1990 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1990 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 8 to March 11, 1990. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse and Connecticut tied for the best regular-season conference record. Based on tie-breakers, Syracuse was awarded the #1 seed.

1990 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Calhoun (1st title)
MVP	Chris Smith (Connecticut)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments

1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Connecticut†	12	–	4		.750			31	–	6		.838
No. 6 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 8 Georgetown	11	–	5		.688			24	–	7		.774
St. John's	10	–	6		.625			24	–	10		.706
Villanova	8	–	8		.500			18	–	15		.545
Providence	8	–	8		.500			17	–	12		.586
Seton Hall	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Pittsburgh	5	–	11		.313			12	–	17		.414
Boston College	1	–	15		.063			8	–	20		.286
† 1990 Big East Tournament winner As of April 2, 1990[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Connecticut defeated Syracuse in the championship game 78–75, to claim its first Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

	First Round March 8, 1990					Quarterfinals March 9, 1990					Semifinals March 10, 1990					Championship Game March 11, 1990
						1	#4 Syracuse	58
						8	Pittsburgh	55
	8	Pittsburgh	88
	9	Boston College	70
											1	#4 Syracuse	73
										5	Villanova	61
						4	St. John's	60
						5	Villanova	70
																1	#4 Syracuse	75
																2	#8 Connecticut	78
						3	#5 Georgetown	78
						6	Providence	77
											3	#5 Georgetown	60
										2	#8 Connecticut	65
						2	#8 Connecticut	76
						7	Seton Hall	58

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Chris Smith, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

• Derrick Coleman, Syracuse
• Tate George, Connecticut
• Tom Greis, Villanova
• John Gwynn, Connecticut
• Chris Smith, Connecticut
• Stephen Thompson, Syracuse

References

1. sports-reference.com 1989-90 Big East Conference Season Summary

External links

• "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-28.