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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
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsGeorgetown (8th title)
Winning coachPatrick Ewing (1st title)
MVPDante Harris (Georgetown)
TelevisionFS1, Fox
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 Big East men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Villanova11–4 .73318–7 .720
No. 19 Creighton14–6 .70022–9 .710
UConn11–6 .64715–8 .652
St. John's10–9 .52616–11 .593
Seton Hall10–9 .52614–13 .519
Providence9–10 .47413–13 .500
Xavier6–7 .46213–8 .619
Georgetown †7–9 .43813–13 .500
Marquette8–11 .42113–14 .481
Butler8–12 .40010–15 .400
DePaul2–13 .1335–14 .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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1
1Villanova11–4
2Creighton14–6
3UConn11–6
4St. John's10–91–1 vs. Villanova
5Seton Hall10–90–2 vs. Villanova
6Providence9–10
7Xavier6–7
8Georgetown7–9
9Marquette8–11
10Butler8–12
11DePaul2–13

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
13:00 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Marquette68–49FS1824
26:00 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 Butler69–70OT
39:00 pmNo. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 DePaul62–70
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
412:00 pmNo. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Georgetown71–72FS1824
53:00 pmNo. 4 St. John's vs. No. 5 Seton Hall69–77OT
66:00 pmNo. 2 Creighton vs. No. 10 Butler87–56
79:00 pmNo. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 11 DePaul94–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
86:00 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 8 Georgetown58–66FS1824
99:00 pmNo. 2 Creighton vs. No. 3 Connecticut59–56
Championship – Saturday, March 13
106:30 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 2 Creighton73–48FOX824
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 Villanova71
8Georgetown72
8Georgetown68
9Marquette49
8Georgetown66
5Seton Hall58
4St. John's69
5Seton Hall77*
8Georgetown73
2Creighton48
2#17 Creighton87
10Butler56
7Xavier69
10Butler70*
2#17 Creighton59
3UConn56
3UConn94
11DePaul60
6Providence62
11DePaul70

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

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