1988 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1988 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198788
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Syracuse (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Boeheim (2nd title)
MVP Sherman Douglas (Syracuse)
TelevisionBig East Network – first round, quarterfinals and semi-finals (Pittsburgh–Villanova)
CBSsemi-finals (Syracuse–Seton Hall) and championship game
  1987
1989  
1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh 124 .750247  .774
No. 9 Syracuse115 .688269  .743
Georgetown 97 .5632010  .667
Villanova 97 .5632413  .649
St. John's 88 .5001712  .586
Seton Hall 88 .5002213  .629
Boston College 610 .3751815  .545
Providence 511 .3131117  .393
Connecticut 412 .2502014  .588
1988 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 1988 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1988. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Pittsburgh had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Contents

Syracuse defeated Villanova in the championship game 8568, to claim its second Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 10, 1988
Quarterfinals
March 11, 1988
Semifinals
March 12, 1988
Championship game
March 13, 1988
            
1 #5 Pittsburgh 75
9 Connecticut 58
8 Providence 62
9 Connecticut 75
1 #5 Pittsburgh 69
4 Villanova72
4 Villanova 71
5 St. John's 68
4 Villanova 68
2 #13 Syracuse85
3 Georgetown 58
6 Seton Hall 61
6 Seton Hall 63
2 #13 Syracuse68
2 #13 Syracuse 67
7 Boston College 53

Game summaries

First round

Big East Network
Thursday, March 10
7:00 pm
#8 Providence Friars 62, #9 Connecticut Huskies75
Scoring by half: 27–31, 35–44
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,591
Referees: Joe Mingle, David Day, Bob Donato

Quarterfinals

Big East Network
Friday, March 11
7:00 pm
#1 Pittsburgh Panthers75, #9 Connecticut Huskies 58
Scoring by half: 33–32, 42–26
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,591
Referees: Jim Burr, Mickey Crowley, Joe Mingle

Semifinals

Championship game

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Sherman Douglas, Syracuse

All Tournament Team

References