1984 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1984 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Georgetown (3rd title)
Winning coach John Thompson (3rd title)
MVP Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1983  1985»
1983–84 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#2 Georgetown 14 2   .875     34 3   .919
#18 Syracuse 12 4   .750     23 9   .719
Villanova 12 4   .750     19 12   .613
Boston College 8 8   .500     18 12   .600
St. John's 8 8   .500     18 12   .600
Pittsburgh 6 10   .375     18 13   .581
Connecticut 5 11   .313     13 15   .464
Providence 5 11   .313     15 14   .517
Seton Hall 2 14   .125     9 19   .321
† 1984 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 2, 1984[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1984. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 8271, to claim its third Big East Tournament championship.

Teams

Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
1 Georgetown John Thompson Champion 2 SyracuseW 82-71

Bracket

  First Round
March 7, 1984
Quarterfinals
March 8, 1984
Semifinals
March 9, 1984
Championship Game
March 10, 1984
                                     
        
  1  Georgetown 70  
    8  Providence 50  
8  Providence 59
9  Seton Hall 55  
  1  Georgetown 79  
  5  St. John's 68  
        
        
  4  Boston College 56
    5  St. John's 57  
      
        
  1  Georgetown 82OT
  2  Syracuse 71
        
        
  2  Syracuse 73
    7  Connecticut 58  
      
        
  2  Syracuse 66
  3  Villanova 65  
        
        
  3  Villanova 75
    6  Pittsburgh 65  
      

Quarterfinals summary

TCS MetroSports
Thursday, March 8
7:00 PM EST
#8 Providence Friars 50, #1 Georgetown Hoyas 70
Pts: Starks – 16
Rebs: Canty – 6
Asts: Donovan – 3
Pts: Ewing – 18
Rebs: Martin – 9
Asts: Jackson – 6
Halftime Score: Providence, 25-23
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,591

Semifinals summary

TCS MetroSports
Friday, March 9
approx. 9:00 PM EST
#5 St. John's Redmen 68, #1 Georgetown Hoyas 79
Pts: Mullin – 29
Rebs: Wennington – 7
Asts: Jackson – 11
Pts: Ewing – 24
Rebs: Dalton, Ewing – 5
Asts: Jackson, Williams – 5
Halftime Score: Georgetown, 41-30
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,591

Championship game summary

TCS MetroSports
ESPN
Saturday, March 10
7:00 PM EST
#2 Syracuse Orangemen 71, #1 Georgetown Hoyas 82 (OT)
Pts: Washington – 27
Rebs: Alexis – 9
Asts: Washington – 6
Pts: Ewing – 27
Rebs: Ewing – 16
Asts: Williams, Wingate – 5
Halftime Score: Georgetown, 36-31
End of Regulation: 63-63
Madison Square Garden – New York City, New York
Attendance: 19,591
Referees: Larry Lembo, Dick Paparo, Jody Sylvester

Announcers

Date Seed Teams Flagship station Play-by-play announcer Color analyst(s)
1984 1 Georgetown WWDC–AM 1260 (Georgetown) Rich Chvotkin

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Patrick Ewing, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

References

External links

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