2002 Big East men's basketball tournament

2002 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2001–02
Teams12
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsConnecticut (5th title)
Winning coachJim Calhoun (5th title)
MVPCaron Butler (Connecticut)
2001–02 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 10 Connecticut 13 3   .813 27 7   .794
No. 21 Miami 10 6   .625 24 8   .750
Boston College 8 8   .500 20 12   .625
Villanova 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
Providence 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Virginia Tech* 4 12   .250 10 18   .357
St. John's# 0 7   .000 7 11   .389
West
No. 9 Pittsburgh 13 3   .813 29 6   .829
Notre Dame 10 6   .625 22 11   .667
Georgetown 9 7   .563 19 11   .633
Syracuse 9 7   .563 23 13   .639
Rutgers 8 8   .500 18 13   .581
Seton Hall 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
West Virginia* 1 15   .063 8 20   .286
2002 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 2002
Rankings from AP Poll
*Did not qualify for 2002 Big East tournament.
#St. John's had 14 regular-season games vacated due to sanctions against the program; the school′s disputed record was 9–7, 20–12.

The 2002 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 2002 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the two highest seeds in each division received byes in the first round. The six teams with the best conference records in each division were invited to participate for a total of 12 teams. Teams were seeded by division. Connecticut and Pittsburgh had the best regular season conference records and received the East #1 seed and West #1 seed, respectively.

Connecticut defeated Pittsburgh in the championship game 74–65 in double overtime to win its fifth Big East tournament championship.