1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1991 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199091
Teams9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Seton Hall (1st title)
Winning coach P. J. Carlesimo (1st title)
MVP Oliver Taylor (Seton Hall)
  1990
1992  
1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Syracuse 124 .750266  .813
No. 20 St. John's 106 .625239  .719
Connecticut 97 .5632011  .645
No. 13 Seton Hall97 .563259  .735
Pittsburgh 97 .5632112  .636
Georgetown 88 .5001913  .594
Providence 79 .4381913  .594
Villanova 79 .4381715  .531
Boston College 115 .0631119  .367
1991 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1991 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 7462, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 7, 1991
Quarterfinals
March 8, 1991
Semifinals
March 9, 1991
Championship Game
March 10, 1991
            
1 #4 Syracuse 68
8 Villanova70
8 Villanova 74
9 Boston College 73
8 Villanova 72
4 #21 Seton Hall74
4 #21 Seton Hall 70
5 Pittsburgh 69
4 #21 Seton Hall74
6 Georgetown 62
3 Connecticut 49
6 Georgetown 68
6 Georgetown71
7 Providence 55
2 #20 St. John's 64
7 Providence 72

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

References