2020–21 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Big East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Season champions	Villanova
Season MVP	Collin Gillespie, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Sandro Mamukelashvili
Tournament
Champions	Georgetown
Runners-up	Creighton
Finals MVP	Dante Harris
Basketball seasons
← 2019–20  →

2020–21 Big East men's basketball standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Villanova	11	–	4		.733			18	–	7		.720
No. 19 Creighton	14	–	6		.700			22	–	9		.710
UConn	11	–	6		.647			15	–	8		.652
St. John's	10	–	9		.526			16	–	11		.593
Seton Hall	10	–	9		.526			14	–	13		.519
Providence	9	–	10		.474			13	–	13		.500
Xavier	6	–	7		.462			13	–	8		.619
Georgetown †	7	–	9		.438			13	–	13		.500
Marquette	8	–	11		.421			13	–	14		.481
Butler	8	–	12		.400			10	–	15		.400
DePaul	2	–	13		.133			5	–	14		.263
† 2021 Big East Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020–21 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021.

Head coaches[]

Coaching changes[]

Coaches[]

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Big East record	Big East titles	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Butler	LaVall Jordan	Milwaukee	4	50–32	17–20	0	1	0	0
Connecticut	Dan Hurley	Rhode Island	3	42–30	0–0	0	0	0	0
Creighton	Greg McDermott	Iowa State	10	217–111	56–52	0	5	0	0
DePaul	Dave Leitao	Tulsa (asst.)	8	118–117	46–74	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	Patrick Ewing	Charlotte Hornets (asst.)	3	49–46	19–35	0	0	0	0
Marquette	Steve Wojciechowski	Duke (asst.)	6	107–72	43–48	0	2	0	0
Providence	Ed Cooley	Fairfield	9	170–116	72–73	1	5	0	0
Seton Hall	Kevin Willard	Iona	10	179–131	70–90	0	3	0	0
St. John's	Mike Anderson	Arkansas	1	11–3	0–0	0	0	0	0
Villanova	Jay Wright	Hofstra	19	457–177	203–105	7	14	3	2
Xavier	Travis Steele	Xavier (asst.)	2	29–18	9–9	0	0	0	0

Notes:

• Years at school includes 2020–21 season.
• Overall and Big East records are from time at current school and are through week nine of the 2019–20 season.
• McDermott's MVC conference records and Hurley's AAC records not included since team began play in the Big East.

Preseason[]

Preseason poll[]

Prior to the season, the Big East conducted a poll of Big East coaches. Coaches do not place their own team on their ballots.^[1]

Rank	Team
1.	Villanova (9)
2.	Creighton (2)
3.	Providence
4.	Connecticut
5.	Seton Hall
6.	Marquette
7.	Xavier
8.	Butler
9.	St. John's
10.	DePaul
11.	Georgetown
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Big East teams[]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton
Preseason Freshman of the Year	Dawson Garcia, Marquette
Preseason All-Big East First Team	Charlie Moore, DePaul
	David Duke, Providence
	Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall
	Collin Gillespie, Villanova
	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova
Preseason All-Big East Second Team	Bryce Nze, Butler
	James Bouknight, Connecticut
	Mitch Ballock, Creighton
	Nate Watson, Providence
	Justin Moore, Villanova
	Paul Scruggs, Xavier
Preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention	D. J. Carton, Marquette
	Bryce Aiken, Seton Hall

*Schedule Source:^[2]

Regular season[]

Rankings[]

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		() First place votes

		Pre	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	Wk 19	Final
Butler	AP
	C
Creighton	AP
	C
DePaul	AP
	C
Georgetown	AP
	C
Marquette	AP
	C
Providence	AP
	C
Seton Hall	AP
	C
St. John's	AP
	C
Villanova	AP
	C
Xavier	AP
	C

Conference matrix[]

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Butler	Connecticut	Creighton	DePaul	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Seton Hall	St. John's	Villanova	Xavier
vs. Butler	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
vs. Connecticut	0–2	–	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Creighton	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1
vs. DePaul	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
vs. Georgetown	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	–	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
vs. Marquette	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Providence	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. Seton Hall	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	2–0	0–1
vs. St. John's	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	1–1	1–1
vs. Villanova	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–0
vs. Xavier	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	–
Total	8–12	11–6	14–6	2–13	7–9	8–11	9–10	10–9	10–9	11–4	6–7

Player of the week[]

Throughout the season, the Big East Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week

Honors and awards[]

Big East Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Big East website