Big East Tournament Champions
Big East Tournament Champions
Full list of Big East Conference Tournament men’s basketball champions, including head coach, by year. Parenthesis indicate number of titles for that coach or school. The league has held this tournament annually since 1980 and Connecticut and Georgetown are the programs with the most titles (eight each), followed by Villanova (six). Jim Calhoun is the head coach with the most titles (seven), followed by Jay Wright and Rick Pitino (five each). See also: Big East Regular Season Champions
1980 — Georgetown, John Thompson
1981 — Syracuse, Jim Boeheim
1982 — Georgetown (2), John Thompson (2)
1983 — St. John’s, Lou Carnesecca
1984 — Georgetown (3), John Thompson (3)
1985 — Georgetown (4), John Thompson (4)
1986 — St. John’s (2), Lou Carnesecca (2)
1987 — Georgetown (5), John Thompson (5)
1988 — Syracuse (2), Jim Boeheim (2)
1989 — Georgetown (6), John Thompson (6)
1990 — Connecticut, Jim Calhoun
1991 — Seton Hall, P. J. Carlesimo
1992 — Syracuse (3), Jim Boeheim (3)
1993 — Seton Hall (2), P. J. Carlesimo (2)
1994 — Providence, Rick Barnes
1995 — Villanova, Steve Lappas
1996 — Connecticut (2), Jim Calhoun (2)
1997 — Boston College, Jim O’Brien
1998 — Connecticut (3), Jim Calhoun (3)
1999 — Connecticut (4), Jim Calhoun (4)
2000 — St. John’s (3), Mike Jarvis
2001 — Boston College (2), Al Skinner
2002 — Connecticut (5), Jim Calhoun (5)
2003 — Pittsburgh, Ben Howland
2004 — Connecticut (6), Jim Calhoun (6)
2005 — Syracuse (4), Jim Boeheim (4)
2006 — vacated
2007 — Georgetown (7), John Thompson III
2008 — Pittsburgh (2), Jamie Dixon
2009 — Louisville, Rick Pitino
2010 — West Virginia, Bob Huggins
2011 — Connecticut (7), Jim Calhoun (7)
2012 — Louisville (2), Rick Pitino (2)
2013 — Louisville (3), Rick Pitino (3)
2014 — Providence (2), Ed Cooley
2015 — Villanova (2), Jay Wright
2016 — Seton Hall (3), Kevin Willard
2017 — Villanova (3), Jay Wright (2)
2018 — Villanova (4), Jay Wright (3)
2019 — Villanova (5), Jay Wright (4)
2020 — tournament cancelled
2021 — Georgetown (8), Patrick Ewing
2022 — Villanova (6), Jay Wright (5)
2023 — Marquette, Shaka Smart
2024 — Connecticut (8), Dan Hurley
2025 — St. John’s (4), Rick Pitino (4)
2026 — St. John’s (5), Rick Pitino (5)
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