1989 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1989 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 9 to March 12, 1989. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.

1989 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198889
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsGeorgetown (6th title)
Winning coachJohn Thompson (6th title)
MVPCharles Smith (Georgetown)
TelevisionBig East Network,

CBS (semifinals and championship game)

1988–89 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Georgetown133 .813295  .853
No. 11 Seton Hall115 .688317  .816
No. 7 Syracuse106 .625308  .789
Pittsburgh97 .5631713  .567
Villanova79 .4381816  .529
Providence79 .4381811  .621
Connecticut610 .3751813  .581
St. John's610 .3752013  .606
Boston College313 .1881217  .414
1989 Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 1989
Rankings from AP poll

Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 8879, to claim its sixth Big East tournament championship.

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