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1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1985–86
Teams 9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions St. John's (2nd title)
Winning coach Lou Carnesecca (2nd title)
MVP Dwayne Washington (Syracuse)
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1985–86 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#4 St. John's 14 2   .875     31 5   .861
#9 Syracuse 14 2   .875     26 6   .813
#13 Georgetown 11 5   .688     24 8   .750
Villanova 10 6   .625     23 14   .622
Providence 7 9   .438     17 14   .548
Pittsburgh 6 10   .375     15 14   .517
Boston College 4 12   .250     13 15   .464
Connecticut 3 13   .188     12 16   .429
Seton Hall 3 13   .188     14 18   .438
† 1986 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 31, 1986; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1986. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. St. John's had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

St. John's defeated Syracuse in the championship game 70–69, to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.

Most Valuable Player: Dwayne Washington, Syracuse

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