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2004-05 Big East Conference Season Summary
Record: 224-143, .610 W-L% (3rd of 32) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 11.42 (3rd of 32) ▪ SOS: 7.21 (4th of 32)
Regular Season Champion: Boston College and Connecticut
Tournament Champion: Syracuse
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Boston College, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova and West Virginia)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Connecticut, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Boston College, Connecticut, Syracuse and Villanova)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Boston College* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 72.5 | 64.5 | 14.4 | 6.4 |
| 2 | Connecticut* R | 13 | 3 | .813 | 23 | 8 | .742 | 78.0 | 66.8 | 18.8 | 7.6 |
| 3 | Syracuse* T | 11 | 5 | .688 | 27 | 7 | .794 | 74.1 | 64.9 | 15.9 | 6.8 |
| 4 | Villanova* | 11 | 5 | .688 | 24 | 8 | .750 | 73.0 | 62.4 | 19.1 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 72.3 | 63.5 | 14.5 | 5.7 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 9 | 7 | .563 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 67.3 | 64.1 | 9.4 | 6.2 |
| 7 | Georgetown | 8 | 8 | .500 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 64.4 | 61.1 | 9.9 | 6.5 |
| 8 | West Virginia* | 8 | 8 | .500 | 24 | 11 | .686 | 71.5 | 67.3 | 11.8 | 7.6 |
| 9 | Providence | 4 | 12 | .250 | 14 | 17 | .452 | 74.3 | 73.1 | 10.0 | 8.9 |
| 10 | Seton Hall | 4 | 12 | .250 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 62.7 | 63.8 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Rutgers | 2 | 14 | .125 | 10 | 19 | .345 | 64.3 | 69.7 | 3.3 | 8.8 |
| 12 | St. John's (NY) | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 | 18 | .333 | 64.4 | 66.8 | 5.0 | 7.4 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | 12/7 | 12/14 | 12/21 | 12/28 | 1/4 | 1/11 | 1/18 | 1/25 | 2/1 | 2/8 | 2/15 | 2/22 | 3/1 | 3/8 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 11 |
| Connecticut | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 |
| Boston College | 25 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||
| Villanova | 24 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 22 | |
| West Virginia | 21 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Boston College won (85-65) versus Pennsylvania (Chicago Regional)
Connecticut won (77-71) versus Central Florida (Syracuse Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (79-71) versus Pacific (Albuquerque Regional)
Syracuse lost (60-57) versus Vermont (Austin Regional)
Villanova won (55-47) versus New Mexico (Syracuse Regional)
West Virginia won (63-61) versus Creighton (Albuquerque Regional)
Second Round
Boston College lost (83-75) versus Milwaukee (Chicago Regional)
Connecticut lost (65-62) versus North Carolina State (Syracuse Regional)
Villanova won (76-65) versus Florida (Syracuse Regional)
West Virginia won (111-105) versus Wake Forest (Albuquerque Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Villanova lost (67-66) versus North Carolina (Syracuse Regional)
West Virginia won (65-60) versus Texas Tech (Albuquerque Regional)
Regional Final
West Virginia lost (93-85) versus Louisville (Albuquerque Regional)
Conference Leaders
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