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
ClassificationDivision I
Season198788
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSyracuse (2nd title)
Winning coachJim Boeheim (2nd title)
MVPSherman Douglas (Syracuse)
TelevisionBig East Network – first round, quarterfinals and semi-finals (Pittsburgh–Villanova)
CBSsemi-finals (Syracuse–Seton Hall) and championship game
1987–88 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Pittsburgh124 .750247  .774
No. 9 Syracuse115 .688269  .743
Georgetown97 .5632010  .667
Villanova97 .5632413  .649
St. John's88 .5001712  .586
Seton Hall88 .5002213  .629
Boston College610 .3751815  .545
Providence511 .3131117  .393
Connecticut412 .2502014  .588
1988 Big East tournament winner
As of April 4, 1988
Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse defeated Villanova in the championship game 8568, to claim its second Big East tournament championship.

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