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2008–09 Big East Conference Men's Basketball Season | |
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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 |
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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).
Regular season
Season summary & highlights
- 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.
Rankings
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.
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 |
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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 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2008–09_Big_East_Conference_men's_basketball_season |