1999 Big East men's basketball tournament

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1999 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199899
Teams13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (4th title)
MVP Kevin Freeman (Connecticut)
Television ESPNfirst round (Syracuse-Boston College; Villanova-West Virginia; Rutgers-Pittsburgh), quarterfinals (Syracuse-Villanova; St. John's-Rutgers), semi-finals, and championship game)
ESPN2first round (Notre Dame–Seton Hall; Providence–Georgetown) and quarterfinals (Connecticut–Seton Hall; Miami–Georgetown)
  1998
2000  
1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Connecticut162 .889342  .944
No. 10 Miami (FL) 153 .833237  .767
No. 9 St. John's 144 .778289  .757
Syracuse 108 .5562112  .636
Villanova 108 .5562111  .656
Rutgers 99 .5001913  .594
Providence 99 .5001614  .533
Notre Dame 810 .4441416  .467
Seton Hall 810 .4441515  .500
Georgetown 612 .3331516  .484
Pittsburgh 513 .2781416  .467
West Virginia 414 .2221019  .345
Boston College 315 .167621  .222
1999 Big East tournament winner
As of March 29, 1999 [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 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 1999 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 St. John's in the final, 8263 to earn its second consecutive Big East tournament championship, and fourth overall.

Bracket

First round
March 3, 1999
Quarterfinals
March 4, 1999
Semifinals
March 5, 1999
Championship game
March 6, 1999
            
1 #3 Connecticut 57
9 Seton Hall 56
8 Notre Dame 69
9 Seton Hall 79
1 #3 Connecticut71
4 Syracuse 50
5 Villanova 73
12 West Virginia 61
5 Villanova 62
4 Syracuse70
4 Syracuse 96
13 Boston College 55
1 #3 Connecticut82
3 #10 St. John's 63
3 #10 St. John's 77
6 Rutgers 62
6 Rutgers 64
11 Pittsburgh 51
3 #10 St. John's62
2 #9 Miami 59
2 #9 Miami 65
10 Georgetown 54
7 Providence 66
10 Georgetown 68

Game summaries

First round

Quarterfinals

espn2
Thursday, March 4
12:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies57, #9 Seton Hall Pirates 56
Scoring by half: 22–21, 35–35
Pts: Kevin Freeman 22
Rebs: K. El-Amin, R. Hamilton 6
Asts: K. El-Amin 7
Pts: Gary Saunders 18
Rebs: Reggie Garrett 7
Asts: Gary Saunders 6
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 17,540
Referees: John Cahill, Curtis Shaw, Donnee Gray

Semifinals

ESPN
Friday, March 5
7:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies71, #4 Syracuse Orangemen 50
Scoring by half: 38–18, 33–32
Pts: Kevin Freeman 21
Rebs: Rashamel Jones 7
Asts: K. El-Amin 5
Pts: Damone Brown, Jason Hart 12
Rebs: E. Thomas 10
Asts: Damone Brown 5
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,548
Referees: Tim Higgins, Jody Silvester, Ed Corbett

Championship game

ESPN
Saturday, March 6
8:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies82, #3 St. John's Red Storm 63
Scoring by half: 40–29, 42–34
Pts: R. Hamilton 23
Rebs: R. Hamilton 7
Asts: Ricky Moore 6
Pts: E. Barkley 18
Rebs: R. Artest 7
Asts: E. Barkley 4
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,548
Referees: Jim Burr, John Cahill, Bob Donato

Media coverage

Television

ESPN and ESPN2

Commentary teams

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

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