1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

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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
1992 →
1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Syracuse 12 4   .750 26 6   .813
No. 20 St. John's 10 6   .625 23 9   .719
Connecticut 9 7   .563 20 11   .645
No. 13 Seton Hall 9 7   .563 25 9   .735
Pittsburgh 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Georgetown 8 8   .500 19 13   .594
Providence 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
Villanova 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Boston College 1 15   .063 11 19   .367
1991 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1991
AP Poll

The 1991

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.

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

External links

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


References