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1998 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1998 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997–98
Teams 13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (3rd title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (3rd title)
MVP Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut)
Big East Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1997  1999»
1997–98 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Big East 6
#6 Connecticut 15 3   .833     32 5   .865
St. John's 13 5   .722     22 10   .688
West Virginia 11 7   .611     24 9   .727
Villanova 8 10   .444     12 17   .414
Notre Dame 7 11   .389     13 14   .481
Boston College 6 12   .333     15 16   .484
Big East 7
#21 Syracuse 12 6   .667     26 9   .743
Miami 11 7   .611     18 10   .643
Seton Hall 9 9   .500     15 15   .500
Providence 7 11   .389     13 16   .448
Pittsburgh 6 12   .333     11 16   .407
Rutgers 6 12   .333     14 15   .483
Georgetown 6 12   .333     16 15   .516
† 1998 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 30, 1998; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 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 1998 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. Connecticut finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.

Connecticut defeated Syracuse in the final, 69–64 to earn their third Big East Tournament championship.

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team


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