1998 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1998 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199798
Teams13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (3rd title)
MVP Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut)
  1997
1999  
1997–98 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Big East 6
No. 6 Connecticut153 .833325  .865
St. John's 135 .7222210  .688
West Virginia 117 .611249  .727
Villanova 810 .4441217  .414
Notre Dame 711 .3891314  .481
Boston College 612 .3331516  .484
Big East 7
No. 21 Syracuse 126 .667269  .743
Miami 117 .6111810  .643
Seton Hall 99 .5001515  .500
Providence 711 .3891316  .448
Pittsburgh 612 .3331116  .407
Rutgers 612 .3331415  .483
Georgetown 612 .3331615  .516
1998 Big East tournament winner
As of March 30, 1998 [1] [2] [3]
Rankings from AP poll

The 1998 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 1998 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Connecticut finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

Contents

Connecticut defeated Syracuse in the final, 6964 to earn its third Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 4, 1998
Quarterfinals
March 5, 1998
Semifinals
March 6, 1998
Championship Game
March 7, 1998
            
1 #6 Connecticut 64
8 Providence 55
8 Providence 72
9 Notre Dame 55
1 #6 Connecticut64
12 Rutgers 50
5 #23 West Virginia 65
12 Rutgers 72
12 Rutgers61
13 Georgetown 60
4 Miami 56
13 Georgetown 62
1 #6 Connecticut69
2 #22 Syracuse 64
3 St. John's 91
11 Boston College 80
6 Seton Hall 87
11 Boston College 97OT
3 St. John's 67
2 #22 Syracuse69OT
2 #22 Syracuse 69
7 Villanova 66
7 Villanova 962OT
10 Pittsburgh 93

Championship game Summary

ESPN
Saturday, March 7
8:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies69, #2 Syracuse Orangemen 64
Pts: R. Jones 17
Rebs: R. Jones 9
Asts: K. El-Amin 6
Pts: T. Burgan 17
Rebs: T. Burgan 9
Asts: J. Hart 5
Halftime Score: Connecticut, 27-23
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 18,521

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

References