2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season

2018–19 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
2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Butler0–0 –  0–0  –
Creighton0–0 –  0–0  –
DePaul0–0 –  0–0  –
Georgetown0–0 –  0–0  –
Marquette0–0 –  0–0  –
Providence0–0 –  0–0  –
Seton Hall0–0 –  0–0  –
St. John's0–0 –  0–0  –
Villanova0–0 –  0–0  –
Xavier0–0 –  0–0  –
† 2019 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This season marked the 40th year in the conference's history, but the sixth as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play will begin in December 2018.

The 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York from March 13 through March 17, 2019. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Xavier is the defending regular season champions, while Villanova is the defendingTournament champions.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 27, 2018, Chris Mack was hired as the new head coach of Louisville, leaving Xavier after nine seasons.[1] Four days later, longtime assistant coach Travis Steele was named the new head coach of the Musketeers.[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 2 21–14 9–9 0 1 0 0
Creighton Greg McDermott Iowa State 9 187–94 47––43 0 3 0 0
DePaul Dave Leitao Tulsa
(asst.)		 7 87–99 39–63 0 0 0 0
Georgetown Patrick Ewing Charlotte Hornets (asst.) 2 15–15 5–13 0 0 0 0
Marquette Steve Wojciechowski Duke
(asst.)		 5 73–59 31–41 0 1 0 0
Providence Ed Cooley Fairfield 8 144–94 64–62 0 5 0 0
Seton Hall Kevin Willard Iona 9 150–114 62–82 0 2 0 0
St. John's Chris Mullin None 4 39–60 12–42 0 0 0 0
Villanova Jay Wright Hofstra 18 422–165 191–103 6 13 3 2
Xavier Travis Steele Xavier
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Years at school includes 2018–19 season.
  • Overall and Big East records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2018–19 season.
  • McDermott's MVC conference records not included since team began play in Big East.

Regular season

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
 PreWk
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 Creighton DePaul Georgetown Marquette Providence Seton Hall St. John's Villanova Xavier
vs. Butler –0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Creighton 0–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. DePaul 0–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Georgetown 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Marquette 0–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Providence 0–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Seton Hall 0–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–00–0
vs. St. John's 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. Villanova 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–0–0
vs. Xavier 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0–
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

Postseason

2019 Big East Tournament

References

  1. ↑ Greer, Jeff (March 27, 2018). "Louisville hires Chris Mack as new men's basketball coach". Courier Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (March 31, 2018). "Musketeers promote longtime assistant Travis Steele to head coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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