1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1991 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed.

1991 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1990–91
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Seton Hall (1st title)
Winning coach	P. J. Carlesimo (1st title)
MVP	Oliver Taylor (Seton Hall)
Big East men's basketball tournaments

1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Syracuse	12	–	4		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 St. John's	10	–	6		.625			23	–	9		.719
Connecticut	9	–	7		.563			20	–	11		.645
No. 13 Seton Hall †	9	–	7		.563			25	–	9		.735
Pittsburgh	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Georgetown	8	–	8		.500			19	–	13		.594
Providence	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
Villanova	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Boston College	1	–	15		.063			11	–	19		.367
† 1991 Big East tournament winner As of April 1, 1991 Rankings from AP Poll

Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 74–62, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

	First round March 7, 1991					Quarterfinals March 8, 1991					Semifinals March 9, 1991					Championship Game March 10, 1991
						1	#4 Syracuse	68
						8	Villanova	70
	8	Villanova	74
	9	Boston College	73
											8	Villanova	72
											4	#21 Seton Hall	74
						4	#21 Seton Hall	70
						5	Pittsburgh	69
																4	#21 Seton Hall	74
																6	Georgetown	62
						3	Connecticut	49
						6	Georgetown	68
											6	Georgetown	71
											7	Providence	55
						2	#20 St. John's	64
						7	Providence	72

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

• Anthony Avent, Seton Hall
• Marc Dowdell, Villanova
• Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown
• Eric Murdock, Providence
• Dikembe Mutombo, Georgetown
• Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall

External links

• "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.