1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's (1st title)
Winning coach Lou Carnesecca (1st title)
MVP Chris Mullin (St. John's)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1982  1984»
1982–83 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#11 Boston College 12 – 4   .750     25 – 7   .781
#13 Villanova 12 – 4   .750     24 – 8   .750
#3 St. John's† 12 – 4   .750     28 – 5   .848
#20 Georgetown 11 – 5   .688     22 – 10   .688
Syracuse 9 – 7   .563     21 – 10   .677
Pittsburgh 6 – 10   .375     13 – 15   .464
Connecticut 5 – 11   .313     12 – 16   .429
Providence 4 – 12   .250     12 – 19   .387
Seton Hall 1 – 15   .063     6 – 23   .207
† 1983 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 4, 1983[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 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 1983 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Boston College had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed. It was the first year that the tournament was held at Madison Square Garden, where it has been held since.

Led by Chris Mullin, St. John's defeated Boston College in the championship game 85–77.

Bracket

  First Round
March 9, 1983		 Quarterfinals
March 10, 1983		 Semifinals
March 11, 1983		 Championship Game
March 12, 1983
                                     
        
  1  Boston College 79  
    9  Seton Hall 56  
8  Providence 64
9  Seton Hall 73  
  1  Boston College 80  
  5  Syracuse 74  
        
        
  4  Georgetown 72
    5  Syracuse 79  
      
        
  1  Boston College 77
  3  St. John's 85
        
        
  2  Villanova 69
    7  Connecticut 68  
      
        
  2  Villanova 80
  3  St. John's 91  
        
        
  3  St. John's 64
    6  Pittsburgh 53  
      

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Mullin, St. John's

All Tournament Team

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 1982-83 Big East Conference Season Summary
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