1992 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 1992 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 12 to March 15, 1992. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. With the addition of Miami to the conference, 1992 was the first time the tournament included ten teams. Seton Hall, Georgetown and St. John's all finished with the best regular season conference record. Through tiebreakers, Seton Hall was awarded the #1 seed.

1992 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199192
Teams10
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSyracuse (3rd title)
Winning coachJim Boeheim (3rd title)
MVPAlonzo Mourning (Georgetown)
1991–92 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Seton Hall126 .667239  .719
No. 22 Georgetown126 .6672210  .688
St. John's126 .6671911  .633
Villanova117 .6111415  .483
No. 21 Syracuse108 .5562210  .688
Connecticut108 .5562010  .667
Pittsburgh99 .5001816  .529
Boston College711 .3891714  .548
Providence612 .3331417  .452
Miami117 .056824  .250
1992 Big East tournament winner
As of April 6, 1992
Rankings from AP Poll

Syracuse defeated Georgetown in the championship game 5654, to claim its third Big East tournament championship.

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