1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1991 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed.

1991 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSeton Hall (1st title)
Winning coachP. J. Carlesimo (1st title)
MVPOliver Taylor (Seton Hall)
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1992 →
1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Syracuse124 .750266 .813
No. 20 St. John's106 .625239 .719
Connecticut97 .5632011 .645
No. 13 Seton Hall97 .563259 .735
Pittsburgh97 .5632112 .636
Georgetown88 .5001913 .594
Providence79 .4381913 .594
Villanova79 .4381715 .531
Boston College115 .0631119 .367
1991 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1991[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 74–62, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

First round
March 7, 1991
Quarterfinals
March 8, 1991
Semifinals
March 9, 1991
Championship Game
March 10, 1991
            
1#4 Syracuse68
8Villanova70
8Villanova74
9Boston College73
8Villanova72
4#21 Seton Hall74
4#21 Seton Hall70
5Pittsburgh69
4#21 Seton Hall74
6Georgetown62
3Connecticut49
6Georgetown68
6Georgetown71
7Providence55
2#20 St. John's64
7Providence72

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

  • "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.


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