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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)
← 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; 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.

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

All Tournament Team


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