	13	14	16	20
DePaul	AP
	C
Georgetown	AP	RV	RV		RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Marquette	AP	17	17	25	25
	C	17	17	RV	RV	RV
Providence	AP																				RV
	C																				RV
Seton Hall	AP
	C
St. John's	AP
	C
Villanova	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	14	10	8	8	11	8	6	4	9	6	6	9	8	6	3	6
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	19	14	12	11	14	10	6	5	9	6	6	11	9	6	3	7	13
Xavier	AP																		RV
	C

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	Butler	Creighton	DePaul	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Seton Hall	St. John's	Villanova	Xavier
vs. Butler	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Creighton	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1
vs. DePaul	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Georgetown	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Marquette	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1
vs. Providence	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Seton Hall	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	0–2
vs. St. John's	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	2–0
vs. Villanova	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	0–2
vs. Xavier	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	–
Total	4–14	14–4	3–15	8–10	9–9	10–8	6–12	10–8	16–2	10–8

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-Big East awards and teams

Coaches

2014 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards[4][5][6]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Doug McDermott Sr., F, CREIGHTON
Coach of the Year	Jay Wright VILLANOVA
Defensive Player of the Year	Fuquan Edwin Sr., G, SETON HALL
Most Improved Player	Darrun Hilliard Jr., G, VILLANOVA Daniel Ochefu So., F, VILLANOVA
Rookie of the Year	Billy Garrett Jr. Fr., G, DEPAUL
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Alex Barlow Jr., G, BUTLER
Sixth Man Award	Davante Gardner Sr., F, MARQUETTE
Sportsmanship Award	Chris Otule Sr., C, MARQUETTE

2014 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[7]
First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention	All-Rookie Team
James Bell, Sr., G., VILLANOVA †Semaj Christon, So., G., XAVIER †Bryce Cotton, Sr., G., PROVIDENCE †Doug McDermott, Sr., F., CREIGHTON D'Angelo Harrison, Jr., G., ST. JOHN'S Markel Starks, Sr., G., GEORGETOWN	Kadeem Batts, Sr., F., PROVIDENCE Kellen Dunham, So., G., BUTLER Fuquan Edwin, Sr., G., SETON HALL Davante Gardner, Sr., F., MARQUETTE JayVaughn Pinkston, Jr., F., VILLANOVA D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, So., G., GEORGETOWN	Ryan Arcidiacono, So., G., VILLANOVA Darrun Hilliard, Jr., G., VILLANOVA Matt Stainbrook, Jr., C., XAVIER Ethan Wragge, Sr., F., CREIGHTON	Deonte Burton, Fr., G., MARQUETTE Andrew Chrabascz, Fr., F., BUTLER Billy Garrett Jr., Fr., G., DEPAUL Tommy Hamilton IV, Fr., F., DEPAUL Josh Hart, Fr., G., VILLANOVA Rysheed Jordan, Fr., G., ST. JOHN'S Jaren Sina, Fr., G., SETON HALL
† - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason

2014 Big East tournament

Main article: 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament

• March 12–15, 2014 Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York.

2014 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First Round March 12	Quarterfinals March 13	Semifinals March 14	Championship March 15
1‡†	Villanova	15–2	27–3		BYE	vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 63–64
2†	Creighton	14–4	24–6		BYE	vs. #10 DePaul – W, 84–62	vs. #3 Xavier – W, 82–74	vs. #4 Providence – L, 58–65
3†	Xavier	10–8	20–11		BYE	vs. #6 Marquette – W, 68–65	vs. #2 Creighton – L, 74–82
4†	Providence	10–8	20–11		BYE	vs. #5 St. John's – W, 79–74	vs. #8 Seton Hall – W, 80–74	vs. #2 Creighton – W, 65–58
5†	St. John's	10–8	20–11		BYE	vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–79
6†	Marquette	9–9	17–14		BYE	#3 Xavier – L, 65–68
7	Georgetown	8–10	17–13		#10 DePaul – L, 56–60
8	Seton Hall	6–12	15–16		vs. #9 Butler – W, 51–50	vs. #1 Villanova – W, 64–63	vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–80
9	Butler	4–14	14–16		vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 50–51
10	DePaul	3–15	11–20		vs. #10 Georgetown – W, 60–56	vs. #2 Creighton – L, 62–84
‡ – 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 March 12					Quarterfinals March 13					Semifinals March 14					Championship March 15
						1	Villanova	63
						8	Seton Hall	64
	8	Seton Hall	51
	9	Butler	50
											8	Seton Hall	74
											4	Providence	80
						4	Providence	79
						5	St. John's	74
																4	Providence	65
																2	Creighton	58
						2	Creighton	84
						10	DePaul	62
	7	Georgetown	56
	10	DePaul	60
											2	Creighton	82
											3	Xavier	74
						3	Xavier	68
						6	Marquette	65

* denotes overtime game

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	Round of 64	Round of 32	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	East	Villanova		W, 75–53 vs. #15 Milwaukee – (Buffalo, NY)	L, 65–77 vs. #7 UConn – (Buffalo, NY)
3	West	Creighton		W, 76–66 vs. #14 UL Lafayette – (San Antonio, TX)	L, 55–85 vs. #6 Baylor – (San Antonio, TX)
11	East	Providence		L, 77–79 vs. #6 UNC – (San Antonio, TX)
12	Midwest	Xavier	L, 59–74 vs. #12 NC State – (Dayton, OH)
		W–L (%):	0–1 (.000)	2–1 (.667)	0–2 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–) Total: 2–4 (.333)

* denotes overtime game