The 2023–24 Big East men's basketball season began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the
2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 19 and ending with th ...
in November 2023. Conference play began in December 2023 and ended in March. The conference champions were the
2023-24 UConn Huskies men's basketball team and the season MVP was
Devin Carter
Devin Carter (born March 24, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Providence Friars.
Early ...
.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
Providence
On March 20, 2023,
Ed Cooley
Ed Cooley (born September 10, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball program. Cooley held the same position at Providence College from 2011 to 2023, and Fairfield Univ ...
left Providence to become the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team. On March 23, 2023,
Kim English
Kim English (September 6, 1970 – April 2, 2019) was an American electronic, soul, gospel and house music singer.
Early life
On September 6, 1970, English was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. English's parents were Ronald English and Ann ...
was named the head coach of the Friars.
Georgetown
On March 9, 2023,
Patrick Ewing
Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. (born August 5, 1962) is a Jamaican-American basketball coach and former professional player who is a basketball ambassador for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played most o ...
was fired as the coach of the
Georgetown men's basketball team after six years with the team. On March 20, 2023, Ed Cooley was named the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team.
St. John's
St. John's fired men's basketball coach
Mike Anderson on March 10, 2023, after his fourth season. On March 20, 2023,
Rick Pitino
Richard Andrew Pitino (; born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University (New York City), St. John's University. He was also the head coach of Greece national basketball t ...
was named the head coach of the team.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Years at school includes 2020–21 season.
* Overall and Big East records are from time at current school and are through week nine of the 2019–20 season.
* McDermott's MVC conference records, Matta's MCC records, Miller's A-10 records, Hurley's AAC records not included since team began play in the Big East.
Preseason
Preseason Big East poll
Prior to the conference's annual media day, conference standings were projected by panel of writers.
Preseason All-Big East
A select media panel named a preseason All-Big East team and player of the year.
Preseason All-American teams
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Regular season
Rankings
* AP does not release a post-tournament poll.
Early season tournaments
All 11 Big East teams participated in early season tournaments. Eight teams participated in the
Gavitt Tipoff Games.
Players of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the Big East offices named one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.
Honors and awards
All-Big East awards and teams
On March 13, 2024, the Big East announced most of its conference awards.
Big East Awards
Postseason
Big East tournament
NCAA Tournament
The winner of the Big East Tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
National Invitation Tournament
The following Big East teams will receive invitations to the National Invitation Tournament.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2023-24 Big East Conference men's basketball season