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The 1994 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1994. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.
1994 Big East men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1993–94 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Madison Square Garden New York City |
Champions | Providence (1st title) |
Winning coach | Rick Barnes (1st title) |
MVP | Michael Smith (Providence) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Connecticut | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 5 | .853 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Syracuse | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence † | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1994 Big East tournament winner As of April 4, 1994[1] Rankings from AP poll |
Providence defeated Georgetown, 74–64, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.
All 10 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.
Seed | School | Conference
Record |
Tiebreaker |
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1 | Connecticut | 16–2 | |
2 | Syracuse | 13–5 | |
3 | Boston College | 11–7 | |
4 | Providence | 10–8 | 2–0 vs Villanova 1–1 vs Georgetown |
5 | Villanova | 10–8 | 2–0 vs Georgetown 0–2 vs Providence |
6 | Georgetown | 10–8 | 1–1 vs. Providence 0–2 vs Villanova |
7 | Seton Hall | 8–10 | |
8 | Pittsburgh | 7–11 | |
9 | St. John's | 5–13 | |
10 | Miami (FL) | 0–18 |
Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
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First round – Thursday, March 10 | |||||
1 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 St. John's | 72–80 | Big East TV Network | 19,544 |
2 | 9:30 pm | No. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 Miami (FL) | 69–51 | ||
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | |||||
3 | 12 Noon | No. 4 Providence vs. No 5. Villanova | 77–66 | Big East TV Network | 19,544 |
4 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 9 St. John's | 97–77 | ||
5 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Seton Hall | 80–81OT | ||
6 | 9:30 pm | No. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Georgetown | 58–81 | ||
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | |||||
7 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Providence | 67–79 | CBS | 19,544 |
8 | 3:45 pm | No. 6 Georgetown vs. No. 7 Seton Hall | 76–71OT | ||
Championship – Sunday, March 13 | |||||
9 | 2:45 pm | No. 4 Providence vs. No. 6 Georgetown | 74–64 | CBS | 19,544 |
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. |
First round March 10, 1994 | Quarterfinals March 11, 1994 | Semifinals March 12, 1994 | Championship Game March 13, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | #2 Connecticut | 97 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | St. John's | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Pittsburgh | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | St. John's | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #2 Connecticut | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Providence | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Providence | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Villanova | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Providence | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Georgetown | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston College | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Georgetown | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Georgetown | 76OT | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Seton Hall | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | #13 Syracuse | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Seton Hall | 81OT | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Seton Hall | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Miami | 51 |
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Michael Smith, Providence
All Tournament Team
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