The 1994 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 10 to March 13, 1994. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Connecticut finished with the best regular season conference and was awarded the #1 seed.

Providence defeated Georgetown, 74–64, in the championship game to claim its first Big East tournament championship.

Seeds All 10 Big East schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season. SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker1Connecticut16–22Syracuse13–53Boston College11–74Providence10–82–0 vs Villanova1–1 vs Georgetown5Villanova10–82–0 vs Georgetown0–2 vs Providence6Georgetown10–81–1 vs. Providence0–2 vs Villanova7Seton Hall8–108Pittsburgh7–119St. John's5–1310Miami (FL0–18

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Thursday, March 1017:00 pmNo. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 St. John's72–80Big East TV Network19,54429:30 pmNo. 7 Seton Hall vs. No. 10 Miami (FL)69–51Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11312 NoonNo. 4 Providence vs. No 5. Villanova77–66Big East TV Network19,54442:30 pmNo. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 9 St. John's97–7757:00 pmNo. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 7 Seton Hall80–81OT69:30 pmNo. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Georgetown58–81Semifinals – Saturday, March 1271:30 pmNo. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 4 Providence67–79CBS19,54483:45 pmNo. 6 Georgetown vs. No. 7 Seton Hall76–71OTChampionship – Sunday, March 1392:45 pmNo. 4 Providence vs. No. 6 Georgetown74–64CBS19,544Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Awards Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Valuable Player): Michael Smith, Providence

All Tournament Team George Butler, Georgetown Othella Harrington, Georgetown Donyell Marshall, Connecticut Rob Phelps, Providence Dickey Simpkins, Providence Michael Smith, Providence

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