2021 Big East men's basketball tournament


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
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


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.

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

Seeds

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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

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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

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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

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References

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