1988 Big East men's basketball tournament

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.

1988 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1987–88
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Syracuse (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jim Boeheim (2nd title)
MVP	Sherman Douglas (Syracuse)
Television	Big East Network – first round, quarterfinals and semi-finals (Pittsburgh–Villanova) CBS – semi-finals (Syracuse–Seton Hall) and championship game
Big East men's basketball tournaments

1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh	12	–	4		.750			24	–	7		.774
No. 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

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

Bracket

	First round March 10, 1988					Quarterfinals March 11, 1988					Semifinals March 12, 1988					Championship game March 13, 1988
						1	#5 Pittsburgh	75
						8	Connecticut	58
	8	Providence	62
	9	Connecticut	75
											1	#5 Pittsburgh	69
											4	Villanova	72
						4	Villanova	71
						5	St. John's	68
																4	Villanova	68
																2	#13 Syracuse	85
						3	Georgetown	58
						6	Seton Hall	61
											6	Seton Hall	63
											2	#13 Syracuse	68
						2	#13 Syracuse	67
						7	Boston College	53

Game summaries

First round

Big East Network

Thursday, March 10 7:00 pm

#8 Providence Friars 62, #9 Connecticut Huskies 75

Scoring by half: 27–31, 35–44

Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Attendance: 19,591 Referees: Joe Mingle, David Day, Bob Donato

Quarterfinals

Big East Network

Friday, March 11 7:00 pm

#1 Pittsburgh Panthers 75, #9 Connecticut Huskies 58

Scoring by half: 33–32, 42–26

Madison Square Garden - New York, NY Attendance: 19,591 Referees: Jim Burr, Mickey Crowley, Joe Mingle

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Sherman Douglas, Syracuse

All Tournament Team

• Sherman Douglas, Syracuse
• Jerome Lane, Pittsburgh
• Mark Plansky, Villanova
• Ramón Ramos, Seton Hall
• Stephen Thompson, Syracuse
• Doug West, Villanova

External links

• "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.