NEW YORK – Thursday night Da'Sean Butler hit the game winner at the buzzer to get past Cincinnati. Saturday night, Butler did it again. The West Virginia Mountaineers survived with a 60-58 win over the Georgetown Hoyas as Butler scored his 20th point on a runner in the lane with 4.2 seconds left in the 2010 Men’s BIG EAST basketball tournament championship. West Virginia out rebounded Georgetown 38-24. Chris Wright, Greg Monroe and Austin Freeman combined for 45 of the 58 points scored for the Hoyas. The Mountaineers won their first ever BIG EAST Basketball Championship.

Bulls Radio All-BIG EAST Tournament Team

C Greg Monroe Georgetown
F Lazar Hayward Marquette
G Lance Stephenson Cincinnati
G Chris Wright Georgetown
G Da’Sean Butler West Virginia

Tournament MVP – G Da’Sean Butler West Virginia

Best Game – West Virginia 60 Georgetown 58 in the final.

Biggest Upset – Cincinnati over Louisville

Biggest Surprise – Cincinnati Bearcats

Biggest Disappointment – Connecticut Huskies

What to take from the tournament – The Big East conference cemented itself as the premier conference in the country. Any team can beat any other on any given day. The “upsets” in the quarterfinals should not have been considered upsets. The Big East is just that deep. This league probably has eleven teams that if selected to the NCAA tournament, could reach the Sweet Sixteen. It’s too bad probably only eight of them will get that chance.

Best USF Player – Dominique Jones

Biggest USF Surprise Player – Toarlyn Fitzpatrick

Biggest USF Disappointment – The seniors. Chris Howard and Mike Mercer

What USF can take from the tournament – They need practice from the perimeter, or Shaun Noriega needs to play when opponents switch to a zone defense.

Submitted by Kyle Campbell on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 12:50am.