Classification Division I Teams 13 | Season 1999–00 Champions St. John's (3rd title) | |
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City Winning coach Mike Jarvis (1st title) | ||
The 2000 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 2000 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. Syracuse finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.
St. John's defeated Connecticut in the final, 80–70 to earn their first Big East Tournament championship since 1986, and their third overall.
Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Bootsy Thornton, St. John's
All-Tournament Team
References
2000 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA