1989 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1989 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 9 to March 12, 1989. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

1989 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1988–89
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Georgetown (6th title)
Winning coach	John Thompson (6th title)
MVP	Charles Smith (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments

1988–89 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Georgetown†	13	–	3		.813			29	–	5		.853
No. 11 Seton Hall	11	–	5		.688			31	–	7		.816
No. 7 Syracuse	10	–	6		.625			30	–	8		.789
Pittsburgh	9	–	7		.563			17	–	13		.567
Villanova	7	–	9		.438			18	–	16		.529
Providence	7	–	9		.438			18	–	11		.621
Connecticut	6	–	10		.375			18	–	13		.581
St. John's	6	–	10		.375			20	–	13		.606
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			12	–	17		.414
† 1989 Big East Tournament winner As of April 3, 1989[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 88–79, to claim its sixth Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

	First Round March 9, 1989					Quarterfinals March 10, 1989					Semifinals March 11, 1989					Championship Game March 12, 1989
						1	#3 Georgetown	82
						9	Boston College	52
	8	St. John's	74
	9	Boston College	81
											1	#3 Georgetown	85
										4	Pittsburgh	62
						4	Pittsburgh	71
						5	Villanova	66
																1	#3 Georgetown	88
																3	#5 Syracuse	79
						3	#5 Syracuse	79
						6	Providence	76
											3	#5 Syracuse	81
										2	#11 Seton Hall	78
						2	#11 Seton Hall	74
						7	Connecticut	66

First round summary

Quarterfinals summary

Big East TV Network

Friday, March 10 12:00 PM EST

#2 Seton Hall Pirates 74, #7 Connecticut Huskies 66
Pts: R. Ramos – 21 Rebs: D. Walker – 10 Asts: G. Greene – 8		Pts: K. Gamble – 19 Rebs: K. Gamble – 7 Asts: T. George – 4 Halftime Score: Seton Hall, 31-30

Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York Attendance: 19,591 Referees: Jody Sylvester, Larry Lembo, Bob Donato

Semifinals summary

CBS

Saturday, March 11 1:30 PM EST

#3 Syracuse Orangemen 81, #2 Seton Hall Pirates 78
Pts: – 27 Rebs: – 10 Asts: – 4		Pts: J. Morton – 27 Rebs: A. Gaze – 9 Asts: G. Greene – 6 Halftime Score: Seton Hall, 39-36

Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York Attendance: 19,591 Referees: Larry Lembo, Joe Mingle, Gene Monje

Championship game summary

Announcers

Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
2	Seton Hall	WPAT–AM

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Charles Smith, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

• Dana Barros, Boston College
• Sherman Douglas, Syracuse
• John Morton, Seton Hall
• Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown
• Ramón Ramos, Seton Hall
• Charles Smith, Georgetown

References

1. sports-reference.com 1988-89 Big East Conference Season Summary

External links

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