1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1985–86
Teams 9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's (2nd title)
Winning coach Lou Carnesecca (2nd title)
MVP Dwayne Washington (Syracuse)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1985  1987»
1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 St. John's † 14 – 2   .875     31 – 5   .861
#9 Syracuse 14 – 2   .875     26 – 6   .813
#13 Georgetown 11 – 5   .688     24 – 8   .750
Villanova 10 – 6   .625     23 – 14   .622
Providence 7 – 9   .438     17 – 14   .548
Pittsburgh 6 – 10   .375     15 – 14   .517
Boston College 4 – 12   .250     13 – 15   .464
Connecticut 3 – 13   .188     12 – 16   .429
Seton Hall 3 – 13   .188     14 – 18   .438
† 1986 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 31, 1986[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Bracket

  First Round
March 5, 1986		 Quarterfinals
March 6, 1986		 Semifinals
March 7, 1986		 Championship Game
March 8, 1986
                                     
        
  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  
      

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Dwayne Washington, Syracuse

All Tournament Team

External links

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1985-86 Big East Conference Season Summary