1989 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1989 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198889
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Georgetown (6th title)
Winning coach John Thompson (6th title)
MVP Charles Smith (Georgetown)
TelevisionBig East Network,

CBS (semifinals and championship game)

  1988
1990  
1988–89 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Georgetown133 .813295  .853
No. 11 Seton Hall 115 .688317  .816
No. 7 Syracuse 106 .625308  .789
Pittsburgh 97 .5631713  .567
Villanova 79 .4381816  .529
Providence 79 .4381811  .621
Connecticut 610 .3751813  .581
St. John's 610 .3752013  .606
Boston College 313 .1881217  .414
1989 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 1989 [1]
Rankings from AP poll

The 1989 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 9 to March 12, 1989. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Contents

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 88–79, to claim its sixth Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 9, 1989
Quarterfinals
March 10, 1989
Semifinals
March 11, 1989
Championship Game
March 12, 1989
            
1 #3 Georgetown 82
9 Boston College 52
8 St. John's 74
9 Boston College 81
1 #3 Georgetown85
4 Pittsburgh 62
4 Pittsburgh 71
5 Villanova 66
1 #3 Georgetown88
3 #5 Syracuse 79
3 #5 Syracuse 79
6 Providence 76
3 #5 Syracuse81
2 #11 Seton Hall 78
2 #11 Seton Hall 74
7 Connecticut 66

First round summary

Quarterfinals summary

Big East TV Network
Friday, March 10
12:00 PM EST
#2 Seton Hall Pirates74, #7 Connecticut Huskies 66
Pts: R. Ramos – 21
Rebs: D. Walker – 10
Asts: G. Greene – 8
Pts: K. Gamble – 19
Rebs: K. Gamble – 7
Asts: T. George – 4
Halftime Score: Seton Hall, 31-30
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,591
Referees: Jody Sylvester, Larry Lembo, Bob Donato

Semifinals summary

CBS
Saturday, March 11
1:30 PM EST
#3 Syracuse Orangemen81, #2 Seton Hall Pirates 78
Pts: – 27
Rebs: – 10
Asts: – 4
Pts: J. Morton – 27
Rebs: A. Gaze – 9
Asts: G. Greene – 6
Halftime Score: Seton Hall, 39-36
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,591
Referees: Larry Lembo, Joe Mingle, Gene Monje

Championship game summary

Announcers

SeedTeamsFlagship stationPlay-by-play announcerColor analyst(s)
2 Seton Hall WPAT–AM

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Charles Smith, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

References