Big East Regular Season Champions
Big East Regular Season Champions
Full list of Big East Conference regular season men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has been active since 1979 and Connecticut and Villanova are the programs with the most titles (eleven each), followed by Georgetown (ten). Jim Calhoun is the head coach with the most titles (ten), followed by Jim Boeheim (nine) and Jay Wright (eight). See also: Big East Tournament Champions
1979-80 (tie) — Georgetown, John Thompson // St. John’s, Lou Carnesecca // Syracuse, Jim Boeheim
1980-81 — Boston College, Tom Davis
1981-82 — Villanova, Rollie Massimino
1982-83 (tie) — Boston College (2), Gary Williams // St. John’s (2), Lou Carnesecca (2) // Villanova (2), Rollie Massimino (2)
1983-84 — Georgetown (2), John Thompson (2)
1984-85 — St. John’s (3), Lou Carnesecca (3)
1985-86 (tie) — St. John’s (4), Lou Carnesecca (4) // Syracuse (2), Jim Boeheim (2)
1986-87 (tie) — Georgetown (3), John Thompson (3) // Pittsburgh, Paul Evans // Syracuse (3), Jim Boeheim (3)
1987-88 — Pittsburgh (2), Paul Evans (2)
1988-89 — Georgetown (4), John Thompson (4)
1989-90 (tie) — Connecticut, Jim Calhoun // Syracuse (4), Jim Boeheim (4)
1990-91 — Syracuse (5), Jim Boeheim (5)
1991-92 (tie) — Georgetown (5), John Thompson (5) // Seton Hall, P. J. Carlesimo // St. John’s (5), Lou Carnesecca (5)
1992-93 — Seton Hall (2), P. J. Carlesimo (2)
1993-94 — Connecticut (2), Jim Calhoun (2)
1994-95 — Connecticut (3), Jim Calhoun (3)
1995-96 (tie) — Connecticut (4), Jim Calhoun (4) // Georgetown (6), John Thompson (6)
1996-97 (tie) — Boston College (3), Jim O’Brien // Georgetown (7), John Thompson (7) // Villanova (3), Steve Lappas
1997-98 (tie) — Connecticut (5), Jim Calhoun (5) // Syracuse (6), Jim Boeheim (6)
1998-99 — Connecticut (6), Jim Calhoun (6)
1999-00 (tie) — Miami (FL), Leonard Hamilton // Syracuse (7), Jim Boeheim (7)
2000-01 (tie) — Boston College (4), Al Skinner // Notre Dame, Mike Brey
2001-02 (tie) — Connecticut (7), Jim Calhoun (7) // Pittsburgh (3), Ben Howland
2002-03 (tie) — Boston College (5), Al Skinner (2) // Connecticut (8), Jim Calhoun (8) // Pittsburgh (4), Ben Howland (2) // Syracuse (8), Jim Boeheim (8)
2003-04 — Pittsburgh (5), Jamie Dixon
2004-05 (tie) — Boston College (6), Al Skinner (3) // Connecticut (9), Jim Calhoun (9)
2005-06 (tie) — Connecticut (10), Jim Calhoun (10) // Villanova (4), Jay Wright
2006-07 — Georgetown (8), John Thompson III
2007-08 — Georgetown (9), John Thompson III (2)
2008-09 — Louisville, Rick Pitino
2009-10 — Syracuse (9), Jim Boeheim (9)
2010-11 — Pittsburgh (6), Jamie Dixon (2)
2011-12 — vacated
2012-13 (tie) — Georgetown (10), John Thompson III (3) // Louisville (2), Rick Pitino (2) // Marquette, Buzz Williams
2013-14 — Villanova (5), Jay Wright (2)
2014-15 — Villanova (6), Jay Wright (3)
2015-16 — Villanova (7), Jay Wright (4)
2016-17 — Villanova (8), Jay Wright (5)
2017-18 — Xavier, Chris Mack
2018-19 — Villanova (9), Jay Wright (6)
2019-20 (tie) — Creighton, Greg McDermott // Seton Hall (3), Kevin Willard // Villanova (10), Jay Wright (7)
2020-21 — Villanova (11), Jay Wright (8)
2021-22 — Providence, Ed Cooley
2022-23 — Marquette (2), Shaka Smart
2023-24 — Connecticut (11), Dan Hurley
2024-25 — St. John’s (5), Rick Pitino (3)
2025-26 — St. John’s (6), Rick Pitino (4)
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