2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season began 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 began in December 2018.

2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Season ChampionsVillanova
Season MVPMarkus Howard, Marquette
Tournament
ChampionsVillanova
  Runners-upSeton Hall
Finals MVPPhil Booth, Villanova
2018–19 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 23 Villanova †13–5 .722  26–10  .722
Marquette12–6 .667  24–10  .706
Seton Hall9–9 .500  20–14  .588
Xavier9–9 .500  19–16  .543
Creighton9–9 .500  20–15  .571
Georgetown9–9 .500  19–14  .576
St. John's8–10 .444  21–13  .618
Providence7–11 .389  18–16  .529
Butler7–11 .389  16–17  .485
DePaul7–11 .389  19–17  .528
† 2019 Big East Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York from March 13 through March 17, 2019. Villanova defeated Seton Hall to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Four Big East schools received bids to the NCAA Tournament (Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova). Villanova was the only team to make it out the Round of 64 before losing to Purdue in the Round of 32.

Five Big East schools received bids to the National Invitation Tournament (Creighton, Xavier, Georgetown, Providence, and Butler) with only Creighton and Xavier advancing past the 1st Round, with the Bluejays making to the Quarterfinals before losing to TCU.

Marquette guard Markus Howard was named the Big East Player of the Year after leading the Big East in scoring with 25.0 PPG. Georgetown freshman guard James Akinjo was named Big East Freshman of the Year. Villanova head coach Jay Wright was named Big East coach of the year for the sixth time.

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 5 0 0
DePaul Dave Leitao Tulsa
(asst.)		 7 87–99 39–63 0 0 0 0
Georgetown Patrick Ewing Charlotte Hornets (asst.) 2 34–29 14–22 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 1 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.

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][4]

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

Preseason All-Big East teams

Source[5]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Shamorie Ponds, St. John's
Preseason All-Big East First Team Shamorie Ponds, St. John's
Eric Paschall, Villanova
Markus Howard, Maquette
Kamar Baldwin, Butler
Jessie Govan, Georgetown
Alpha Diallo, Providence
Preseason All-Big East Second Team Phil Booth, Villanova
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Max Strus, DePaul
Sam Hauser, Marquette
Justin Simon, St. John's
Preseason All-Big East Honorable Mention Martin Krampelj, Creighton
Naji Marshall, Xavier

Regular season

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  () First place votes
Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
 PreWk
2		Wk
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19		Final
Butler AP
C
Creighton AP
C
DePaul AP
C
Georgetown AP
C
Marquette AP 24 21 20 18 16 21 15 12 10 10 10 11 10 16 23 RV
C 23 20 18 19 13 11 9 9 10 10 9 15 22 T-25
Providence AP
C
Seton Hall AP
C
St. John's AP 24
C
Villanova AP 9 (1) 8 23 21 17 22 18 14 14 13 17 RV 23 25 23
C 8 8 23 21 16 21 18 14 13 13 16 RV 23 25 22
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 –1–10–21–12–02–01–11–12–01–1
vs. Creighton 1–1–0–20–21–10–22–02–02–01–1
vs. DePaul 2–02–0–1–12–01–10–20–22–01–1
vs. Georgetown 1–12–01–1–1–10–21–11–11–11–1
vs. Marquette 0–21–10–21–1–0–21–12–01–10–2
vs. Providence 0–22–01–12–02–0–1–10–22–01–1
vs. Seton Hall 1–10–22–01–11–11–1–1–11–11–1
vs. St. John's 1–10–22–01–10–22–01–1–1–12–0
vs. Villanova 0–20–20–21–11–10–21–11–1–1–1
vs. Xavier 1–11–11–11–12–01–11–10–21–1–
Total 7–119–97–119–912–67–119–98–1013–59–9

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 12, 2018[6] Markus Howard, Marquette A. J. Reeves, Providence
November 19, 2018[7] Max Strus, DePaul James Akinjo, Georgetown
November 26, 2018[8] Shamorie Ponds, St. John's A. J. Reeves (2), Providence
December 3, 2018[9] Markus Howard (2), Marquette A. J. Reeves (3), Providence
December 10, 2018[10] Myles Powell, Seton Hall Joey Hauser, Marquette
December 17, 2018[11] Max Strus (2), DePaul Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton
December 23, 2018[12] Markus Howard (3), Marquette Mac McClung, Georgetown
December 31, 2018[13] Naji Marshall, Xavier Josh LeBlanc, Georgetown
January 7, 2019[14] Shamorie Ponds (2), St. John’s Joey Hauser (2), Marquette
January 14, 2019[15] Markus Howard (4), Marquette James Akinjo (2), Georgetown
January 21, 2019[16] Sam Hauser, Marquette Joey Hauser (3), Marquette
January 28, 2019[17] Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton Joey Hauser (4), Marquette
February 4, 2019[18] Markus Howard (5), Marquette James Akinjo (3), Georgetown

Honors and awards

All-Americans
Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team
None Markus Howard - Marquette

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[19]

Associated Press[20] NABC[21] Sporting News[22] USBWA[23]
First Team
None None None None
Second Team
Markus Howard – Marquette Markus Howard – Marquette Markus Howard – Marquette Markus Howard – Marquette
Third Team
None None None None

Big East Awards
2019 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards[24]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Markus Howard, G., Marquette
Coach of the Year Jay Wright, Villanova
Defensive Player of the Year Justin Simon, G., St. John's
Freshman of the Year James Akinjo, G., Georgetown
Most Improved Player of the Year Paul Reed, F., DePaul
Sixth Man Award Paul Jorgensen G., Butler
2019 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[24]
First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team

Markus Howard† – Marquette
Myles Powell† – Seton Hall
Phil Booth† – Villanova
Eric Paschall† – Villanova
Shamorie Ponds – St. John's
Jessie Govan – Georgetown

Kamar Baldwin – Butler
Max Strus – DePaul
Sam Hauser – Marquette
Alpha Diallo – Providence
Naji Marshall – Xavier

Ty-Shon Alexander - Creighton
Martin Krampelj - Creighton

Marcus Zegarowski† – Creighton
James Akinjo† – Georgetown
Josh LeBlanc – Georgetown
Mac McClung – Georgetown
Joey Hauser – Marquette
Saddiq Bey - Villanova

† - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason

Bracket
Main article: 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
  First round
Wednesday, March 13
FS1		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
FS1		 Semifinals
Friday, March 15
FS1		 Championship
Saturday, March 16
FOX
                                     
       
  1 Villanova 73  
    8 Providence 62  
8 Providence 80
9 Butler 57  
  1 Villanova 71*  
  4 Xavier 67  
       
       
  4 Xavier 63
    5 Creighton 61  
     
       
  1 Villanova 74
  3 Seton Hall 72
       
       
  2 Marquette 86
    7 St. John's 54  
7 St. John's 82
10 DePaul 74  
  2 Marquette 79
  3 Seton Hall 81  
       
       
  3 Seton Hall 73
    6 Georgetown 57  
     

*Indicates number of overtime periods.

2019 NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
5 West Marquette BYE L 64–83 vs. Murray State – (Hartford, CT)
6 South Villanova BYE W 61–57 vs. Saint Mary's – (Hartford, CT) L 61–87 vs. Purdue – (Hartford, CT)
10 Midwest Seton Hall BYE L 68–84 vs. Wofford – (Jacksonville, FL)
11 West St. John's L 65–74 vs. Arizona State – (Dayton, OH)
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 1–2 (.333) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 1–4 (.200)

2019 NIT
Main article: 2019 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
2 TCU Creighton W 70–61 vs. Loyola–Chicago – (Omaha, NE) W 79–67 vs. Memphis – (Omaha, NE) L 58–71 vs. TCU – (Fort Worth, TX)
3 Alabama Xavier W 78–64 vs. Toledo – (Cincinnati, OH) L 76–78 (OT) vs. Texas – (Austin, TX)
3 UNCG Georgetown L 68–71 vs. Harvard – (Washington, DC)
4 Indiana Providence L 72–84 vs. Arkansas – (Providence, RI)
5 TCU Butler L 76–80 vs. Nebraska – (Lincoln, NE)
W–L (%): 2–3 (.400) 1–1 (.500) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 3–5–0 (.375)

2019 CBI
Main article: 2019 College Basketball Invitational
School 1st Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
DePaul W 100–86 vs. Central Michigan – (Chicago, IL) W 97–89 vs. Longwood – (Chicago, IL) W 92–87 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Chicago, IL) L vs. South Florida – (Tampa, FL/Chicago, IL)
W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–2 (.333) Total: 4–2 (.667)

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