1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (4th title)
MVP Kevin Freeman (Connecticut)
1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Connecticut† 16 – 2   .889     34 – 2   .944
#10 Miami 15 – 3   .833     23 – 7   .767
#9 St. John's 14 – 4   .778     28 – 9   .757
Syracuse 10 – 8   .556     21 – 12   .636
Villanova 10 – 8   .556     21 – 11   .656
Rutgers 9 – 9   .500     19 – 13   .594
Providence 9 – 9   .500     16 – 14   .533
Notre Dame 8 – 10   .444     14 – 16   .467
Seton Hall 8 – 10   .444     15 – 15   .500
Georgetown 6 – 12   .333     15 – 16   .484
Pittsburgh 5 – 13   .278     14 – 16   .467
West Virginia 4 – 14   .222     10 – 19   .345
Boston College 3 – 15   .167     6 – 11   .353
† 1999 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 29, 1999[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 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 1999 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. Connecticut finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

Connecticut defeated St. John's in the final, 82–63 to earn their second consecutive Big East Tournament championship, and fourth overall.

Bracket

  First round
March 3, 1999		 Quarterfinals
March 4, 1999		 Semifinals
March 5, 1999		 Championship Game
March 6, 1999
                                     
       
  1 Connecticut 57  
    9 Seton Hall 56  
8 Notre Dame 69
9 Seton Hall 79  
  1 Connecticut 71  
  4 Syracuse 50  
5 Villanova 73  
12 West Virginia 61  
  5 Villanova 62
    4 Syracuse 70  
4 Syracuse 96
13 Boston College 55  
  1 Connecticut 82
  3 St. John's 63
       
       
  3 St. John's 77
    6 Rutgers 62  
6 Rutgers 64
11 Pittsburgh 51  
  3 St. John's 62
  2 Miami 59  
       
       
  2 Miami 65
    10 Georgetown 54  
7 Providence 66
10 Georgetown 68  

Championship Game Summary

ESPN
Saturday, March 6
8:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies 82, #3 St. John's Red Storm 63
Pts: R. Hamilton 23
Rebs: R. Hamilton 7
Asts: Ricky Moore 6		 Pts: E. Barkley 18
Rebs: R. Artest 7
Asts: E. Barkley 4
Halftime Score: Connecticut, 40-29
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 19,548
Referees: Jim Burr, John Cahill, Bob Donato

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 

  1. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-east/1999.html
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