Big East men's basketball tournament
The Big East men's basketball tournament is the championship tournament of the Big East Conference in men's basketball. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
| Big East men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
The 2008 Big East men's basketball tournament trophy | |
| Sport | College basketball |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Madison Square Garden |
| Current location | New York City |
| Played | 1980–present |
| Last contest | 2024 |
| Current champion | Connecticut Huskies |
| Most championships | Connecticut Huskies, Georgetown Hoyas (8) |
| Official website | BigEast.org |
| Host stadiums | |
| Providence Civic Center (1980) Carrier Dome (1981) Hartford Civic Center (1982) Madison Square Garden (1983–present) | |
| Host locations | |
| Providence, Rhode Island (1980) Syracuse, New York (1981) Hartford, Connecticut (1982) New York City (1983–present) | |
As part of the 2013 deal in which seven schools left the original Big East Conference of 1979–2013 to form a new Big East Conference and the original conference became the American Athletic Conference, the new Big East retained the rights to the conference tournament.
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