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.

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 1Villanova 11–4 2Creighton 14–6 3UConn 11–6 4St. John's 10–91–1 vs. Villanova 5Seton Hall 10–90–2 vs. Villanova 6Providence 9–10 7Xavier 6–7 8Georgetown 7–9 9Marquette 8–11 10Butler 8–12 11DePaul 2–13

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1013:00 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 9 Marquette68–49FS182426:00 pmNo. 7 Xavier vs. No. 10 Butler69–70OT39:00 pmNo. 6 Providence vs. No. 11 DePaul62–70 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11412:00 pmNo. 1 Villanova vs. No. 8 Georgetown71–72FS182453:00 pmNo. 4 St. John's vs. No. 5 Seton Hall69–77OT66:00 pmNo. 2 Creighton vs. No. 10 Butler 87–5679:00 pmNo. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 11 DePaul94–60 Semifinals – Friday, March 1286:00 pmNo. 5 Seton Hall vs. No. 8 Georgetown58–66FS182499:00 pm No. 2 Creighton vs. No. 3 Connecticut59–56 Championship – Saturday, March 13106:30 pmNo. 8 Georgetown vs. No. 2 Creighton73–48FOX824 Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seed. *Attendance is restricted to family and special guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also 2021 Big East women's basketball tournament

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