2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2021 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from February 27 through March 7, 2021 and all tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The tournament winner received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All of the conference teams, except for Charleston Southern, competed in the tournament. Charleston Southern cancelled their season after going 3–18 due to contact tracing, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. The top six teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order: Head-to-head record. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2 1 Winthrop 17–1 2 Radford 12–6 3 Campbell 11–6 4 UNC Asheville 9–5 5 Longwood 10–10 3-1 vs. Gardner–Webb/Hampton 6 Gardner–Webb 10–10 1-3 vs. Longwood/Hampton; 2-0 vs. Radford 7 Hampton 9–9 2-2 vs. Longwood/Gardner-Webb; 0-2 vs. Radford 8 High Point 6–11 9 USC Upstate 5–11 10 Presbyterian 5–12

Schedule GameTime*Matchup ScoreChannel Opening round - Saturday, February 27 Campus sites1 2:00 pm No. 10 Presbyterian at No. 7 Hampton 65–67ESPN32 4:00 pm No. 9 SC Upstate at No. 8 High Point 60–65 Quarterfinals - Monday, March 1 Campus sites3 6:00 pm No. 8 High Point at No. 1 Winthrop 54–83ESPN34 6:00 pm No. 7 Hampton at No. 2 Radford 52–675 7:00 pm No. 6 Gardner-Webb at No. 3 Campbell 57–636 7:00 pm No. 5 Longwood at No. 4 NC Asheville 77–61 Semifinals - Thursday, March 4 at highest remaining seeds7 8:00 pm No. 3 Campbell at No. 2 Radford78–60ESPN+8 7:00 pm No. 5 Longwood at No. 1 Winthrop 61–82 Championship - Sunday, March 7 at highest remaining seed9 12:00 pm No. 3 Campbell at No. 1 Winthrop 53–80ESPN *Game times in ET

Bracket

References

External links 2021 Big South Men's Basketball Championship