1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Syracuse (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Boeheim (3rd title)
MVP Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1991  1993»
1991–92 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#19 Seton Hall 12 – 6   .667     23 – 9   .719
#22 Georgetown 12 – 6   .667     22 – 10   .688
St. John's 12 – 6   .667     19 – 11   .633
Villanova 11 – 7   .611     14 – 15   .483
#21 Syracuse† 10 – 8   .556     22 – 10   .688
Connecticut 10 – 8   .556     20 – 10   .667
Pittsburgh 9 – 9   .500     18 – 16   .529
Boston College 7 – 11   .389     17 – 14   .548
Providence 6 – 12   .333     14 – 17   .452
Miami 1 – 17   .056     8 – 24   .250
† 1992 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 6, 1992[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12 to March 15, 1992. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. With the addition of Miami to the conference, 1992 was the first time the tournament included ten teams. Seton Hall, Georgetown and St. John's all finished with the best regular season conference record. Through tiebreakers, Seton Hall was awarded the #1 seed.

Syracuse defeated Georgetown in the championship game 56–54, to claim its third Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

  First Round
March 12, 1992		 Quarterfinals
March 13, 1992		 Semifinals
March 14, 1992		 Championship Game
March 15, 1992
                                     
        
  1  Seton Hall 62  
    8  Boston College 60  
8  Boston College 78
9  Providence 68  
  1  Seton Hall 66  
  5  Syracuse 70  
        
        
  4  Villanova 52
    5  Syracuse 55  
      
        
  5  Syracuse 56
  2  Georgetown 54
        
        
  3  St. John's 64OT
    6  Connecticut 59  
      
        
  3  St. John's 64
  2  Georgetown 68  
        
        
  2  Georgetown 77
    10  Miami 64  
7  Pittsburgh 71
10  Miami 83  

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1991-92 Big East Conference Season Summary

External links

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