1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year=1996
Conference=Big East
Gender=Men's


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Teams=13
Arena=Madison Square Garden
City=New York City
Champions=Connecticut
TitleCount=2nd
Coach=Jim Calhoun
CoachCount=1st
MVP=Victor Page
MVPTeam=Georgetown
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The 1996 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 1996 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. The 13 Big East teams with the best conference records were invited to participate. Connecticut, the Big East regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

In one of the most exciting Big East Championship games in the history of the tournament to date, Connecticut captured its second conference tournament title thanks to Ray Allen's running floater to put the Huskies ahead for good, 75-74 over Georgetown, in the final 13 seconds. The Huskies put together a 10-0 run - eight straight came from Kirk King - to come back from an 11-point deficit in the final four minutes. Allen's game-winning shot, guarded by Georgetown's Allen Iverson, was the only field goal he made in the second half. Tournament MVP Victor Page scored a team-high 20 points in the tournament final.

Tournament

4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=First round
RD2=Second round
RD3=Semifinals
RD4=Championship Game
RD1-seed01=8
RD1-team01=West Virginia
RD1-score01=78
RD1-seed02=9
RD1-team02=Seton Hall
RD1-score02=80

RD1-seed05=4
RD1-team05=Syracuse
RD1-score05=76
RD1-seed06=13
RD1-team06=Notre Dame
RD1-score06=55

RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=Boston College
RD1-score07=70
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=Pittsburgh
RD1-score08=66

RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Providence
RD1-score09=80
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=St. John's
RD1-score10=72

RD1-seed15=7
RD1-team15=Miami
RD1-score15=77
RD1-seed16=10
RD1-team16=Rutgers
RD1-score16=67

RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Connecticut
RD2-score01=79
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Seton Hall
RD2-score02=58

RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Syracuse
RD2-score03=69
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Boston College
RD2-score04=61

RD2-seed05=3
RD2-team05=Villanova
RD2-score05=78
RD2-seed06=6
RD2-team06=Providence
RD2-score06=68

RD2-seed07=2
RD2-team07=Georgetown
RD2-score07=92
RD2-seed08=7
RD2-team08=Miami
RD2-score08=62

RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Connecticut
RD3-score01=85
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Syracuse
RD3-score02=67

RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Georgetown
RD3-score03=84
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Villanova
RD3-score04=76

RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Connecticut
RD4-score01=75
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Georgetown
RD4-score02=74

Awards

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Victor Page, Georgetown

All-Tournament Team
* Ray Allen (Connecticut)
* Allen Iverson (Georgetown)
* Kerry Kittles (Villanova)
* Travis Knight (Connecticut)
* Victor Page (Georgetown)
* John Wallace (Syracuse)

External links

* [http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=92555&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1150264 1996 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament website]