2021 Big East women's basketball tournament

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.

2021 Big East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteMohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, CT
ChampionsUConn (19th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (19th title)
MVPPaige Bueckers (UConn)
TelevisionFS1, FS2, BEDN
← 2020
2022 →
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

Seeds

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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

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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.[1]

Bracket

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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

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References

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