1980 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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1980 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 1979–80 | ||
| Teams | 7 | ||
| Site | Providence Civic Center Providence, RI |
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| Champions | Georgetown (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | John Thompson (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Craig Shelton Georgetown | ||
| Post-Big East tournament(s) |
1980 NIT, 1980 NCAA | ||
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The inaugural Big East Men's Basketball Tournament took place at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, RI, in March 1980. It is a single-elimination tournament with three rounds. Syracuse had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed and a received a bye into the semifinals.
Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 87–81.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | |||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 92 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 61 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Connecticut | 79 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Boston College | 68 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Syracuse | 81 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Georgetown | 87 | |||||||||||
| 2 | St. John's | 48 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Providence | 44 | |||||||||||
| 2 | St. John's | 66 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Georgetown | 76 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 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
- 2008-09 Big East Media Guide. pp. 136–138. http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400.
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