1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12 to March 15, 1992. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. With the addition of Miami to the conference, 1992 was the first time the tournament included ten teams. Seton Hall, Georgetown and St. John's all finished with the best regular season conference record. Through tiebreakers, Seton Hall was awarded the #1 seed.

1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1991–92
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Syracuse (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jim Boeheim (3rd title)
MVP	Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments

1991–92 Big East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Seton Hall	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
No. 22 Georgetown	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
St. John's	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
Villanova	11	–	7		.611			14	–	15		.483
No. 21 Syracuse†	10	–	8		.556			22	–	10		.688
Connecticut	10	–	8		.556			20	–	10		.667
Pittsburgh	9	–	9		.500			18	–	16		.529
Boston College	7	–	11		.389			17	–	14		.548
Providence	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Miami	1	–	17		.056			8	–	24		.250
† 1992 Big East Tournament winner As of April 6, 1992[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse defeated Georgetown in the championship game 56–54, to claim its third Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

	First Round March 12, 1992					Quarterfinals March 13, 1992					Semifinals March 14, 1992					Championship Game March 15, 1992
						1	#15 Seton Hall	62
						8	Boston College	60
	8	Boston College	78
	9	Providence	68
											1	#15 Seton Hall	66
										5	Syracuse	70
						4	Villanova	52
						5	Syracuse	55
																5	Syracuse	56
																2	#21 Georgetown	54
						3	#25 St. John's	64^OT
						6	Connecticut	59
											3	#25 St. John's	64
										2	#21 Georgetown	68
						2	#21 Georgetown	77
						10	Miami	64
	7	Pittsburgh	71
	10	Miami	83

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

• Terry Dehere, Seton Hall
• Dave Johnson, Syracuse
• Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
• Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown
• Malik Sealy, St. John's
• Jerome Scott, Miami

References

1. sports-reference.com 1991-92 Big East Conference Season Summary

External links

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