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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 1985–86 | ||
| Teams | 9 | ||
| Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | St. John's (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Lou Carnesecca (2nd title) | ||
| MVP | Dwayne Washington Syracuse | ||
| Post-Big East tournament(s) |
1986 NIT, 1986 NCAA | ||
| Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1986. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. St. John's had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.
St. John's defeated Syracuse in the championship game 70–69, to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.
| First Round March 5, 1986 |
Quarterfinals March 6, 1986 |
Semifinals March 7, 1986 |
Championship Game March 8, 1986 |
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| 1 | St. John's | 87 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Seton Hall | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Connecticut | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Seton Hall | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. John's | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Villanova | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Providence | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | St. John's | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Syracuse | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgetown | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgetown | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Syracuse | 75OT | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Syracuse | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Boston College | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
Most Valuable Player: Dwayne Washington, Syracuse
All Tournament Team
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