2008–09 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 14, 2008 through March 7, 2009
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	Big East Network, ESPN
Regular Season
Champion	Louisville (16–2)
Runners-up	Connecticut, Pittsburgh (15–3)
Season MVP	Hasheem Thabeet – Connecticut DeJuan Blair – Pittsburgh
Tournament
Champions	Louisville
Finals MVP	Jonny Flynn – Syracuse
Basketball seasons
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2008–09 Big East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Louisville†	16	–	2		.889			31	–	6		.838
No. 4 Pittsburgh	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
No. 5 Connecticut	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
No. 11 Villanova	13	–	5		.722			30	–	8		.789
No. 23 Marquette	12	–	6		.667			25	–	10		.714
No. 13 Syracuse	11	–	7		.611			28	–	10		.737
West Virginia	10	–	8		.556			23	–	12		.657
Providence	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Notre Dame	8	–	10		.444			21	–	15		.583
Cincinnati	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			17	–	15		.531
Georgetown	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
St. John's	6	–	12		.333			16	–	18		.471
South Florida	4	–	14		.222			9	–	22		.290
Rutgers	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
DePaul	0	–	18		.000			9	–	24		.273
† 2009 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 2009[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Big East Conference men's basketball season was the 30th in conference history, and involved its 16 full-time member schools. Leading up to, during, and following the season, it has been widely regarded as one of the most successful seasons in Big East Conference history, fielding multiple teams that received national recognition and achieved high levels of success.

Louisville won the outright championship with a 16-2 record (1st). They were also champions of the Big East tournament (1st).

• Louisville won both the regular season outright and the tournament championship.
• Louisville finished the season ranked first in both AP and Coach's polls.
• Louisville received the overall #1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
• Connecticut won the 2008 Paradise Jam Tournament in the Virgin Islands.
• Pittsburgh won the 2008 Legends Classic Tournament.
• Syracuse won the 2008 College Basketball Experience (CBE) Classic tournament.
• Connecticut led the nation in blocked shots for the 8th consecutive year.
• Connecticut Head Coach, Jim Calhoun, won his 800th career game in Division I basketball, against Marquette.
• Syracuse Head Coach, Jim Boeheim, finished the season with 799 career wins (2009 tournament games included).
• Pittsburgh defeated #1 UConn twice, marking the first and second times the Panthers defeated a #1 ranked team.
• Connecticut center, Hasheem Thabeet, recorded a triple-double against Providence on January 31, 2009, with 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 blocked shots.
• Villanova tied a school record for regular season wins (25).
• Pittsburgh tied a school record for wins in a season (31), and set a school record for regular season conference wins (15).
• Connecticut tied a school record for best start to a season, at 24–1.
• Pittsburgh went undefeated at home.
• Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Louisville all reached #1 in the AP poll.

The Big East set a record when it placed seven teams in the preseason Associated Press poll. It set another record by placing eight teams in the December 1st ranking, and broke that record when the ninth team entered the AP Top 25 on January 5.^[2] Connecticut and North Carolina were the only two teams that did not vacate the top 5 in the AP poll all season.

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2008–09 Big East Conference Weekly Rankings
Key: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. RV = Received Votes

AP Poll[3]	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18
Cincinnati
Connecticut	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	5
DePaul
Georgetown	22	22	21	20	19	15	12	11	9	13	12	25
Louisville	3	3	3	11	9	9	19	18	23	20	9	7	5	5	7	6	6	5	1
Marquette	16	15	15	25	24	24	RV	RV	18	14	11	8	8	10	10	8	13	21	23
Notre Dame	9	8	8	7	12	12	8	7	13	12	19	RV	RV
Pittsburgh	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	4	3	6	4	4	1	3	2	4
Providence													RV				RV
Rutgers