1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1982–83
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSt. John's (1st title)
Winning coachLou Carnesecca (1st title)
MVPChris Mullin (St. John's)
TelevisionKatz Sports, NBC (Championship Game)
← 1982
1984 →
1982–83 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Boston College 12 – 4   .750 25 – 7   .781
No. 13 Villanova 12 – 4   .750 24 – 8   .750
No. 3 St. John's† 12 – 4   .750 28 – 5   .848
No. 20 Georgetown 11 – 5   .688 22 – 10   .688
Syracuse 9 – 7   .563 21 – 10   .677
Pittsburgh 6 – 10   .375 13 – 15   .464
Connecticut 5 – 11   .313 12 – 16   .429
Providence 4 – 12   .250 12 – 19   .387
Seton Hall 1 – 15   .063 6 – 23   .207
† 1983 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 4, 1983[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 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 1983 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed. It was the first year that the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden, where it has been held since.

Led by Chris Mullin, St. John's defeated Boston College in the championship game 85–77.

Bracket[]

First Round
March 9, 1983 		Quarterfinals
March 10, 1983 		Semifinals
March 11, 1983 		Championship Game
March 12, 1983
            
1 #14 Boston College 79
9 Seton Hall 56
8 Providence 64
9 Seton Hall 73
1 #14 Boston College 80
5 #20 Syracuse 74
4 #15 Georgetown 72
5 #20 Syracuse 79
1 #14 Boston College 77
3 #8 St. John's 85
2 #13 Villanova 69
7 Connecticut 68
2 #13 Villanova 80
3 #8 St. John's 91
3 #8 St. John's 64
6 Pittsburgh 53

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Chris Mullin, St. John's

All Tournament Team

References[]

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Big East Conference Season Summary
  • "1983 Men's Big East Basketball Championship". BigEast.org. Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
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