There’s something special about Madison Square Garden, and every BIG EAST coach knows it.
“There’s no greater tournament in America than the BIG EAST Tournament held in March,” Providence’s Ed Cooley said. “The nostalgia of it, the history of it, the coaching in it, the players in it, the excitement around it. … The bright lights playing on that stage, there’s nothing greater.”
Known as The World’s Most Famous Arena, MSG has been the home of the BIG EAST Tournament for 37 years.
“I don’t know if any conference tournament has that in the country where you’re on Broadway, you’re in the Mecca, you’re in The Garden, the world’s greatest arena, with the history of a tournament that has been played in the same place every year for close to 40 years and has the greatest players,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said.