2019–20 Big East Conference men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2020.

2019–20 Big East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Tournament

2019–20 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Creighton	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
No. 11 Villanova	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
No. 16 Seton Hall	13	–	5		.722			21	–	9		.700
Providence	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
No. 24 Butler	10	–	8		.556			22	–	9		.710
Marquette	8	–	10		.444			18	–	12		.600
Xavier	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
Georgetown	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
St. John's	5	–	13		.278			17	–	15		.531
DePaul	3	–	15		.167			16	–	16		.500
As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll NOTE: The 2020 Big East Tournament was cancelled at halftime of the first game of the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

In April 2019, Chris Mullin resigned as the head coach of St. John's, leaving the program after four seasons.[1] On April 19, Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson was hired by St. John's as Mullin’s replacement.[2]

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	3	50–32	17–20	0	1	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 2019–20 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 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.[3]

Rank	Team
1.	Seton Hall (5)
2.	Villanova (5)
3.	Xavier
T-4.	Marquette
T-4.	Providence
6.	Georgetown
7.	Creighton
8.	Butler
9.	St. John’s
10.	DePaul
(first place votes)

Preseason All-Big East teams

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Preseason Freshman of the Year	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova
Preseason All-Big East First Team	Kamar Baldwin, Butler
	Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton
	Markus Howard, Marquette
	Alpha Diallo, Providence
	Naji Marshall, Xavier
Preseason All-Big East Second Team	Paul Reed, DePaul
	James Akinjo, Georgetown
	L. J. Figueroa, St. John's
	Mustapha Heron, St. John’s
	Collin Gillespie, Villanova
	Jermaine Samuels, Villanova
Preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention	Omer Yurtseven, Georgetown
	Paul Scruggs, Xavier

*Schedule Source:[4]

Regular season

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of 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			RV	RV	24	18	17	12	11
	C		RV	RV	RV	24	19	16	11	10
Creighton	AP	RV	RV						RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
DePaul	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Georgetown	AP	RV	RV		RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV
Marquette	AP	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV
Providence	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV
Seton Hall	AP	12	12	13	13	16	22	RV	RV	RV
	C	13	13	13	13	15	22	RV	RV	RV
St. John's	AP									RV
	C
Villanova	AP	10	10	17	22	23	20	18	10	10
	C	10	15	15	21	22	20	14	9	9
Xavier	AP	19	21	18	25	RV	23	RV	RV	RV
	C	21	21	21	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

Conference Matrix

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

	Butler	Creighton	DePaul	Georgetown	Marquette	Providence	Seton Hall	St. John's	Villanova	Xavier
vs. Butler	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Creighton	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. DePaul	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Georgetown	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0
vs. Marquette	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Providence	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Seton Hall	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–1
vs. St. John's	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	–	2–0	2–0
vs. Villanova	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	0–2
vs. Xavier	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	–
Total	9-8	12-5	3-14	5-12	8-9	11-6	13-4	4-13	12-5	8-9

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
November 11, 2019[5]	Markus Howard, Marquette	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova
November 18, 2019[6]	Myles Powell, Seton Hall	Romeo Weems, DePaul
November 25, 2019[7]	Collin Gillespie, Villanova	Romeo Weems (2), DePaul
December 2, 2019[8]	Markus Howard (2), Marquette	Justin Moore, Villanova
December 9, 2019[9]	Mac McClung, Georgetown	Justin Moore (2), Villanova
December 16, 2019[10]	Mac McClung (2), Georgetown	Justin Moore (3), Villanova

Honors and awards

Big East Awards

2020 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards[11][12]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Myles Powell, G., Seton Hall
Coach of the Year	Greg McDermott, Creighton
Defensive Player of the Year	Romaro Gill, C., Seton Hall
Freshman of the Year	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, F., Villanova
Most Improved Player of the Year	Romaro Gill, C., Seton Hall
Sixth Man Award	Denzel Mahoney G., Creighton

2020 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[13]
First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention	All-Freshman Team
Markus Howard† – Marquette Myles Powell† – Seton Hall Saddiq Bey† – Villanova Kamar Baldwin – Butler Ty-Shon Alexander – Creighton Naji Marshall – Xavier	Marcus Zegarowski† – Creighton Paul Reed – DePaul Collin Gillespie – Villanova Alpha Diallo – Providence Tyrique Jones – Xavier	Ömer Yurtseven - Georgetown Quincy McKnight - Seton Hall	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl† – Villanova Justin Moore† – Villanova Romeo Weems – DePaul Julian Champagnie – St. John's Zach Fremantle – Xavier KyKy Tandy – Xavier
† - denotes unanimous selection

References

1. Bonesteel, Matt (April 9, 2020). "Chris Mullin reportedly will step down as St. John's basketball coach". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
2. Zagoria, Adam (April 19, 2019). "St. John's hires Mike Anderson as head coach". SNY. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
3. "Seton Hall Edges Villanova For Top Spot In Coaches' Preseason Poll". Big East Conference. October 10, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
4. "Big East Media Day 2019: Preseason polls and awards announced". Rumble In The Garden. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
5. "Marquette's Howard, Villanova's Robinson-Earl Nab First #BIGEASThoops Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
6. "Seton Hall's Powell, DePaul's Weems Earn #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
7. "Villanova's Gillespie, DePaul's Weems Take #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
8. "Marquette's Howard, Villanova's Moore Earn #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
9. "Georgetown's McClung, Villanova's Moore Take #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
10. "Georgetown's McClung, Villanova's Moore Repeat #BIGEASTmbb Weekly Honors". Big East Conference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
11. "Seton Hall's Powell Named BIG EAST Player of the Year; Villanova's Robinson-Earl Chosen Freshman of the Year; Creighton's McDermott Selected Coach of the Year" (Press release). Big East Conference. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
12. "Seton Hall's Gill Named Defensive Player of the Year & Most Improved Player Creighton's Mahoney Selected for Sixth Man Award Baldwin, Mosely and Holt Share Sportsmanship Award". Big East Conference. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
13. "Howard, Powell, Bey Named Unanimously To All-BIG EAST First Team". Big East Conference. March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

External links

• Big East website