1994 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1994 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199394
Teams10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Providence (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Barnes (1st title)
MVP Michael Smith (Providence)
  1993
1995  
1993–94 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Connecticut 162 .889295  .853
No. 15 Syracuse 135 .722237  .767
Boston College 117 .6112311  .676
Providence108 .5562010  .667
Villanova 108 .5562012  .625
Georgetown 108 .5561912  .613
Seton Hall 810 .4441713  .567
Pittsburgh 711 .3891314  .481
St. John's 513 .2781217  .414
Miami 018 .000720  .259
1994 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 1994 [1]
Rankings from AP poll

The 1994 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1994. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

Providence defeated Georgetown, 7464, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Seeds

All 10 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.

SeedSchoolConference

Record

Tiebreaker
1 Connecticut 16–2
2 Syracuse 13–5
3 Boston College 11–7
4 Providence 10–82–0 vs Villanova
1–1 vs Georgetown
5 Villanova 10–82–0 vs Georgetown
0–2 vs Providence
6 Georgetown 10–81–1 vs. Providence
0–2 vs Villanova
7 Seton Hall 8–10
8 Pittsburgh 7–11
9 St. John's 5–13
10 Miami (FL) 0–18

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Thursday, March 10
17:00 pmNo. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 St. John's72–80Big East TV Network19,544
29:30 pmNo. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)69–51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
312 NoonNo. 4 Providence vs. No 5. Villanova77–66Big East TV Network19,544
42:30 pmNo. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 9 St. John's97–77
57:00 pmNo. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Seton Hall80–81OT
69:30 pmNo. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Georgetown58–81
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
71:30 pmNo. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Providence67–79CBS19,544
83:45 pmNo. 6 Georgetown vs. No. 7 Seton Hall76–71OT
Championship – Sunday, March 13
92:45 pmNo. 4 Providence vs. No. 6 Georgetown74–64CBS19,544
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
March 10, 1994
Quarterfinals
March 11, 1994
Semifinals
March 12, 1994
Championship Game
March 13, 1994
            
1 #2 Connecticut 97
9 St. John's 77
8 Pittsburgh 72
9 St. John's 80
1 #2 Connecticut 67
4 Providence69
4 Providence 77
5 Villanova 66
4 Providence74
6 Georgetown 64
3 Boston College 58
6 Georgetown 81
6 Georgetown76OT
7 Seton Hall 71
2 #13 Syracuse 80
7 Seton Hall81OT
7 Seton Hall 69
10 Miami 51

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Michael Smith, Providence

All Tournament Team

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