1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199899
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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
#3 Connecticut162 .889  342  .944
#10 Miami153 .833  237  .767
#9 St. John's144 .778  289  .757
Syracuse108 .556  2112  .636
Villanova108 .556  2111  .656
Rutgers99 .500  1913  .594
Providence99 .500  1614  .533
Notre Dame810 .444  1416  .467
Seton Hall810 .444  1515  .500
Georgetown612 .333  1516  .484
Pittsburgh513 .278  1416  .467
West Virginia414 .222  1019  .345
Boston College315 .167  611  .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, 8263 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.

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