1994 Big East men's basketball tournament

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
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)
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1993–94 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Rankings from AP poll

Providence defeated Georgetown, 74–64, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Seeds

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
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

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
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.

Bracket

	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

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Michael Smith, Providence

All Tournament Team

• George Butler, Georgetown
• Othella Harrington, Georgetown
• Donyell Marshall, Connecticut
• Rob Phelps, Providence
• Dickey Simpkins, Providence
• Michael Smith, Providence

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.