Question: What position did the 1997 Big East Men 's tournament MVP play ?

text: Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
History
Jeff Green of the Georgetown Hoyas attempts to pass during the 2007 Big East Championship game against the Pitt Panthers .
The Big East Men's Basketball Tournament is the championship tournament of the Big East Conference in men's basketball. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Since 1983, the tournament has been held in Madison Square Garden, New York City. As such, the tournament is the longest running conference tournament at any one site in all of college basketball. In 2011, Connecticut, led by Kemba Walker, became the first and only team in the Big East Tournament to ever win five games in five consecutive days to win the championship. The 2009 tournament featured a six-overtime game in the quarterfinals between the Connecticut Huskies and the Syracuse Orange, in which Syracuse prevailed, 127-117. The game, the second longest in NCAA history, started on the evening of March 12 and ended nearly four hours later in the early morning of March 13. Only three players have achieved repeat MVP honors: Georgetown's Patrick Ewing (1984-1985), Louisville's Peyton Siva (2012-2013), and Villanovas Josh Hart (2015,2017). As part of the deal in which the original Big East split into the new Big East and the American Athletic Conference, the new Big East retained the rights to the conference tournament. The new Big East extended their contract to host the tournament at Madison Square Garden through the 2025 season.
Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue
1980 Georgetown 87-81 Syracuse Craig Shelton , GU Providence Civic Center ( Providence , Rhode Island )
1981 Syracuse 83-80 Villanova Leo Rautins , SU Carrier Dome ( Syracuse , New York )
1982 Georgetown 72-54 Villanova Eric Floyd , GU Hartford Civic Center ( Hartford , Connecticut )
1983 St. John 's 85-77 Boston College Chris Mullin , St. John 's Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1984 Georgetown 82-71 Syracuse Patrick Ewing , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1985 Georgetown 92-80 St. John 's Patrick Ewing , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1986 St. John 's 70-69 Syracuse Dwayne Washington , SU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1987 Georgetown 69-59 Syracuse Reggie Williams , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1988 Syracuse 85-68 Villanova Sherman Douglas , SU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1989 Georgetown 88-79 Syracuse Charles Smith , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1990 Connecticut 78-75 Syracuse Chris Smith , UConn Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1991 Seton Hall 74-62 Georgetown Oliver Taylor , SH Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1992 Syracuse 56-54 Georgetown Alonzo Mourning , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1993 Seton Hall 103-70 Syracuse Terry Dehere , SH Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1994 Providence 74-64 Georgetown Michael Smith , PC Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1995 Villanova 94-78 Connecticut Kerry Kittles , VU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1996 Connecticut 75-74 Georgetown Victor Page , GU Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1997 Boston College 70-58 Villanova Scoonie Penn , BC Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1998 Connecticut 69-64 Syracuse Khalid El-Amin , UConn Madison Square Garden ( New York City )
1999 Connecticut 82-63 St. John 's Kevin Freeman , UConn Madison Square Garden ( New York City )