Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
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Sport	College basketball
Conference	Big East Conference
Number of teams	16 (starting in 2009)
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Current location	Hartford, Connecticut
Played	1983-present
Current champion	Connecticut Huskies
Most championships	Connecticut Huskies (15)
Official website	BigEast.org Women's Basketball

The Big East Women's Basketball Tournament determines the Big East Conference champion and the winner of the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Since 2004 the tournament has been held in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum^[1] at the XL Center (formerly known as the Hartford Civic Center).

Starting in 2009, the tournament will expand to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings will play first round games, while teams 5 through 8 will receive a bye to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season will receive a bye to the quarterfinals.^[2]

Contents 1 History of the Tournament Finals 2 Performance By School 3 Most Outstanding Player 4 References

[edit] History of the Tournament Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Venue
1983	St. John's	74-63	Providence	Alumni Hall
1984	St. John's	66-46	Seton Hall	Alumni Hall (Now Carnescca Arena)
1985	Syracuse	57-56	Villanova	Manley Field House
1986	Villanova	71-60	Providence	Roberts Center
1987	Villanova	60-45	Boston College	The Pavilion
1988	St. John's	74-72 OT	Syracuse	Fitzgerald Field House
1989	Connecticut	84-65	Providence	Walsh Gymnasium
1990	Providence	82-61	Connecticut	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
1991	Connecticut	79-74	Providence	McDonough Gymnasium (Georgetown,DC)
1992	Miami (FL)	56-47	Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
1993	Miami (FL)	77-56	Providence	Alumni Hall
1994	Connecticut	77-51	Seton Hall	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
1995	Connecticut	85-49	Seton Hall	Walsh Gymnasium
1996	Connecticut	71-54	Notre Dame	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
1997	Connecticut	86-77	Notre Dame	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
1998	Connecticut	67-58	Rutgers	Louis Brown Athletic Center (The RAC) (Piscataway, NJ)
1999	Connecticut	96-75	Notre Dame	Louis Brown Athletic Center (The RAC) (Piscataway, NJ)
2000	Connecticut	79-59	Rutgers	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
2001	Connecticut	78-76	Notre Dame	Gampel Pavilion (Storrs, CT)
2002	Connecticut	96-54	Boston College	Louis Brown Athletic Center (The RAC) (Piscataway, NJ)
2003	Villanova	52-48	Connecticut	Louis Brown Athletic Center (The RAC) (Piscataway, NJ)
2004	Boston College	75-57	Rutgers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2005	Connecticut	67-51	Rutgers	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2006	Connecticut	50-44	West Virginia	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2007	Rutgers	55-47	Connecticut	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2008	Connecticut	65-59	Louisville	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2009	Connecticut	75-36	Louisville	Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)
2010				Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)[3]
2011				Veterans Memorial Coliseum (XL Center, Hartford)[4]

[edit] Performance By School

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Connecticut	15	1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
St. John's	3	1983, 1984, 1988
Villanova	3	1986, 1987, 2003
Miami (FL)	2	1992, 1993
Syracuse	1	1985
Providence	1	1990
Boston College	1	2004
Rutgers	1	2007
TOTAL	26

[edit] Most Outstanding Player

Year	Most Outstanding Player	School
1983	Debbie Beckford	St. John's
1984	Anne Marie McNamee	St. John's
1985	Janice Long	Syracuse
1986	Shelly Pennefather	Villanova
1987	Shelly Pennefather	Villanova
1988	Sabrina Johnson	St. John's
1989	Kerry Bascom	Connecticut
1990	Andrea Mangum	Providence
1991	Meghan Pattyson	Connecticut
1992	Frances Savage	Miami
1993	Vicki Plowden	Miami
1994	Rebecca Lobo	Connecticut
1995	Kara Wolters	Connecticut
1996	Kara Wolters	Connecticut
1997	Nykesha Sales	Connecticut
1998	Rita Williams	Connecticut
1999	Shea Ralph	Connecticut
2000	Tamika Williams	Connecticut
2001	Diana Taurasi	Connecticut
2002	Asjha Jones	Connecticut
2003	Trish Juhline	Villanova
2004	Jessalyn Deveny	Boston College
2005	Barbara Turner	Connecticut
2006	Ann Strother	Connecticut
2007	Matee Ajavon	Rutgers
2008	Charde Houston	Connecticut
2009	Maya Moore	Connecticut

Years	Title of Award
1998-2008	Most Outstanding Player
1994-1997	Most Outstanding Performer
1983-1993	Most Valuable Player

[edit] References

1. ^ "Big East Record Book". http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/womensbball/0708-record-book.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=19400&KEY=&SPID=11229&SPSID=101811. Retrieved 13 Nov 2008. 
2. ^ "Big East Press Release". http://www.bigeast.org/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=19400&ATCLID=1305848&SPID=11228&SPSID=92555. Retrieved 15 Nov 2008. 
3. ^ "2009 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament". http://www.xlcenter.com/default.asp?xlcenter=34&objId=3. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
4. ^ "2009 BIG EAST Women's Basketball Tournament". http://www.xlcenter.com/default.asp?xlcenter=34&objId=3. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

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