The 1984 Big East men's basketball tournament took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from March 7 to March 10, 1984. Its winner received the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds. Georgetown had the best regular season conference record and received the #1 seed. Georgetown defeated Syracuse in the championship game 82–71, to claim its third Big East tournament championship.