The 2020–21 men’s college basketball season is in the books, but it’s not too late to look back on the year that was. We’re going conference by conference within the high-major leagues to examine what went right—and what went wrong—along with a brief look ahead to 2021–22. We’ve done the ACC and Big 12, next is the Big East.
The Big East’s 2020–21 season started with a new competitor and ended with an unlikely champion.
Georgetown, which finished eighth in the regular season, was crowned the tournament champ in a season that saw the Big East expand to 11 teams.