2021 Big East women's basketball tournament

2021 Big East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	11
Site	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
Champions	UConn (19th title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (19th title)
MVP	Paige Bueckers (UConn)
Television	FS1, FS2, BEDN
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 UConn†	18	–	0		1.000			28	–	2		.933
Marquette	14	–	4		.778			19	–	7		.731
Seton Hall	12	–	5		.706			14	–	7		.667
DePaul	11	–	5		.688			14	–	10		.583
Villanova	9	–	5		.643			17	–	7		.708
Creighton	6	–	7		.462			10	–	12		.455
Providence	4	–	10		.286			7	–	14		.333
St. John's	4	–	12		.250			8	–	15		.348
Xavier	2	–	8		.200			5	–	10		.333
Butler	3	–	15		.167			3	–	17		.150
Georgetown	2	–	14		.125			2	–	15		.118
† Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Big East women's basketball tournament took place March 5 to 8, 2021, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won their 19th title, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

2021 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.
1	‡ † – UConn	18–0	21–1
2	† – Marquette	14–4	17–5
3	† – Seton Hall	12–5	14–6
4	† – DePaul	11–5	14–7
5	† – Villanova	9–5	14–5
6	Creighton	6–7	7–10
7	Providence	4–10	6–13
8	St. John's	4–12	7–15
9	Xavier	2–8	5–9
10	Butler	3–15	3–16
11	Georgetown	2–14	2–14
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament.

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 5
1	11:00 AM	No. 9 Xavier 57 vs. No. 8 St. John's 65	BEDN
2	2:00 PM	No. 10 Butler 61 vs. No. 7 Providence 63
3	5:00 PM	No. 11 Georgetown 42 vs. No. 6 Creighton 56
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6
4	Noon	No. 1 UConn 77 vs. No. 8 St. John's 41	FS1
5	3:00 PM	No. 4 DePaul 72 vs No. 5 Villanova 78*	FS2
6	6:00 PM	No. 2 Marquette 68 vs. No. 7 Providence 43
7	9:00 PM	No. 3 Seton Hall 76 vs. No. 6 Creighton 83
Semifinals – Sunday, March 7
8	3:00 PM	No. 1 UConn 84 vs. No. 5 Villanova 39	FS1
9	6:00 PM	No. 2 Marquette 64 vs. No. 6 Creighton 59
Championship – Monday, March 8
10	8:00 PM	No. 1 UConn 73 vs. No. 2 Marquette 39	FS1
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round March 5					Quarterfinals March 6					Semifinals March 7					Championship March 8
						1	UConn	77
	8	St. John's	65			8	St. John's	41
	9	Xavier	57								1	UConn	84
											5	Villanova	39
						4	DePaul	72
						5	Villanova	78*
																1	UConn	73
																2	Marquette	39
						3	Seton Hall	76
	6	Creighton	56			6	Creighton	83
	11	Georgetown	42								6	Creighton	59
											2	Marquette	64
						2	Marquette	68
	7	Providence	63			7	Providence	43
	10	Butler	61

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2021 Big East men's basketball tournament

External links

• Big East Tourney Central