Английская Википедия:2012 Big East men's basketball tournament

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The 2012 Big East men's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2012 Big East Championship, was the 33rd annual Big East men's basketball tournament, deciding the champion of the 2011–12 Big East Conference men's basketball season. For the 30th consecutive season, the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 6–10, 2012. The tournament was the last to feature participation from West Virginia as they joined the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2012.

In the final, Louisville defeated Cincinnati, 50–44, to win their second Big East championship in school history. Louisville guard Peyton Siva received the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the most outstanding player of the tournament.

Seeds

This was the fourth Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing nine through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams five through eight received byes to the second round. The top four teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.

2012 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1.	‡†Syracuse	17–1	30–1
2.	†Marquette	14–4	25–6
3.	†Notre Dame	13–5	21–10
4.	†Cincinnati	12–6	22–9	1–1 vs. USF/GTWN; 0–1 vs. SYR; 1–1 vs. MARQ; 1–0 vs. ND; 1–0 vs. GTWN
5.	#Georgetown	12–6	22–7	1–1 vs. USF/CIN; 0–1 vs. SYR; 1–1 vs. MARQ; 1–0 vs. ND; 0–1 vs. CIN
6.	#South Florida	12–6	19–12	1–1 vs. CIN/GTWN; 0–1 vs. SYR; 0–1 vs. MARQ; 0–1 vs. ND
7.	#Louisville	10–8	22–9
8.	#West Virginia	9–9	19–12
9.	Connecticut	8–10	18–12	1–1 vs. HALL; 0–2 vs. SYR; 0–1 vs. MARQ; 1–1 vs. ND
10.	Seton Hall	8–10	19–11	1–1 vs. CONN; 0–1 vs. SYR; 0–1 vs. MARQ; 0–1 vs. ND
11.	Rutgers	6–12	14–17	1–0 vs. SJU
12.	St. John's	6–12	13–18	0–1 vs. RUT
13.	Pittsburgh	5–13	16–15	1–0 vs. VILL
14.	Villanova	5–13	12–18	0–1 vs. PITT
15.	Providence	4–14	15–16
16.	DePaul	3–15	12–18
‡ – 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.

Schedule

All tournament games were nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 6
1	1	12:00 PM	#9 Connecticut vs. #16 DePaul	ESPN2	20,057
	2	2:00 PM	#12 St. John's vs. #13 Pittsburgh	ESPN2
2	3	7:00 PM	#10 Seton Hall vs. #15 Providence	ESPNU	20,057
	4	9:00 PM	#11 Rutgers vs. #14 Villanova	ESPNU
Second Round – Wednesday, March 7
3	5	12:00 PM	#8 West Virginia vs. #9 Connecticut	ESPN	20,057
	6	2:00 PM	#5 Georgetown vs. #13 Pittsburgh	ESPN
4	7	7:00 PM	#7 Louisville vs. #10 Seton Hall	ESPN	20,057
	8	9:00 PM	#6 South Florida vs. #14 Villanova	ESPN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
5	9	12:00 PM	#1 Syracuse vs. #9 Connecticut	ESPN	20,057
	10	2:00 PM	#4 Cincinnati vs. #5 Georgetown	ESPN
6	11	7:00 PM	#2 Marquette vs. #7 Louisville	ESPN	20,057
	12	9:00 PM	#3 Notre Dame vs. #6 South Florida	ESPN
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
7	13	7:00 PM	#1 Syracuse vs. #4 Cincinnati	ESPN	20,057
	14	9:00 PM	#7 Louisville vs. #3 Notre Dame	ESPN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
8	15	9:00 PM	#4 Cincinnati vs. #7 Louisville	ESPN	20,057
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

All rankings from AP Poll:

^OT denotes overtime game

All-Tournament team

Following the tournament final, the Big East Conference named its All-Tournament team, composed of the top performers from the entire tournament. Louisville guard Peyton Siva was awarded the Dave Gavitt Trophy as the tournament's most outstanding player, the first time a Louisville player received the tournament MVP award.

2012 Big East Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team
Team	Position	Player	Games	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks
LOU	G	Peyton Siva†	4	55	25	23	2
LOU	C	Gorgui Dieng	4	35	36	2	13
LOU	G/F	Kyle Kuric	4	58	11	6	3
CIN	F	Yancy Gates	3	50	21	2	0
CIN	G	Cashmere Wright	3	37	10	14	0
SYR	G	Dion Waiters	2	46	3	5	1

† Received Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

See also

• 2012 Big East women's basketball tournament