1983 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1983 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198283
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's (1st title)
Winning coach Lou Carnesecca (1st title)
MVP Chris Mullin (St. John's)
TelevisionKatz Sports/USA Network,NBC (Championship Game)
  1982
1984  
1982–83 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Boston College 124 .750257  .781
No. 13 Villanova 124 .750248  .750
No. 3 St. John's124 .750285  .848
No. 20 Georgetown 115 .6882210  .688
Syracuse 97 .5632110  .677
Pittsburgh 610 .3751315  .464
Connecticut 511 .3131216  .429
Providence 412 .2501219  .387
Seton Hall 115 .063623  .207
1983 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 1983 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed. It was the first year that the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden, where it has been held since.

Contents

Led by Chris Mullin, St. John's defeated Boston College in the championship game 8577.

Bracket

First round
March 9, 1983
Quarterfinals
March 10, 1983
Semifinals
March 11, 1983
Championship Game
March 12, 1983
            
1 #14 Boston College 79
9 Seton Hall 56
8 Providence 64
9 Seton Hall 73
1 #14 Boston College80
5 #20 Syracuse 74
4 #15 Georgetown 72
5 #20 Syracuse 79
1 #14 Boston College 77
3 #8 St. John's85
2 #13 Villanova 69
7 Connecticut 68
2 #13 Villanova 80
3 #8 St. John's91
3 #8 St. John's 64
6 Pittsburgh 53

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Mullin, St. John's

All Tournament Team

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