1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (2nd title)
MVP Victor Page (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1995  1997»
1995–96 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Big East 6
#3 Connecticut† 17 – 1   .944     32 – 3   .914
#10 Villanova 14 – 4   .778     26 – 7   .788
Boston College 10 – 8   .556     19 – 11   .633
West Virginia 7 – 11   .389     12 – 15   .444
St. John's 5 – 13   .278     11 – 16   .407
Notre Dame 4 – 14   .222     9 – 18   .333
Big East 7
#4 Georgetown 13 – 5   .722     29 – 8   .784
#15 Syracuse 12 – 6   .667     29 – 9   .763
Providence 9 – 9   .500     18 – 12   .600
Miami 8 – 10   .444     15 – 13   .536
Seton Hall 7 – 11   .389     12 – 16   .429
Rutgers 6 – 12   .333     9 – 18   .333
Pittsburgh 5 – 13   .278     10 – 17   .370
† 1996 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 1, 1996[1][2][3]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 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 1996 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. Connecticut, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Connecticut defeated Georgetown, 75-74 to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Championship Game
                                     
        
  1  Connecticut 79  
    9  Seton Hall 58  
8  West Virginia 78
9  Seton Hall 80  
  1  Connecticut 85  
  4  Syracuse 67  
4  Syracuse 76  
13  Notre Dame 55  
  4  Syracuse 69
    5  Boston College 61  
5  Boston College 70
12  Pittsburgh 66  
  1  Connecticut 75
  2  Georgetown 74
        
        
  3  Villanova 78
    6  Providence 68  
6  Providence 80
11  St. John's 72  
  3  Villanova 76
  2  Georgetown 84  
        
        
  2  Georgetown 92
    7  Miami 62  
7  Miami 77
10  Rutgers 67  

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Victor Page, Georgetown

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1995-96 Big East Conference Season Summary
  2. ↑ Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
  3. ↑ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.

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