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
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1999 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament