2011 Big East men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=2011
| Conference=Big East
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
| Image=2011BigEastBballTournament.PNG
| ImageSize=200px
| Caption=2011 Big East tournament logo
| Teams=16
| Arena=Madison Square Garden
| City=New York City
| Champions= Connecticut
| TitleCount= 7th
| Coach= Jim Calhoun
| CoachCount= 7th
| MVP= Kemba Walker
| MVPTeam= Connecticut
| Attendance=
| TopScorer= Kemba Walker
| TopScorerTeam= Connecticut
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points= 130
| Television=ESPN
}}
{{2010–11 Big East men's basketball standings}}
The 2011 Big East men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 8–12, 2011, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This was the third Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.{{cite press release |url=http://www.bigeast.org/pdf2/94777.pdf |title=16-Team Men's Championship Format |access-date=2009-03-13 |publisher=Big East Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206113521/http://bigeast.org/pdf2/94777.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead }} The tournament was won by Connecticut, their seventh title, tying Georgetown for the most championships in Big East Men's Basketball Tournament history. Connecticut guard Kemba Walker was named the tournament MVP.
Seeds
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#DDDDDD; font:#000000" | 2011 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
!Seed !School !Conf. !Over. |
| 1.
| ‡†Pittsburgh | 15–3 | 27–4 | |
| 2.
| †Notre Dame | 14–4 | 25–5 | |
| 3.
| †Louisville | 12–6 | 23–8 | 2–0 vs. SYR/SJU |
| 4.
| †Syracuse | 12–6 | 25–6 | 1–1 vs. LOU/SJU |
| 5.
| #St. John's | 12–6 | 20–10 | 0–2 vs. LOU/SYR |
| 6.
| 11–7 | 20–10 | 1–0 vs. CIN |
| 7.
| #Cincinnati | 11–7 | 24–7 | 0–1 vs. WVU |
| 8.
| #Georgetown | 10–8 | 21–9 | |
| 9.
| 9–9 | 21–9 | 2–1 vs. VILL/MARQ |
| 10.
| 9–9 | 21–10 | 1–1 vs. CONN/MARQ |
| 11.
| 9–9 | 18–13 | 1–2 vs. CONN/VILL |
| 12.
| {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}} | 7–11 | 13–17 | |
| 13.
| {{cbb link|year=2010|team=Rutgers Scarlet Knights|title=Rutgers}} | 5–13 | 14–16 | |
| 14.
| 4–14 | 15–16 | |
| 15.
| 3–15 | 9–23 | |
| 16.
| {{cbb link|year=2010|team=DePaul Blue Demons|title=DePaul}} | 1–17 | 7–23 | |
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;|‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. |
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Bracket
{{16TeamBracket-StepladderToQF
| RD1=First round
Tuesday, March 8
| RD2=Second round
Wednesday, March 9
| RD3=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
| RD4=Semifinals
Friday, March 11
| RD5=Championship game
Saturday, March 12
| RD1-seed01=9
| RD1-team01=#21 Connecticut
| RD1-score01=97
| RD1-seed02=16
| RD1-team02=DePaul
| RD1-score02=71
| RD1-seed03=12
| RD1-team03=Seton Hall
| RD1-score03=70
| RD1-seed04=13
| RD1-team04=Rutgers
| RD1-score04=76*
| RD1-seed05=10
| RD1-team05=Villanova
| RD1-score05=69
| RD1-seed06=15
| RD1-team06=South Florida
| RD1-score06=70
| RD1-seed07=11
| RD1-team07=Marquette
| RD1-score07=87
| RD1-seed08=14
| RD1-team08=Providence
| RD1-score08=66
| RD2-score01=62
| RD2-seed01=8
| RD2-team01=#22 Georgetown
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=#21 Connecticut
| RD2-score02=79
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03=#17 St. John's
| RD2-score03=65
| RD2-seed04=13
| RD2-team04=Rutgers
| RD2-score04=63
| RD2-seed05=7
| RD2-team05=#25 Cincinnati
| RD2-score05=87
| RD2-seed06=15
| RD2-team06=South Florida
| RD2-score06=61
| RD2-seed07=6
| RD2-team07=#20 West Virginia
| RD2-score07=61
| RD2-seed08=11
| RD2-team08=Marquette
| RD2-score08=67
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=#3 Pittsburgh
| RD3-score01=74
| RD3-seed02=9
| RD3-team02=#21 Connecticut
| RD3-score02=76
| RD3-seed03=4
| RD3-team03=#11 Syracuse
| RD3-score03=79
| RD3-seed04=5
| RD3-team04=#17 St. John's
| RD3-score04=73
| RD3-seed05=2
| RD3-team05=#4 Notre Dame
| RD3-score05=89
| RD3-seed06=7
| RD3-team06=#25 Cincinnati
| RD3-score06=51
| RD3-seed07=3
| RD3-team07=#14 Louisville
| RD3-score07=81
| RD3-seed08=11
| RD3-team08=Marquette
| RD3-score08=56
| RD4-seed01=9
| RD4-team01=#21 Connecticut
| RD4-score01=76*
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02=#11 Syracuse
| RD4-score02=71
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03=#4 Notre Dame
| RD4-score03=77
| RD4-seed04=3
| RD4-team04=#14 Louisville
| RD4-score04=83*
| RD5-seed1=9
| RD5-team1= #21 Connecticut
| RD5-score1= 69
| RD5-seed2=3
| RD5-team2= #14 Louisville
| RD5-score2= 66
}}
=Championship game=
{{basketballbox
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = March 12
| time = 9:00 pm
| report = [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=310710097 Box Score]
| team1 = (9) #21 Connecticut Huskies
| score1 = 69
| team2 = (3) #14 Louisville Cardinals
| score2 = 66
| points2 = P. Knowles 18
| rebounds2 = P. Siva 7
| assist2 = P. Siva 7
| otherstat2 = Halftime Score: Connecticut, 38-32
| points1 = K. Walker 19
| rebounds1 = A. Oriakhi 8
| assist1 = J. Lamb, K. Walker 3
| otherstat1 =
| place = Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
| attendance = 19,375
| referee = Mike Roberts, Ed Corbett, John Gaffney
| TV = ESPN
}}
Rutgers–St. John's controversy
- In a controversial finish to a second round game, St. John's defeated Rutgers, 65–63, allowing the Red Storm to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2003.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110312012239/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310682599 "St. John's holds on to beat Rutgers in Big East tournament second round"]. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. The final seconds of the game were heavily criticized by analysts, including the live ESPN crew, for a lack of officiating that appeared to hinder the Scarlet Knights' late rally, including two uncalled personal fouls against Red Storm players, and an incident in which St. John's forward Justin Brownlee appeared to prematurely celebrate by traveling, stepping out of bounds, and throwing the ball into the stands with more than a second remaining in the game.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313075345/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/stewart_mandel/03/09/st.johns.rutgers.controversy/index.html?eref=sihp "Colossal officiating mistakes create uproar off St. John's-Rutgers"]. SI.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09.[http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2011/03/what_theyre_saying_about_endin.html "What they're saying about the ending to the St. John's-Rutgers Big East basketball game"]. Syracuse.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2011-03-09-lopresti-rutgers-st-johns-officials_N.htm "Spotlight glares at officials after blunder in Big East tournament"]. USA Today. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Rutgers' head coach Mike Rice Jr. could be seen screaming frantically for an explanation for the missed calls, while officials Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Earl Walton had already left the court. At end of the game, ESPN analyst Doris Burke was quoted as saying, "this was the bizarrest ending of a game I've ever seen," and in a later post-game analysis that "the officials won't sleep tonight."[https://web.archive.org/web/20110312142730/http://espn.go.com/espn3/player?id=146226&league=NCAAM "NCAAM: Rutgers vs #18 St. John's (second round)"]. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-09.[http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6198617 "Controversial End To St. John's-Rutgers"]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Analyst Fran Fraschilla also added that the officiating "crew lost its composure." Following the game, the head of the NCAA's officiating arm, John Adams, who is in charge of selecting 98 officials for the NCAA tournament, called the lack of officiating "unacceptable," but would still consider the overall body of work of each official throughout the season to determine whether or not they would be invited to the tournament.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6198753 "Ref head: St. John's end 'unacceptable'"]. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-09. Big East commissioner John Marinatto released a statement acknowledging "two separate officiating errors" that occurred at the end of the game, but conceded that "neither error is reviewable or correctable under NCAA playing rules." The following day, the conference announced that all three officials had voluntarily withdrawn themselves from the remainder of the tournament, which was, according to Marinatto, "in the best interests of everyone involved — including coaches, student-athletes, game officials and Big East member institutions."[https://www.espn.com/new-york/news/story?id=6201265 "Officials withdraw from Big East tourney "]. ESPN.com. Published 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=The 11-Game Run That Immortalized Kemba Walker and the 2011 UConn Huskies |work=SB Nation |date=March 30, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibEnGKlzUPw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ibEnGKlzUPw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via=YouTube }}{{cbignore}}
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