1995 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1995 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Villanova (1st title)
Winning coach Steve Lappas (1st title)
MVP Kerry Kittles (Villanova)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1994  1996»
1994–95 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Connecticut 16 – 2   .889     28 – 5   .848
#9 Villanova† 14 – 4   .778     25 – 8   .758
#25 Syracuse 12 – 6   .667     20 – 10   .667
#22 Georgetown 11 – 7   .611     21 – 10   .677
Miami 9 – 9   .500     15 – 13   .536
Providence 7 – 11   .389     17 – 13   .567
Seton Hall 7 – 11   .389     16 – 14   .533
St. John's 7 – 11   .389     14 – 14   .500
Pittsburgh 5 – 13   .278     10 – 18   .357
Boston College 2 – 16   .111     9 – 19   .321
† 1995 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 3, 1995[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 9 to March 12, 1995. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

Villanova defeated Connecticut, 94–78, in the championship game to claim its first Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

  First Round
March 9, 1995		 Quarterfinals
March 10, 1995		 Semifinals
March 11, 1995		 Championship Game
March 12, 1995
                                     
        
  1  Connecticut 81  
    9  Pittsburgh 78  
8  St. John's 71
9  Pittsburgh 74  
  1  Connecticut 88  
  4  Georgetown 81  
        
        
  4  Georgetown 69
    5  Miami 58  
      
        
  1  Connecticut 78
  2  Villanova 94
        
        
  3  Syracuse 69
    6  Providence 71OT  
      
        
  6  Providence 75
  2  Villanova 90  
        
        
  2  Villanova 68
    10  Boston College 64  
7  Seton Hall 87
10  Boston College 89OT  

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Kerry Kittles, Villanova

All Tournament Team

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide". pp. 136–138. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1994-95 Big East Conference Season Summary