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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Teams | 13 | ||
| Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
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| Champions | Boston College (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Jim O'Brien (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Scoonie Penn Boston College | ||
| Post-Big East tournament(s) |
1997 NIT, 1997 NCAA | ||
| Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 1997 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 1997 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. Boston College and Villanova finished with the best record in the regular season. After tie-breakers, Villanova was awarded the top seed.
Boston College defeated Villanova in the final, 70–58 to earn their first Big East Tournament championship. Future NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb participated in the tournament as a reserve forward for Syracuse.
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 80 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Syracuse | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Syracuse | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Notre Dame | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Rutgers | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Providence | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | West Virginia | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | West Virginia | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Seton Hall | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Villanova | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Connecticut | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston College | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgetown | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Miami | 76OT | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | St. John's | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Scoonie Penn, Boston College
All-Tournament Team
General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide". pp. 136–138. http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
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