1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

March 2026 March 2026 August 2023 1991 Big East Men's 9 Madison Square Garden New York City Seton Hall 1st P. J. Carlesimo 1st Oliver Taylor Seton Hall The 1991 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed. Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 74–62, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/11/seton-hall-stops-georgetown/ SETON HALL STOPS GEORGETOWN Chicago Tribune March 11, 1991 March 5, 2026 Bracket First roundMarch 7, 1991 QuarterfinalsMarch 8, 1991 SemifinalsMarch 9, 1991 Championship GameMarch 10, 1991 8 Villanova 74 9 1990-91 Boston College Eagles Boston College Boston College 73 1 1990-91 Syracuse Orange Syracuse University #4 Syracuse 68 8 Villanova 70 4 #21 Seton Hall 70 5 Pittsburgh 69 3 Connecticut 49 6 Georgetown 68 2 #20 St. John's 64 7 1990-91 Providence Friars Providence College Providence 72 8 Villanova 72 4 #21 Seton Hall 74 6 Georgetown 71 7 Providence 55 4 #21 Seton Hall 74 6 Georgetown 62 Awards Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall All Tournament Team Anthony Avent, Seton Hall Marc Dowdell, Villanova Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown Eric Murdock, Providence Dikembe Mutombo, Georgetown Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall External links http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 2008-09 Big East Media Guide 136–138 2009-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20090428211249/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 2009-04-28 dead References Tournament Category:Big East men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in New York City Category:College sports in New York City Category:Sports competitions in Manhattan Big East men's basketball tournament Big East men's basketball tournament Category:1990s in Manhattan