2010 Big East Men 's Basketball Tournament , a part of the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season , took place in March 2010 at Madison Square Garden in New York City . The West Virginia Mountaineers defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 60 – 58 in the tournament finals to receive the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament . It was West Virginia 's first Big East Tournament championship . This was the second 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
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2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament