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1990-91 Big East Conference Season Summary

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Record: 181-107, .628 W-L% (2nd of 34) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 14.61 (3rd of 34) ▪ SOS: 9.88 (2nd of 34)

Regular Season Champion: Syracuse
Tournament Champion: Seton Hall

NCAA Tournament: 7 (Connecticut, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, St. John's (NY), Syracuse and Villanova)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Connecticut, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Seton Hall, St. John's (NY) and Syracuse)

Standings

Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk School W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS
1 Syracuse* R 12 4 .750 26 6 .813 83.2 74.0 17.4 8.3
2 St. John's (NY)*  10 6 .625 23 9 .719 72.8 68.1 14.2 9.5
3 Connecticut*  9 7 .563 20 11 .645 73.4 65.7 16.6 8.8
4 Seton Hall* T 9 7 .563 25 9 .735 77.6 69.1 18.5 10.0
5 Pittsburgh*  9 7 .563 21 12 .636 83.3 78.0 16.0 10.7
6 Georgetown*  8 8 .500 19 13 .594 64.3 62.6 16.1 14.3
7 Providence  7 9 .438 19 13 .594 83.8 78.4 12.3 7.0
8 Villanova*  7 9 .438 17 15 .531 72.9 72.8 12.4 12.3
9 Boston College  1 15 .063 11 19 .367 75.5 75.5 8.0 8.0

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/25 1/1 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29 2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 Final
Syracuse 13 7 4 3 3 3 3 8 8 6 8 7 7 5 6 4 7
Seton Hall                 25   25     24 20 21 13
St. John's (NY) 25 21 17 14 13 9 9 10 10 10 5 8 13 18 17 20 20
Connecticut 17 15 14 16 15 13 12 9 13 19              
Georgetown 9 9 6 5 12 16 15 15 19 21 18 20 18 25      
Pittsburgh 12 13 11 15 14 11 11 17 16 17 19 24 22 22 22    
Villanova   24                              

NCAA Tournament

First Round
Connecticut won (79-62) versus Louisiana State (Midwest Regional)
Georgetown won (70-60) versus Vanderbilt (West Regional)
Pittsburgh won (76-68) versus Georgia (Southeast Regional)
Seton Hall won (71-51) versus Pepperdine (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (75-68) versus Northern Illinois (Midwest Regional)
Syracuse lost (73-69) versus Richmond (East Regional)
Villanova won (50-48) versus Princeton (East Regional)

Second Round
Connecticut won (66-50) versus Xavier (Midwest Regional)
Georgetown lost (62-54) versus Nevada-Las Vegas (West Regional)
Pittsburgh lost (77-66) versus Kansas (Southeast Regional)
Seton Hall won (81-69) versus Creighton (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (84-76) versus Texas (Midwest Regional)
Villanova lost (84-69) versus North Carolina (East Regional)

Regional Semifinal
Connecticut lost (81-67) versus Duke (Midwest Regional)
Seton Hall won (81-77) versus Arizona (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) won (91-74) versus Ohio State (Midwest Regional)

Regional Final
Seton Hall lost (77-65) versus Nevada-Las Vegas (West Regional)
St. John's (NY) lost (78-61) versus Duke (Midwest Regional)