1980 Big East men's basketball tournament
| 1980 Big East men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1979–80 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island |
| Champions | Georgetown (1st title) |
| Winning coach | John Thompson (1st title) |
| MVP | Craig Shelton (Georgetown) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Syracuse | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 St. John's | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 24 | – | 5 | .828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Georgetown† | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1980 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The inaugural Big East men's basketball tournament took place at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island, in March 1980. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds.
Georgetown, St. John's and Syracuse finished tied for the regular-season championship at 5–1. In head-to-head matchups, Georgetown defeated Syracuse, Syracuse defeated St. John's, and St. John's defeated Georgetown, giving each team a 1–1 head-to-head record. The conference conducted a coin flip to determine to no. 1 seed in the tournament. The no. 2 seed would be determined by the head-to-head result.[2] Syracuse won the coin flip and was seeded first, receiving a bye into the semifinals; St. John's received the no. 2 seed by virtue of its victory over Georgetown.[3]
Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 87–81.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #3 Syracuse | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Boston College | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | #3 Syracuse | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | #20 Georgetown | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #8 St. John's | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #8 St. John's | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | #20 Georgetown | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | #20 Georgetown | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Seton Hall | 47 | ||||||||||||
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Craig Shelton, Georgetown
All Tournament Team
- John Duren, Georgetown
- Eric Floyd, Georgetown
- Marty Headd, Syracuse
- Louis Orr, Syracuse
- David Russell, St. John's
References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1979-80 Big East Conference Season Summary
- ^ Burton, Rick (February 14, 1980). "Big East Meetings Over". Syracuse Post-Standard. p. B-4. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Burton, Rick (February 25, 1980). "Are Orangemen Special?". Syracuse Post-Standard. p. B-3. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- 2008-09 Big East Media Guide (PDF). pp. 136–138. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 4, 2009.