2005 Big East men's basketball tournament

2005 Big East men's basketball tournament
2005 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	11
Site	Madison Square Garden; New York City
Champions	Syracuse (4th title)
Winning coach	Jim Boeheim (4th title)
MVP	Hakim Warrick (Syracuse)
Top scorer	Hakim Warrick (Syracuse); (69 points)
	Big East men's basketball tournaments ← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Big East Men's Basketball Championship was played from March 9 to March 12, 2005. The tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Syracuse Orange won the tournament and were awarded an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

ClassificationDivision I

Teams11

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2004–05 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Boston College	13	–	3	.813	25	–	5	.833
No. 13 Connecticut	13	–	3	.813	23	–	8	.742
No. 19 Villanova	11	–	5	.688	24	–	8	.750
Pittsburgh	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Notre Dame	9	–	7	.563	17	–	12	.586
Georgetown	8	–	8	.500	19	–	13	.594
West Virginia	8	–	8	.500	24	–	11	.686
Providence	4	–	12	.250	14	–	17	.452
Seton Hall	4	–	12	.250	12	–	16	.429
Rutgers	2	–	14	.125	10	–	19	.345
St. John's*	3	–	13	.188	9	–	18	.333
No. 11 Syracuse†**	0	–	5	.000	12	–	7	.632

† 2005 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll Not eligible for the 2005 Big East tournament due to sanctions against the program. *Syracuse had 15 regular season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Syracuse′s disputed record was 27–7, 11–5.

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First round Wednesday, March 9			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10			Semifinals Friday, March 11			Final Saturday, March 12

			1	#7 Boston College	72

			8	West Virginia	78
8	West Virginia	82

9	Providence	59
						8	West Virginia	78

						4	#19 Villanova	76



			4	#19 Villanova	67

			5	#22 Pittsburgh	58



									8	West Virginia	59

									3	#16 Syracuse	68



			2	#12 Connecticut	66

			7	Georgetown	62
7	Georgetown	56

10	Seton Hall	51
						2	#12 Connecticut	63

						3	#16 Syracuse	67



			3	#16 Syracuse	81

			11	Rutgers	57
6	Notre Dame	65

11	Rutgers	72

Team	1	2	Total
(9) Providence	20	39	59
(8) West Virginia	35	47	82

Team	1	2	Total
(11) Rutgers	35	37	72
(6) Notre Dame	32	33	65

Team	1	2	Total
(8) West Virginia	44	34	78
(1) Boston College	22	50	72

Team	1	2	Total
(5) Pittsburgh	19	39	58
(4) Villanova	31	36	67

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