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1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 13
Site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions Connecticut (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Calhoun (4th title)
MVP Kevin Freeman (Connecticut)
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1998–99 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 Connecticut 16 2   .889     34 2   .944
#10 Miami 15 3   .833     23 7   .767
#9 St. John's 14 4   .778     28 9   .757
Syracuse 10 8   .556     21 12   .636
Villanova 10 8   .556     21 11   .656
Rutgers 9 9   .500     19 13   .594
Providence 9 9   .500     16 14   .533
Notre Dame 8 10   .444     14 16   .467
Seton Hall 8 10   .444     15 15   .500
Georgetown 6 12   .333     15 16   .484
Pittsburgh 5 13   .278     14 16   .467
West Virginia 4 14   .222     10 19   .345
Boston College 3 15   .167     6 11   .353
† 1999 Big East Tournament winner
As of March 29, 1999; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 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 1999 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 St. John's in the final, 82–63 to earn their second consecutive Big East Tournament championship, and fourth overall.

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-28. 


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