1990 Big East men's basketball tournament

1990 Big East men's basketball tournament
1990 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	9
Site	Madison Square Garden; New York City
Champions	Connecticut (1st title)
Winning coach	Jim Calhoun (1st title)
MVP	Chris Smith (Connecticut)
	Big East men's basketball tournaments ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 8 to March 11, 1990. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse and Connecticut tied for the best regular-season conference record. Based on tie-breakers, Syracuse was awarded the #1 seed.

1989–90 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Connecticut†	12	–	4	.750	31	–	6	.838
No. 6 Syracuse	12	–	4	.750	26	–	7	.788
No. 8 Georgetown	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
St. John's	10	–	6	.625	24	–	10	.706
Villanova	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Providence	8	–	8	.500	17	–	12	.586
Seton Hall	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Pittsburgh	5	–	11	.313	12	–	17	.414
Boston College	1	–	15	.063	8	–	20	.286

† 1990 Big East tournament winner As of April 2, 1990^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Connecticut defeated Syracuse in the championship game 78–75, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Bracket

Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Chris Smith, Connecticut

All-Tournament Team

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