Classification Division I Teams 13 | Season 1998–99 | |
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City Champions Connecticut (4th title) Winning coach Jim Calhoun (4th title) | ||
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 their second consecutive Big East Tournament championship, and fourth overall.
Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut
All-Tournament Team
References
1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA