2010 Big East women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Big East
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:16
Arena:XL Center
City:Hartford, Connecticut
Champions:Connecticut
Titlecount:16th
Coach:Geno Auriemma
Coachcount:16th
Mvp:Kalana Greene
Mvpteam:Connecticut
Television:BE.tv, ESPN360.com, ESPNU, ESPN

The 2010 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2010 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament. This was the second consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.

During the tournament, top-ranked Connecticut broke its own NCAA record for consecutive wins. The Huskies extended their streak to a record-setting 71 with a 59–44 win over Notre Dame in the semifinals.[1] [2] The Huskies went on to win the tournament with a 60–32 pasting of West Virginia.[3]

Final regular season standings

2009–10 Big East Women's Basketball standings
SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
  1. 1
Connecticut16-030-0
  1. 2
West Virginia13-326-41-0 vs GTWN
  1. 3
Georgetown13-325-50-1 vs WVU
  1. 4
St. John's12-424-51-0 vs ND
  1. 5
Notre Dame12-425-40-1 vs STJ
  1. 6
Rutgers9-717-131-0 vs DPL
  1. 7
DePaul9-720-100-1 vs RUT
  1. 8
Providence7-916-131-0 vs SYR
  1. 9
Syracuse7-920-90-1 vs PROV
  1. 10
Marquette6-1015-141-0 vs USF
  1. 11
South Florida6-1015-140-1 vs MARQ
  1. 12
Pittsburgh5-1116-131-0 vs LOU
  1. 13
Louisville5-1113-160-1 vs PITT
  1. 14
Cincinnati4-1211-17
  1. 15
Villanova3-1314-15
  1. 16
Seton Hall1-159-20

‡ Regular season Big East champion

Bracket

Championship game

Notes and References

  1. News: Record Win for UConn; Moral One for the Irish. Dave. Caldwell. The New York Times. March 8, 2010. February 5, 2024.
  2. News: UConn women make history, win 71st straight. Rich. Elliott. Connecticut Post. March 9, 2010. February 5, 2024.
  3. News: UConn soars to another Big East tournament title. Rich. Elliott. Connecticut Post. March 10, 2010. February 5, 2024.