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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 3646267, member: 7920"] Wiki: [I] Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Georgetown, Villanova, St. John's, and Syracuse were the primary powers in the conference. UConn became a power in 1990 with a # 1 seed and a trip to the Elite 8 before being defeated by Duke. Georgetown was led by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thompson_(basketball)']John Thompson Jr.[/URL], who was named three times as the conference Coach of the Year.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)#cite_note-64'][64][/URL] They won five regular season conference championships and six Big East Tournaments to go with their 1984 national title.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)#cite_note-65'][65][/URL]Villanova was coached by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Massimino']Rollie Massimino[/URL], who led them to the 1985 NCAA Championship in a historic 66–64 win over No. 1 ranked Georgetown where forward [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Pinckney']Ed Pinckney[/URL] was named the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Basketball_Tournament_Most_Outstanding_Player']Most Outstanding Player[/URL]. In their first 11 seasons in the Big East, Villanova made 9 trips to the NCAA Tournament including advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight in 1982, 1983 and 1988 as well as their 1985 Championship season. Massimino coached for 19 seasons at Villanova, compiling a record of 357–241 (.596). In the NCAA Tournament, Massimino had an incredible 20–10 record (.667). St. John's was led by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca']Lou Carnesecca[/URL], who won the National Coach of the Year honor in 1983 and 1985. He led the Redmen (now the Red Storm) to the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament']1985[/URL] Final Four, and made a post-season appearance in each of his 24 years at the helm. Syracuse has been led by alumnus [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Boeheim']Jim Boeheim[/URL] since the 1977 season. He was named conference Coach of the Year in 1984 and 1991. During this period, the Orangemen won five regular season conference championships, three Big East Tournaments, and were invited to the NCAA Tournament every year but two (1981 and 1982), losing the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament']1987[/URL] National Final to Indiana. Syracuse eventually won [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team']its first national title[/URL] in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament']2003[/URL], led by coach Boeheim and freshman [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Anthony']Carmelo Anthony[/URL].[/I] [/QUOTE]

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