1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams13
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsConnecticut (4th title)
Winning coachJim Calhoun (4th title)
MVPKevin Freeman (Connecticut)
← 1998
2000 →
1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Connecticut† 16 – 2   .889 34 – 2   .944
No. 10 Miami 15 – 3   .833 23 – 7   .767
No. 9 St. John's 14 – 4   .778 28 – 9   .757
Syracuse 10 – 8   .556 21 – 12   .636
Villanova 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Rutgers 9 – 9   .500 19 – 13   .594
Providence 9 – 9   .500 16 – 14   .533
Notre Dame 8 – 10   .444 14 – 16   .467
Seton Hall 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Georgetown 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484
Pittsburgh 5 – 13   .278 14 – 16   .467
West Virginia 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
Boston College 3 – 15   .167 6 – 21   .222
† 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, 82–63 to earn its 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 #3 Connecticut 57
9 Seton Hall 56
8 Notre Dame 69
9 Seton Hall 79
1 #3 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 #3 Connecticut 82
3 #10 St. John's 63
3 #10 St. John's 77
6 Rutgers 62
6 Rutgers 64
11 Pittsburgh 51
3 #10 St. John's 62
2 #9 Miami 59
2 #9 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.

  1. ^ "1998-99 Big East Conference Season Summary". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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