1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1983 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 1983 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed. It was the first year that the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden, where it has been held since.

1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1982–83
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	St. John's (1st title)
Winning coach	Lou Carnesecca (1st title)
MVP	Chris Mullin (St. John's)
Television	Katz Sports, NBC (Championship Game)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments

1982–83 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 11 Boston College	12	–	4		.750			25	–	7		.781
No. 13 Villanova	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
No. 3 St. John's†	12	–	4		.750			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Georgetown	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			21	–	10		.677
Pittsburgh	6	–	10		.375			13	–	15		.464
Connecticut	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Providence	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Seton Hall	1	–	15		.063			6	–	23		.207
† 1983 Big East Tournament winner As of April 4, 1983[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Led by Chris Mullin, St. John's defeated Boston College in the championship game 85–77.

Bracket

	First Round March 9, 1983					Quarterfinals March 10, 1983					Semifinals March 11, 1983					Championship Game March 12, 1983
						1	#14 Boston College	79
						9	Seton Hall	56
	8	Providence	64
	9	Seton Hall	73
											1	#14 Boston College	80
										5	#20 Syracuse	74
						4	#15 Georgetown	72
						5	#20 Syracuse	79
																1	#14 Boston College	77
																3	#8 St. John's	85
						2	#13 Villanova	69
						7	Connecticut	68
											2	#13 Villanova	80
										3	#8 St. John's	91
						3	#8 St. John's	64
						6	Pittsburgh	53

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Mullin, St. John's

All Tournament Team

• John Garris, Boston College
• Billy Goodwin, St. John's
• Stewart Granger, Villanova
• Jay Murphy, Boston College
• Leo Rautins, Syracuse

References

1. sports-reference.com 1982-83 Big East Conference Season Summary

• "1983 Men's Big East Basketball Championship". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-25.