1991 Big East men's basketball tournament

1991 Big East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams9
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsSeton Hall (1st title)
Winning coachP. J. Carlesimo (1st title)
MVPOliver Taylor (Seton Hall)
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1990–91 Big East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Syracuse 12 4   .750 26 6   .813
No. 20 St. John's 10 6   .625 23 9   .719
Connecticut 9 7   .563 20 11   .645
No. 13 Seton Hall 9 7   .563 25 9   .735
Pittsburgh 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
Georgetown 8 8   .500 19 13   .594
Providence 7 9   .438 19 13   .594
Villanova 7 9   .438 17 15   .531
Boston College 1 15   .063 11 19   .367
1991 Big East tournament winner
As of April 1, 1991[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1991. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Syracuse finished with the best regular season conference record and was awarded the #1 seed.

Seton Hall defeated Georgetown in the championship game 74–62, to claim its first Big East tournament championship.