1998 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1998 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997–98
Teams 13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (3rd title)
MVP Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1997  1999»
1997–98 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Big East 6
#6 Connecticut† 15 – 3   .833     32 – 5   .865
St. John's 13 – 5   .722     22 – 10   .688
West Virginia 11 – 7   .611     24 – 9   .727
Villanova 8 – 10   .444     12 – 17   .414
Notre Dame 7 – 11   .389     13 – 14   .481
Boston College 6 – 12   .333     15 – 16   .484
Big East 7
#21 Syracuse 12 – 6   .667     26 – 9   .743
Miami 11 – 7   .611     18 – 10   .643
Seton Hall 9 – 9   .500     15 – 15   .500
Providence 7 – 11   .389     13 – 16   .448
Pittsburgh 6 – 12   .333     11 – 16   .407
Rutgers 6 – 12   .333     14 – 15   .483
Georgetown 6 – 12   .333     16 – 15   .516
† 1998 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 30, 1998[1][2][3]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 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 1998 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 Syracuse in the final, 69–64 to earn their third Big East Tournament championship.

Bracket

  First round
March 4, 1998		 Quarterfinals
March 5, 1998		 Semifinals
March 6, 1998		 Championship Game
March 7, 1998
                                     
        
  1  Connecticut 64  
    8  Providence 55  
8  Providence 72
9  Notre Dame 55  
  1  Connecticut 64  
  12  Rutgers 50  
5  West Virginia 65  
12  Rutgers 72  
  12  Rutgers 61
    13  Georgetown 60  
4  Miami 56
13  Georgetown 62  
  1  Connecticut 69
  2  Syracuse 64
        
        
  3  St. John's 91
    11  Boston College 80  
6  Seton Hall 87
11  Boston College 97OT  
  3  St. John's 67
  2  Syracuse 69OT  
        
        
  2  Syracuse 69
    7  Villanova 66  
7  Villanova 962OT
10  Pittsburgh 93  

Championship Game Summary

ESPN
Saturday, March 7
8:00 pm
#1 Connecticut Huskies 69, #2 Syracuse Orangemen 64
Pts: R. Jones 17
Rebs: R. Jones 9
Asts: K. El-Amin 6		 Pts: T. Burgan 17
Rebs: T. Burgan 9
Asts: J. Hart 5
Halftime Score: Connecticut, 27-23
Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
Attendance: 18,521

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1997-98 Big East Conference Season Summary
  2. ↑ Keefe, Gavin, "Big East Notes: The Big East 7 and Big East 6? Big Deal!", The Day, January 1, 1996, p. 7.
  3. ↑ "PLUS: COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- BIG EAST CONFERENCE; League Cuts Games In Search of Bids," The New York Times, August 7, 1998.
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