2021 Big East men's basketball tournament

The 2021 Big East men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 10 through March 13, 2021, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

2021 Big East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	11
Site	Madison Square Garden New York City
Champions	Georgetown (8th title)
Winning coach	Patrick Ewing (1st title)
MVP	Dante Harris (Georgetown)
Television	FS1, Fox
Big East men's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Big East men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Villanova	11	–	4		.733			18	–	7		.720
No. 19 Creighton	14	–	6		.700			22	–	9		.710
UConn	11	–	6		.647			15	–	8		.652
St. John's	10	–	9		.526			16	–	11		.593
Seton Hall	10	–	9		.526			14	–	13		.519
Providence	9	–	10		.474			13	–	13		.500
Xavier	6	–	7		.462			13	–	8		.619
Georgetown †	7	–	9		.438			13	–	13		.500
Marquette	8	–	11		.421			13	–	14		.481
Butler	8	–	12		.400			10	–	15		.400
DePaul	2	–	13		.133			5	–	14		.263
† 2021 Big East tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Georgetown received the conference's bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by the conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1
1	Villanova	11–4
2	Creighton	14–6
3	UConn	11–6
4	St. John's	10–9	1–1 vs. Villanova
5	Seton Hall	10–9	0–2 vs. Villanova
6	Providence	9–10
7	Xavier	6–7
8	Georgetown	7–9
9	Marquette	8–11
10	Butler	8–12
11	DePaul	2–13

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	3:00 pm	No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Marquette	68–49	FS1	824
2	6:00 pm	No. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 Butler	69–70OT
3	9:00 pm	No. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 DePaul	62–70
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Georgetown	71–72	FS1	824
5	3:00 pm	No. 4 St. John's vs. No. 5 Seton Hall	69–77OT
6	6:00 pm	No. 2 Creighton vs. No. 10 Butler	87–56
7	9:00 pm	No. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 11 DePaul	94–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
8	6:00 pm	No. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 8 Georgetown	58–66	FS1	824
9	9:00 pm	No. 2 Creighton vs. No. 3 Connecticut	59–56
Championship – Saturday, March 13
10	6:30 pm	No. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 2 Creighton	73–48	FOX	824
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. *Attendance is restricted to family and special guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 10 FS1					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 FS1					Semifinals Friday, March 12 FS1					Championship Saturday, March 13 FOX
						1	#14 Villanova	71
						8	Georgetown	72
	8	Georgetown	68
	9	Marquette	49
											8	Georgetown	66
											5	Seton Hall	58
						4	St. John's	69
						5	Seton Hall	77*
																8	Georgetown	73
																2	Creighton	48
						2	#17 Creighton	87
						10	Butler	56
	7	Xavier	69
	10	Butler	70*
											2	#17 Creighton	59
											3	UConn	56
						3	UConn	94
						11	DePaul	60
	6	Providence	62
	11	DePaul	70

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2021 Big East women's basketball tournament