1993 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1993 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199293
Teams10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Seton Hall (2nd title)
Winning coach P. J. Carlesimo (2nd title)
MVP Terry Dehere (Seton Hall)
  1992
1994  
1992–93 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Seton Hall144 .778287  .800
St. John's 126 .6671911  .633
Syracuse 108 .556209  .690
Connecticut 99 .5001513  .536
Providence 99 .5002013  .606
Pittsburgh 99 .5001711  .607
Boston College 99 .5001813  .581
Georgetown 810 .4442013  .606
Miami 711 .3891017  .370
Villanova 315 .167819  .296
1993 Big East tournament winner
As of April 5, 1993 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 11 to March 14, 1993. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Seton Hall finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

In the largest margin of victory in a Big East tournament championship game, [2] Seton Hall defeated Syracuse, 10370, to claim its second Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 11, 1993
Quarterfinals
March 12, 1993
Semifinals
March 13, 1993
Championship Game
March 14, 1993
            
1 #9 Seton Hall 83
8 Georgetown 69
8 Georgetown 67
9 Miami 40
1 #9 Seton Hall69
5 Providence 60
4 Connecticut 55
5 Providence 73
1 #9 Seton Hall103
3 Syracuse 70
3 Syracuse 55
6 Pittsburgh 50
3 Syracuse84
2 St. John's 72
2 St. John's 76
7 Boston College 56
7 Boston College 74OT
10 Villanova 70

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Terry Dehere, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

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References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.