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1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Champions
  
Syracuse (3rd title)

Teams
  
10

Site
  
Madison Square Garden New York City

Winning coach
  
Jim Boeheim (3rd title)

MVP
  
Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown)

The 1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12 to March 15, 1992. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. With the addition of Miami to the conference, 1992 was the first time the tournament included ten teams. Seton Hall, Georgetown and St. John's all finished with the best regular season conference record. Through tiebreakers, Seton Hall was awarded the #1 seed.

Syracuse defeated Georgetown in the championship game 56–54, to claim its third Big East Tournament championship.

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown

All Tournament Team

  • Terry Dehere, Seton Hall
  • Dave Johnson, Syracuse
  • Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
  • Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown
  • Malik Sealy, St. John's
  • Jerome Scott, Miami
  • References

    1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia