2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 9, 2009
through March 6, 2010
Teams16
Total attendance2,942,432
Average attendance10,898
TV partner(s)Big East Network, ESPN
Regular Season
ChampionSyracuse (15–3)
  Runners-upPittsburgh, West Virginia, and Villanova (13–5)
Season MVPWesley Johnson (SYR)
Tournament
ChampionsWest Virginia
  Runners-upGeorgetown
Finals MVPDa'Sean Butler (WVU)
2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Syracuse 15 3   .833 30 5   .857
No. 6 West Virginia 13 5   .722 31 7   .816
No. 9 Villanova 13 5   .722 25 8   .758
No. 18 Pittsburgh 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Marquette 11 7   .611 22 12   .647
Louisville 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
No. 14 Georgetown 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
Notre Dame 10 8   .556 23 12   .657
South Florida 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Seton Hall 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Cincinnati 7 11   .389 19 16   .543
Connecticut 7 11   .389 18 16   .529
St. John's 6 12   .333 17 16   .515
Rutgers 5 13   .278 15 17   .469
Providence 4 14   .222 12 19   .387
DePaul 1 17   .056 8 23   .258
2010 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 31st in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools. Syracuse captured the regular season title, its eighth overall, and second outright. However, West Virginia won the 2010 Big East men's basketball tournament, their first.