After a bye in the first round , Georgetown defeated Miami in the quarterfinals of the 1992 Big East Tournament and St. Johns in the semifinals . In the final game , the Hoyas met archrival Syracuse . The Hoyas fell 11 points behind the Orangemen in the second half , but the Hoyas , led by Mournings 23 points , came back to tie the game with 24 seconds left to play . Unfortunately for the Hoyas , Syracuse senior forward Dave Johnson connected on a shot with four seconds left to give the Orangemen a 54 – 52 win . It was Syracuses first defeat of Georgetown in a Big East Tournament championship game in four tries . Mourning scored 76 points and 22 rebounds during the tournament , averaging 25.3 points per game , and was named the tournaments Most Valuable Player , becoming the first player ever named the Big East 's Player of the Year , Defensive Player of the Year , and Tournament MVP in the same season , and only the second Tournament MVP from a team that did not win the tournament
1992 Big East Tournament
1992 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
1991–92 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team