Georgetown, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

The two teams played each other for the tournament championship and Pittsburgh was victorious, winning the conference's automatic bid.

[11][12] At the end of conference play, Georgetown, who was ranked tenth in the Coaches Poll, won the regular season title.

The day started with Villanova playing Syracuse, in what was called an elimination game for the NCAA Tournament.

The teams both struggled throughout the game with both having scoreless streaks, but West Virginia prevailed in the end to win 58–53.

Although Pittsburgh had the largest lead in regulation at eight points, the game was tied at the end of the second half and it continued to overtime.

Notre Dame had a six-point lead at half-time even though conference Player of the Year, Luke Harangody, had only played for seven minutes.

The game was close early, but five minutes before half-time, Georgetown went on a scoring run and led 33–21 at the half.

West Virginia came back and brought their deficit to six points halfway through the second period, however Georgetown never relinquished their lead.

Led by Hibbert's 25 points in his double-double, Georgetown won 72–55 to return to the championship game for the second consecutive year.

Pittsburgh's Sam Young led the team with a double-double to help secure their win, the school's second overall and first for coach Jamie Dixon.

Young was joined by his teammate Levance Fields, Georgetown's Jessie Sapp and Roy Hibbert, West Virginia's Joe Alexander, and Marquette's Jerel McNeal to the All-Tournament Team.