2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season
| 2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN |
| Regular Season | |
| Champions | Villanova |
| Runners-up | Georgetown |
| Season MVP | Ryan Arcidiacono, Kris Dunn |
| Top scorer | LaDontae Henton |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Villanova |
| Runners-up | Xavier |
| Finals MVP | Josh Hart |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Villanova † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 33 | – | 3 | .917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Georgetown | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Butler | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2015 Big East tournament winner As of April 6, 2015 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014–15 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This is the 36th year in the conference's history, but the second as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. While the first game involving two conference members took place during the Battle 4 Atlantis, it did not count in the Big East standings; conference play officially began on New Year's Eve 2014. The season concluded in March with the 2015 Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Preseason
| Media[1] | |
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| 1. | Villanova (9) |
| 2. | Georgetown (1) |
| 3. | St. John's |
| 4. | Xavier |
| 5. | Providence |
| 6. | Seton Hall |
| 7t. | Butler |
| 7t. | Marquette |
| 9. | Creighton |
| 10. | DePaul |
() first place votes
Preseason All-Big East teams
| Media[1] |
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| Kellen Dunham BUTLER D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera GEORGETOWN D'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'S JayVaughn Pinkston VILLANOVA Matt Stainbrook XAVIER
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Rankings
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week |
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| Butler | AP | 23 | 15 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | ||||
| Coaches | RV | 19 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||||||
| Creighton | AP | 23 | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Georgetown | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 22 | RV |
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 24 | ||
| Marquette | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | |||||||
| C | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | |||||||
| Seton Hall | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 21 | 24 | RV | RV | |||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 21 | 24 | RV | |||||||||||||
| St. John's | AP | RV | 24 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | 23 | 19 | 17 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| Villanova | AP | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Xavier | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| C | RV |
Regular season
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
| Butler | Creighton | DePaul | Georgetown | Marquette | Providence | Seton Hall | St. John's | Villanova | Xavier | |
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| vs. Butler | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2-0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Creighton | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. DePaul | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Georgetown | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| vs. Marquette | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Providence | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| vs. Seton Hall | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. St. John's | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| vs. Villanova | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 |
| vs. Xavier | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – |
| Total | 12–6 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 4–14 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 16–2 | 9–9 |
Honors and awards
All-Americans
All-Big East awards and teams
Coaches
| 2015 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Ryan Arcidiacono, G., Villanova Kris Dunn, G., Providence | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Jay Wright, Villanova | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kris Dunn, G., Providence Sir'Dominic Pointer, G/F., St. John's | |||||
| Sixth Man Award | Josh Hart, G., Villanova | |||||
| Most Improved Player the Year | Sir'Dominic Pointer, G/F., St. John's | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Angel Delgado, F., Seton Hall | |||||
| 2015 Big East Men's Basketball All–Conference Teams[2] | |||||||||
| † First Team | Second Team | Honorable Mention | All–Rookie Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kellen Dunham, Sr., G., Butler D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, Jr., G., Georgetown ‡ Kris Dunn, So., G., Providence ‡ LaDontae Henton, Sr., F., Providence D'Angelo Harrison, Sr., G., St. John's Ryan Arcidiacono, Jr., G., Villanova ‡ Darrun Hilliard, Sr., G., Villanova |
Roosevelt Jones, Jr., F., Butler Matt Carlino, Sr., G., Marquette Sterling Gibbs, Jr., G., Seton Hall Sir'Dominic Pointer, Sr., G/F., St. John's Matt Stainbrook, Sr., C., Xavier |
Billy Garrett Jr., So., G., DePaul Daniel Ochefu, Jr., F., Villanova JayVaughn Pinkston, Sr., F., Villanova |
Isaac Copeland, Fr., F., Georgetown L. J. Peak, Fr., F., Georgetown Duane Wilson, Fr., G., Marquette ‡ Angel Delgado, Fr., F., Seton Hall Isaiah Whitehead, Fr., G., Seton Hall ‡ Trevon Bluiett, Fr., F., Xavier | ||||||
| ‡ – Denotes unanimous selection. † – Due to a tie in the voting, additional positions was named. | |||||||||
Postseason
Big East tournament
- March 11–14, 2015 Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York City.
| 2015 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First round March 11 |
Quarterfinals March 12 |
Semifinals March 13 |
Championship March 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‡† Villanova | 16–2 | 32–2 | Bye | #9 Marquette | #4 Providence | #6 Xavier | ||
| 2. | † Georgetown | 12–6 | 21–10 | 2–0 vs. Butler | Bye | #10 Creighton | #6 Xavier | ||
| 3. | † Butler | 12–6 | 22–10 | 0–2 vs. Georgetown | Bye | #6 Xavier | |||
| 4. | † Providence | 11–7 | 22–11 | Bye | #5 St. John's | #1 Villanova | |||
| 5. | † St. John's | 10–8 | 21–11 | Bye | #4 Providence | ||||
| 6. | † Xavier | 9–9 | 21–13 | Bye | #3 Butler | #2 Georgetown | #1 Villanova | ||
| 7. | DePaul | 6–12 | 12–20 | 2–0 vs. Seton Hall | #10 Creighton | ||||
| 8. | Seton Hall | 6–12 | 16–15 | 0–2 vs. DePaul | #9 Marquette | ||||
| 9. | Marquette | 4–14 | 13–15 | 1–1 vs. Providence | #8 Seton Hall | #1 Villanova | |||
| 10. | Creighton | 4–14 | 14–19 | 0–2 vs. Providence | #7 DePaul | #2 Georgetown | |||
| ‡ – 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 Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Marquette | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Seton Hall | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Marquette | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. John's | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Xavier | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Creighton | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | DePaul | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Creighton | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Xavier | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Butler | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Xavier | 67* | |||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime game
NCAA tournament
| Seed | Region | School | Second round | Third round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East | Villanova | #16 Lafayette - March 19, Pittsburgh - W, 93–52 | #8 NC State - March 21, Pittsburgh - L, 68–71 | ||||
| 4 | South | Georgetown | #13 Eastern Washington - March 19, Portland - W, 84–74 | #5 Utah - March 21, Portland - L, 64–75 | ||||
| 6 | East | Providence | #11 Dayton - March 22, Columbus - L, 53–66 | |||||
| 6 | Midwest | Butler | #11 Texas - March 19, Pittsburgh - W, 56–48 | #3 Notre Dame - March 21, Pittsburgh - L, *64–67 | ||||
| 6 | West | Xavier | #11 Ole Miss - March 19, Jacksonville - W, 76–57 | #14 Georgia State - March 21, Jacksonville - W, 75–67 | #2 Arizona - March 26, Los Angeles - L, 60–68 | |||
| 9 | South | St. John's | #8 San Diego State - March 20, Charlotte - L, 64–76 | |||||
| 6 Bids | W-L (%): | 4–2 .667 | 1–3 .250 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 5–6 .455 |
* denotes overtime game
References
- ^ a b "Big East Media Days" (Press release). Big East Conference. October 22, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "MBB: All-BIG EAST Teams Announced". bigeast.com. March 8, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2020.