1990 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1990 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198990
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (1st title)
MVP Chris Smith (Connecticut)
  1989
1991  
1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Connecticut124 .750316  .838
No. 6 Syracuse 124 .750267  .788
No. 8 Georgetown 115 .688247  .774
St. John's 106 .6252410  .706
Villanova 88 .5001815  .545
Providence 88 .5001712  .586
Seton Hall 511 .3131216  .429
Pittsburgh 511 .3131217  .414
Boston College 115 .063820  .286
1990 Big East tournament winner
As of April 2, 1990 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 8 to March 11, 1990. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse and Connecticut tied for the best regular-season conference record. Based on tie-breakers, Syracuse was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

Connecticut defeated Syracuse in the championship game 7875, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 8, 1990
Quarterfinals
March 9, 1990
Semifinals
March 10, 1990
Championship Game
March 11, 1990
            
1 #4 Syracuse 58
8 Pittsburgh 55
8 Pittsburgh 88
9 Boston College 70
1 #4 Syracuse73
5 Villanova 61
4 St. John's 60
5 Villanova 70
1 #4 Syracuse 75
2 #8 Connecticut78
3 #5 Georgetown 78
6 Providence 77
3 #5 Georgetown 60
2 #8 Connecticut65
2 #8 Connecticut 76
7 Seton Hall 58

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Chris Smith, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. "1989-90 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.