College basketball tournament
The 1994 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City , from March 10 to March 13, 1994. Its winner received the Big East Conference 's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament . It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.
Providence defeated Georgetown , 74–64, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.
Seeds
All 10 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season.
Schedule
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 10
1
7:00 pm
No. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 St. John's
72–80
Big East TV Network
19,544
2
9:30 pm
No. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)
69–51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
3
12 Noon
No. 4 Providence vs. No 5. Villanova
77–66
Big East TV Network
19,544
4
2:30 pm
No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 9 St. John's
97–77
5
7:00 pm
No. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Seton Hall
80–81OT
6
9:30 pm
No. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Georgetown
58–81
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
7
1:30 pm
No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Providence
67–79
CBS
19,544
8
3:45 pm
No. 6 Georgetown vs. No. 7 Seton Hall
76–71OT
Championship – Sunday, March 13
9
2:45 pm
No. 4 Providence vs. No. 6 Georgetown
74–64
CBS
19,544
Game times in Eastern Time . Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Michael Smith , Providence
All Tournament Team
References
General: "2008-09 Big East Media Guide" (PDF) . pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009 .