1995 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1995 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199495
Teams10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Villanova (1st title)
Winning coach Steve Lappas (1st title)
MVP Kerry Kittles (Villanova)
  1994
1996  
1994–95 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Connecticut 162 .889285  .848
No. 9 Villanova144 .778258  .758
No. 25 Syracuse 126 .6672010  .667
No. 22 Georgetown 117 .6112110  .677
Miami 99 .5001513  .536
Providence 711 .3891713  .567
Seton Hall 711 .3891614  .533
St. John's 711 .3891414  .500
Pittsburgh 513 .2781018  .357
Boston College 216 .111919  .321
1995 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 1995 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 9 to March 12, 1995. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

Contents

Villanova defeated Connecticut, 9478, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 9, 1995
Quarterfinals
March 10, 1995
Semifinals
March 11, 1995
Championship Game
March 12, 1995
            
1 #6 Connecticut 81
9 Pittsburgh 78
8 St. John's 71
9 Pittsburgh 74
1 #6 Connecticut88
4 #24 Georgetown 81
4 #24 Georgetown 69
5 Miami 58
1 #6 Connecticut 78
2 #13 Villanova94
3 #21 Syracuse 69
6 Providence 71OT
6 Providence 75
2 #13 Villanova90
2 #13 Villanova 68
10 Boston College 64
7 Seton Hall 87
10 Boston College 89OT

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Kerry Kittles, Villanova

All Tournament Team

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2009.