| Year: | 1999 |
| Conference: | Big East |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Madison Square Garden |
| City: | New York City |
| Champions: | Connecticut |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Jim Calhoun |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Kevin Freeman |
| Mvpteam: | Connecticut |
| Television: | ESPN – first round (Syracuse-Boston College; Villanova-West Virginia; Rutgers-Pittsburgh), quarterfinals (Syracuse-Villanova; St. John's-Rutgers), semi-finals, and championship game) ESPN2 – first round (Notre Dame–Seton Hall; Providence–Georgetown) and quarterfinals (Connecticut–Seton Hall; Miami–Georgetown) |
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.
Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Kevin Freeman (basketball), Connecticut
All-Tournament Team
General: Web site: 2008-09 Big East Media Guide . 136–138 . 2009-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090428211249/http://www.bigeast.org/fls/19400/pdfs/mensbball/record-book.pdf?SPSID=92557&SPID=11228&DB_OEM_ID=19400 . 2009-04-28 . dead .