2013 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Big East men's basketball tournament, officially known as the 2013 Big East Championship, was the 34th annual Big East men's basketball tournament, deciding the champion of the 2012–13 Big East Conference men's basketball season. For the 31st consecutive season, the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12–16, 2013. The tournament only featured 14 teams due to Connecticut being given a one-year postseason ban due to APR penalties. This would have been the last year with as many as 16 teams participating in the Big East tournament, but Connecticut was ineligible and West Virginia moved to the Big 12 before the beginning of the season. The conference tournament champion received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

2013 Big East men's basketball tournament
2013 Big East Championship logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	14
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Louisville (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rick Pitino (3rd title)
MVP	Peyton Siva (Louisville)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
Big East men's basketball tournaments

2012–13 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Louisville†**	14	–	4		.778			35	–	5		.875
No. 8 Georgetown	14	–	4		.778			25	–	7		.781
No. 15 Marquette	14	–	4		.778			26	–	9		.743
No. 20 Pittsburgh	12	–	6		.667			24	–	9		.727
No. 16 Syracuse	11	–	7		.611			30	–	10		.750
No. 23 Notre Dame	11	–	7		.611			25	–	10		.714
Villanova	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Connecticut*	10	–	8		.556			20	–	10		.667
Cincinnati	9	–	9		.500			22	–	12		.647
Providence	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
St. John's	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Seton Hall	3	–	15		.167			15	–	18		.455
South Florida	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
DePaul	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2013 Big East tournament winner As of March 30, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties.

Following a period of turnover in the conference membership, the Big East name, its logos, and its tournament history were assumed by schools of the original Big East that do not sponsor FBS football. The reconfigured Big East continues to hold its tournament at Madison Square Garden. The FBS schools formerly in the Big East play under a new name, the American Athletic Conference; its first conference tournament was played in Memphis, Tennessee and that event has since alternated between Hartford, Connecticut and Orlando, Florida.

Seeds

All teams except for Connecticut (due to Academic Progress Rate violations) qualified for the tournament; seeds 11–14 played a first-round game, while teams five through ten received byes to the second round. The top four seeds received double-byes to the quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Georgetown‡†	14–4 (24–5)	2–1 vs. Louisville/Marquette
#2	Louisville‡†	14–4 (26–5)	1–1 vs. Georgetown/Marquette
#3	Marquette‡†	14–4 (23–7)	1–2 vs. Georgetown/Louisville
#4	Pittsburgh†	12–6 (24–7)
#5	Syracuse#	11–7 (23–8)	1–0 vs. Notre Dame
#6	Notre Dame#	11–7 (23–8)	0–1 vs. Syracuse
#7	Villanova#	10–8 (19–12)
#8	Providence#	9–9 (17–13)	1–0 vs. Cincinnati
#9	Cincinnati#	9–9 (21–10)	0–1 vs. Providence
#10	St. John's#	8–10 (16–14)
#11	Rutgers	5–13 (14–15)
#12	Seton Hall	3–15 (14–17)	1–0 vs. South Florida
#13	South Florida	3–15 (12–18)	0–1 vs. Seton Hall
#14	DePaul	2–16 (11–20)
‡ – Big East regular season champions. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

All tournament games were nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 12
1	1	7:00 PM	#12 Seton Hall vs. #13 South Florida	ESPNU
	2	9:00 PM	#11 Rutgers vs. #14 DePaul	ESPNU
Second Round – Wednesday, March 13
2	3	12:00 PM	#8 Providence vs. #9 Cincinnati	ESPN
	4	2:00 PM	#5 Syracuse vs. #12 Seton Hall	ESPN
3	5	7:00 PM	#7 Villanova vs. #10 St. John's	ESPN2
	6	9:00 PM	#6 Notre Dame vs. #11 Rutgers	ESPN2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
4	7	12:00 PM	#1 Georgetown vs. #9 Cincinnati	ESPN
	8	2:00 PM	#4 Pittsburgh vs. #5 Syracuse	ESPN
5	9	7:00 PM	#2 Louisville vs. #7 Villanova	ESPN
	10	9:00 PM	#3 Marquette vs. #6 Notre Dame	ESPN
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
6	11	7:00 PM	#1 Georgetown vs. #5 Syracuse	ESPN
	12	9:00 PM	#2 Louisville vs. #6 Notre Dame	ESPN
Championship Game – Saturday, March 16
7	13	8:30 PM	#5 Syracuse vs. #2 Louisville	ESPN
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 12					Second round Wednesday, March 13					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14					Semifinals Friday, March 15					Championship Game Saturday, March 16
											9	Cincinnati	43
						9	Cincinnati	61			1	#5 Georgetown	62
						8	Providence	44								1	#5 Georgetown	55
																5	#19 Syracuse	58OT
											5	#19 Syracuse	62
						12	Seton Hall	63			4	#17 Pittsburgh	59
	13	South Florida	42			5	#19 Syracuse	75													5	#19 Syracuse	61
	12	Seton Hall	46OT																		2	#4 Louisville	78
											7	Villanova	55
						10	St. John's	53			2	#4 Louisville	74
						7	Villanova	66								2	#4 Louisville	69
																6	#24 Notre Dame	57
											6	#24 Notre Dame	73
						11	Rutgers	61			3	#12 Marquette	65
	14	DePaul	57			6	#24 Notre Dame	69
	11	Rutgers	76

^OT denotes overtime game

All-Tournament team

• Russ Smith, Louisville
• James Southerland, Syracuse
• Brandon Triche, Syracuse
• Markel Starks, Georgetown
• Pat Connaughton, Notre Dame

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)

• Peyton Siva, Louisville