1991 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1991 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed.

1991 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSeton Hall (1st title)
Winning coachP. J. Carlesimo (1st title)
MVPOliver Taylor (Seton Hall)
1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 7 Syracuse12–4 .750  26–6  .813
No. 20 St. John's10–6 .625  23–9  .719
Connecticut9–7 .563  20–11  .645
No. 13 Seton Hall †9–7 .563  25–9  .735
Pittsburgh9–7 .563  21–12  .636
Georgetown8–8 .500  19–13  .594
Providence7–9 .438  19–13  .594
Villanova7–9 .438  17–15  .531
Boston College1–15 .063  11–19  .367
† 1991 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 1, 1991[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 74–62, to claim its first Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

  First Round
March 7, 1991
Quarterfinals
March 8, 1991
Semifinals
March 9, 1991
Championship Game
March 10, 1991
                                     
       
  1 #4 Syracuse 68  
    8 Villanova 70  
8 Villanova 74
9 Boston College 73  
  8 Villanova 72  
  4 #21 Seton Hall 74  
       
       
  4 #21 Seton Hall 70
    5 Pittsburgh 69  
     
       
  4 #21 Seton Hall 74
  6 Georgetown 62
       
       
  3 Connecticut 49
    6 Georgetown 68  
     
       
  6 Georgetown 71
  7 Providence 55  
       
       
  2 #20 St. John's 64
    7 Providence 72  
     

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

  • "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-05-30.

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