1992 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1992 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199192
Teams10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Syracuse (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Boeheim (3rd title)
MVP Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown)
  1991
1993  
1991–92 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Seton Hall 126 .667239  .719
No. 22 Georgetown 126 .6672210  .688
St. John's 126 .6671911  .633
Villanova 117 .6111415  .483
No. 21 Syracuse108 .5562210  .688
Connecticut 108 .5562010  .667
Pittsburgh 99 .5001816  .529
Boston College 711 .3891714  .548
Providence 612 .3331417  .452
Miami 117 .056824  .250
1992 Big East tournament winner
As of April 6, 1992 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12 to March 15, 1992. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. With the addition of Miami to the conference, 1992 was the first time the tournament included ten teams. Seton Hall, Georgetown and St. John's all finished with the best regular season conference record. Through tiebreakers, Seton Hall was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

Syracuse defeated Georgetown in the championship game 5654, to claim its third Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 12, 1992
Quarterfinals
March 13, 1992
Semifinals
March 14, 1992
Championship Game
March 15, 1992
            
1 #15 Seton Hall 62
8 Boston College 60
8 Boston College 78
9 Providence 68
1 #15 Seton Hall 66
5 Syracuse70
4 Villanova 52
5 Syracuse 55
5 Syracuse56
2 #21 Georgetown 54
3 #25 St. John's 64OT
6 Connecticut 59
3 #25 St. John's 64
2 #21 Georgetown68
2 #21 Georgetown 77
10 Miami 64
7 Pittsburgh 71
10 Miami 83

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

References

  1. sports-reference.com 1991-92 Big East Conference Season Summary