The 1999 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All 13 Big East teams were invited to participate. Connecticut finished with the best record in the regular season and was awarded the top seed.
Connecticut defeated St. John's in the final, 82–63 to earn its second consecutive Big East tournament championship, and fourth overall.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship game
Media coverage
Television
ESPN and ESPN2
Commentary teams
Mike Tirico/Len Elmore – first round (Providence–Georgetown, Rutgers–Pittsburgh), quarterfinals (Miami–Georgetown, St. John's–Rutgers), semifinals, and championship game Dan Shulman/Bill Raftery – first round (Notre Dame–Seton Hall, Syracuse–Boston College, Villanova–West Virginia) and quarterfinals (Connecticut–Seton Hall, Syracuse–Villanova)
Awards
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut
All-Tournament Team
Erick Barkley, St. John's
Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut
Kevin Freeman, Connecticut
Richard Hamilton, Connecticut
Tim James, Miami
Etan Thomas, Syracuse
References
General: