The 2013–14 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013, followed by the start of the followed by the start of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This was the 35th year in the conference's history, but the first as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play started on New Year's Eve 2013, and concluded in March with the 2014 Big East Conference men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The original Big East Conference split effective immediately after the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The seven schools that did not sponsor FBS football purchased the "Big East" name and reorganized as a new Big East, while the FBS schools that had not left for other conferences retained the original Big East charter and are now operating as the American Conference, known before July 2025 as the American Athletic Conference. Both leagues, however, claim the 1979 founding date of the original Big East as their own founding dates. While both offshoot leagues initially claimed the history of the original conference, that has apparently changed, as the basketball history of the original Big East is now claimed by the current Big East, and the American now considers its basketball history to have begun with the conference split. Cincinnati, Louisville, Rutgers, South Florida, and UConn, the five full members of the original Big East that sponsored FBS football before the split, joined with several new members to reorganize as The American.

The nucleus of the conference is the so-called "Catholic 7", the members of the original Big East Conference that do not sponsor FBS football, all Catholic institutions: DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova. The seven from the original Big East were joined by Butler and Xavier from the Atlantic 10, and Creighton from the Missouri Valley. The Big East's full membership remained unchanged from the conference's relaunch through the 2019–20 season; the first change to the league's core membership took place on July 1, 2020 when UConn rejoined from the American.

Preseason Media 1. Marquette (5) 2. Georgetown (2) 3. Creighton (1) 4. Villanova 5. St. John's (2) 6. Providence 7. Xavier 8. Seton Hall 9. Butler 10. DePaul

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Preseason All-Big East teams

Media Semaj Christon XAVIERBryce Cotton PROVIDENCEDavante Gardner MARQUETTED'Angelo Harrison ST. JOHN'SDoug McDermott CREIGHTONMarkel Starks GEORGETOWN Coaches select 8 players Players in bold are choices for Big East Player of the Year

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Regular season

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.   ButlerCreightonDePaulGeorgetownMarquetteProvidenceSeton HallSt. John'sVillanovaXaviervs. Butler – 2–01–12–01–12–00–22–02–02–0vs. Creighton0–2 – 0–21–10–21–10–21–10–21–1vs. DePaul1–12–0 – 2–02–02–01–11–12–02–0vs. Georgetown0–21–10–2 – 2–01–12–01–12–01–1vs. Marquette1–12–00–20–2 – 1–10–22–02–01–1vs. Providence0–11–10–21–11–1 – 1–11–12–01–1vs. Seton Hall1–02–01–10–22–01–1 – 2–02–00–2vs. St. John's0–21–11–11–10–21–10–2 – 2–02–0vs. Villanova0–12–00–20–20–20–20–20–2 – 0–2vs. Xavier0–21–10–21–11–11–12–00–22–0 – Total 4–14 14–4 3–15 8–10 9–9 10–8 6–12 10–8 16–2 10–8

Honors and awards

All-Americans

All-Big East awards and teams

Coaches

2014 Big East Men's Basketball Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Player of the YearDoug McDermott Sr., F, CREIGHTONCoach of the YearJay Wright VILLANOVADefensive Player of the YearFuquan Edwin Sr., G, SETON HALLMost Improved PlayerDarrun Hilliard Jr., G, VILLANOVADaniel Ochefu So., F, VILLANOVARookie of the YearBilly Garrett Jr. Fr., G, DEPAULScholar-Athlete of the YearAlex Barlow Jr., G, BUTLERSixth Man AwardDavante Gardner Sr., F, MARQUETTESportsmanship AwardChris Otule Sr., C, MARQUETTE

2014 Big East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Honorable Mention All-Rookie Team James Bell, Sr., G., VILLANOVA†Semaj Christon, So., G., XAVIER†Bryce Cotton, Sr., G., PROVIDENCE†Doug McDermott, Sr., F., CREIGHTOND'Angelo Harrison, Jr., G., ST. JOHN'SMarkel Starks, Sr., G., GEORGETOWNKadeem Batts, Sr., F., PROVIDENCEKellen Dunham, So., G., BUTLERFuquan Edwin, Sr., G., SETON HALLDavante Gardner, Sr., F., MARQUETTEJayVaughn Pinkston, Jr., F., VILLANOVAD'Vauntes Smith-Rivera, So., G., GEORGETOWNRyan Arcidiacono, So., G., VILLANOVADarrun Hilliard, Jr., G., VILLANOVAMatt Stainbrook, Jr., C., XAVIEREthan Wragge, Sr., F., CREIGHTONDeonte Burton, Fr., G., MARQUETTEAndrew Chrabascz, Fr., F., BUTLERBilly Garrett Jr., Fr., G., DEPAULTommy Hamilton IV, Fr., F., DEPAULJosh Hart, Fr., G., VILLANOVARysheed Jordan, Fr., G., ST. JOHN'SJaren Sina, Fr., G., SETON HALL † - denotes unanimous selection

Postseason

2014 Big East tournament

March 12–15, 2014 Big East Conference Basketball Tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York.

2014 Big East men's basketball tournament seeds and results Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First RoundMarch 12 QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 ChampionshipMarch 151‡†Villanova15–227–3 BYE vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 63–642†Creighton14–424–6 BYE vs. #10 DePaul – W, 84–62 vs. #3 Xavier – W, 82–74 vs. #4 Providence – L, 58–653†Xavier10–820–11 BYE vs. #6 Marquette – W, 68–65 vs. #2 Creighton – L, 74–824†Providence10–820–11 BYE vs. #5 St. John's – W, 79–74 vs. #8 Seton Hall – W, 80–74 vs. #2 Creighton – W, 65–585†St. John's10–820–11 BYE vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–796†Marquette9–917–14 BYE #3 Xavier – L, 65–687Georgetown8–1017–13 #10 DePaul – L, 56–608Seton Hall6–1215–16 vs. #9 Butler – W, 51–50 vs. #1 Villanova – W, 64–63 vs. #4 Providence – L, 74–809Butler4–1414–16 vs. #8 Seton Hall – L, 50–5110DePaul3–1511–20 vs. #10 Georgetown – W, 60–56 vs. #2 Creighton – L, 62–84 ‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Bracket

* denotes overtime game

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship 1 East Villanova   W, 75–53 vs. #15 Milwaukee – (Buffalo, NY) L, 65–77 vs. #7 UConn – (Buffalo, NY)         3 West Creighton   W, 76–66 vs. #14 UL Lafayette – (San Antonio, TX) L, 55–85 vs. #6 Baylor – (San Antonio, TX)         11 East Providence   L, 77–79 vs. #6 UNC – (San Antonio, TX)           12 Midwest Xavier L, 59–74 vs. #12 NC State – (Dayton, OH)            W–L (%):0–1 ()2–1 ()0–2 ()0–0 ()0–0 ()0–0 ()0–0 () Total: 2–4 ()

* denotes overtime game

References

External links Big East website