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1988 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Syracuse (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Boeheim (2nd title)
MVP Sherman Douglas (Syracuse)
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1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#8 Pittsburgh 12 4   .750     24 7   .774
#9 Syracuse 11 5   .688     26 9   .743
Georgetown 9 7   .563     20 10   .667
Villanova 9 7   .563     24 13   .649
St. John's 8 8   .500     17 12   .586
Seton Hall 8 8   .500     22 13   .629
Boston College 6 10   .375     18 15   .545
Providence 5 11   .313     11 17   .393
Connecticut 4 12   .250     20 14   .588
† 1988 Big East Tournament winner
As of April 4, 1988; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1988. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Pittsburgh had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

Syracuse defeated Villanova in the championship game 85–68, to claim its second Big East Tournament championship.

Most Valuable Player: Sherman Douglas, Syracuse

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