1996 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1996 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199596
Teams13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (2nd title)
MVP Victor Page (Georgetown)
  1995
1997  
1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Big East 6
No. 3 Connecticut171 .944323  .914
No. 10 Villanova 144 .778267  .788
Boston College 108 .5561911  .633
West Virginia 711 .3891215  .444
St. John's 513 .2781116  .407
Notre Dame 414 .222918  .333
Big East 7
No. 4 Georgetown 135 .722298  .784
No. 15 Syracuse 126 .667299  .763
Providence 99 .5001812  .600
Miami 810 .4441513  .536
Seton Hall 711 .3891216  .429
Rutgers 612 .333918  .333
Pittsburgh 513 .2781017  .370
1996 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1996 [1] [2] [3]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. Connecticut, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Contents

In one of the greatest finals in tournament history, Connecticut defeated Georgetown, 75–74 to claim its second Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Championship Game
            
1 #3 Connecticut 79
9 Seton Hall 58
8 West Virginia 78
9 Seton Hall 80
1 #3 Connecticut85
4 #13 Syracuse 67
4 #13 Syracuse 76
13 Notre Dame 55
4 #13 Syracuse69
5 Boston College 61
5 Boston College 70
12 Pittsburgh 66
1 #3 Connecticut75
2 #6 Georgetown 74
3 #9 Villanova 78
6 Providence 68
6 Providence 80
11 St. John's 72
3 #9 Villanova 76
2 #6 Georgetown84
2 #6 Georgetown 92
7 Miami 62
7 Miami 77
10 Rutgers 67

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Victor Page, Georgetown

All-Tournament Team

References