The 1986
Big East men's basketball tournament took place at
Madison Square Garden
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in
New York City, from March 5 to March 8, 1986. Its winner received the
Big East Conference's
automatic bid
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to the
1986 NCAA tournament. It is a
single-elimination tournament with four rounds.
St. John's had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed.
St. John's defeated
Syracuse
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*Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa''
*Province of Syracuse
United States
*Syracuse, New York
**East Syracuse, New York
**North Syracuse, New York
*Syracuse, Indiana
* Syracuse, Kansas
*Syracuse, Miss ...
in the championship game 70–69, to claim its second Big East tournament championship.
Bracket
Awards
Most Valuable Player:
Dwayne Washington, Syracuse
All Tournament Team
*
Walter Berry, St. John's
*
Mark Jackson
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, St. John's
*
Harold Pressley
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, Villanova
*
Rony Seikaly, Syracuse
* Dwayne Washington, Syracuse
*
Reggie Williams, Georgetown
External links
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References
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