1993 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1993 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 11 to March 14, 1993. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Seton Hall finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

1993 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1992–93
Teams	10
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Seton Hall (2nd title)
Winning coach	P. J. Carlesimo (2nd title)
MVP	Terry Dehere (Seton Hall)
Big East men's basketball tournaments

1992–93 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Seton Hall †	14	–	4		.778			28	–	7		.800
St. John's	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
Syracuse	10	–	8		.556			20	–	9		.690
Connecticut	9	–	9		.500			15	–	13		.536
Providence	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Pittsburgh	9	–	9		.500			17	–	11		.607
Boston College	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Georgetown	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Miami	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Villanova	3	–	15		.167			8	–	19		.296
† 1993 Big East tournament winner As of April 5, 1993 Rankings from AP Poll

In the largest margin of victory in a Big East tournament championship game, Seton Hall defeated Syracuse, 103–70, to claim its second Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

	First round March 11, 1993					Quarterfinals March 12, 1993					Semifinals March 13, 1993					Championship Game March 14, 1993
						1	#9 Seton Hall	83
						8	Georgetown	69
	8	Georgetown	67
	9	Miami	40
											1	#9 Seton Hall	69
											5	Providence	60
						4	Connecticut	55
						5	Providence	73
																1	#9 Seton Hall	103
																3	Syracuse	70
						3	Syracuse	55
						6	Pittsburgh	50
											3	Syracuse	84
											2	St. John's	72
						2	St. John's	76
						7	Boston College	56
	7	Boston College	74OT
	10	Villanova	70

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Terry Dehere, Seton Hall

All Tournament Team

• Adrian Autry, Syracuse
• David Cain, St. John's
• Terry Dehere, Seton Hall
• Arturas Karnishovas, Seton Hall
• Lawrence Moten, Syracuse
• Dickey Simpkins, Providence
• Jerry Walker, Seton Hall

References

General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2009.