1997-1998 Big East Standings & Post-Season Results --------------------------------------------------- BE 7 Syracuse 12-6 .667 26-9 .743 NCAA #5 seed 2-1 Sweet Sixteen Miami 11-7 .611 18-10 .643 NCAA #11 seed 0-1 Seton Hall 9-9 .500 15-15 .500 NIT 0-1 Providence 7-11 .389 13-16 .448 Georgetown 6-12 .333 16-15 .516 NIT 1-1 Rutgers 6-12 .333 14-15 .483 Pittsburgh 6-12 .333 11-16 .407 BE 6 Connecticut 15-3 .833 32-5 .865 NCAA #2 seed 3-1 Elite 8 St. John’s 13-5 .722 22-10 .688 NCAA #7 seed 0-1 West Virginia 11-7 .611 24-9 .727 NCAA #10 seed 2-1 Sweet Sixteen Villanova 8-10 .444 12-17 .414 Notre Dame 7-11 .389 13-14 .481 Boston College 6-12 .333 15-16 .484 Big East Tournament (Madison Square Garden) ------------------------------------------- First Round: #8 Providence 72, #9 Notre Dame 55 #13 Georgetown 62, #4 Miami 56 #12 Rutgers 72, #5 West Virginia 65 #7 Villanova 96, #10 Pittsburgh 93 2ot #11 Boston College 97, #6 Seton Hall 87 ot Quarterfinals: #1 Connecticut 64, #8 Providence 55 #12 Rutgers 61, #13 Georgetown 60 #2 Syracuse 69, #7 Villanova 66 #3 St. John's 91, #11 Boston College 80 Semifinals: #1 Connecticut 64, #12 Rutgers 50 #2 Syracuse 69, #3 St. John's 67 ot Championship: #1 Connecticut 69, #2 Syracuse 64 NCAA Tournament ---------------- Round of 64 ----------- (2 ) Connecticut 93, (15) Fairleigh-Dickinson 85 (5 ) Syracuse 63, (12) Iona 61 (10) Detroit 66, (7 ) St. John's 64 (10) West Virginia 82, (7 ) Temple 52 (6 ) UCLA 65, (11) Miami,Fl 62 Round of 32 ----------- (2 ) Connecticut 78, (7 ) Indiana 68 (5 ) Syracuse 56, (4 ) New Mexico 46 (10) West Virginia 75, (2 ) Cincinnati 74 Sweet Sixteen ------------- (2 ) Connecticut 75, (11) Washington 74 (1 ) Duke 80, (5 ) Syracuse 67 (3 ) Utah 65, (10) West Virginia 62 Elite 8 ------- (1 ) N. Carolina 75, (2 ) Connecticut 64 NIT --- Georgetown 71, *Florida 69 *Georgia Tech 80, Georgetown 79 ot *Georgia Tech 88, Seton Hall 78 Conference Awards ------------------ Players Of The Year: Richard Hamilton (Connecticut) Defensive Player of the Year: Damian Owens (West Virginia) Rookie of the Year: Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut) Most Improved Player: Etan Thomas (Syracuse) Coach of the Year: Jim Calhoun (Connecticut) First Team All Conference: Richard Hamilton (Connecticut) Tim James (Miami) Pat Garrity (Notre Dame) Felipe Lopez (St. John's) Damian Owens (West Virginia) Second Team All Conference: Vonteego Cummings (Pittsburgh) Jamel Thomas (Providence) Zendon Hamilton (St. John's) Levell Sanders (Seton Hall) Todd Burgan (Syracuse) Third Team All Conference: Antonio Granger (Boston College) Duane Woodward (Boston College) Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut) Shaheen Holloway (Seton Hall) Etan Thomas (Syracuse) All Rookie Team: Khalid El-Amin (Connecticut) Martin Inglesby (Notre Dame) Ricardo Greer (Pittsburgh) Jeff Greer (Rutgers) Ron Artest (St. John's). Tourney MVP: Khalid El-Amin, Connecticut All-Tournament Team: Richard Hamilton (Connecticut) Rashamel Jones (Connecticut) Ron Artest (St. John's) Ryan Blackwell (Syracuse) Todd Burgan (Syracuse)