Big East men's basketball tournament
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The Big East men's basketball tournament is the championship tournament of the Big East Conference in men's basketball. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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Big East men's basketball tournament | |
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Conference basketball championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Number of teams | 11 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Madison Square Garden |
Current location | New York City |
Played | 1980–present |
Last contest | 2024 |
Current champion | Connecticut Huskies |
Most championships | Connecticut Huskies, Georgetown Hoyas (8) |
Official website | BigEast.org |
Host stadiums | |
Providence Civic Center (1980) Carrier Dome (1981) Hartford Civic Center (1982) Madison Square Garden (1983–present) | |
Host locations | |
Providence, Rhode Island (1980) Syracuse, New York (1981) Hartford, Connecticut (1982) New York City (1983–present) |
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As part of the 2013 deal in which seven schools left the original Big East Conference of 1979–2013 to form a new Big East Conference and the original conference became the American Athletic Conference, the new Big East retained the rights to the conference tournament.