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
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams11
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsGeorgetown (8th title)
Winning coachPatrick Ewing (1st title)
MVPDante Harris (Georgetown)
TelevisionFS1, Fox
2020–21 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Villanova114 .733187  .720
No. 19 Creighton146 .700229  .710
UConn116 .647158  .652
St. John's109 .5261611  .593
Seton Hall109 .5261413  .519
Providence910 .4741313  .500
Xavier67 .462138  .619
Georgetown79 .4381313  .500
Marquette811 .4211314  .481
Butler812 .4001015  .400
DePaul213 .133514  .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.[1]

*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

References

  1. "Big East Conference". Bigeast.com. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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