The 2021 Big East tournament ended Saturday, March 13. Find the bracket, schedule, scores and seeds below. Georgetown crushed Creighton 73-48 to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
Georgetown came in as the No. 8 seed but beat No. 9 Marquette, No. 1 Villanova, No. 5 Seton Hall and then No. 2 Creighton to win the title.
2021 Big East tournament: Bracket
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2021 Big East tournament: Schedule, scores
First Round — Wednesday, March 10
Game 1: No. 8 Georgetown 68, No. 9 Marquette 49
Game 2: No. 10 Butler 70, No. 7 Xavier 69 (OT)
Game 3: No. 11 DePaul 70, No. 6 Providence 62
Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 11
Game 4: No. 8 Georgetown 72, No. 1 Villanova 71
Game 5: No. 5 Seton Hall 77, No. 4 St. John's 69 (OT)
Game 6: No. 2 Creighton 87, No. 10 Butler 56
Game 7: No. 3 UConn 94, No. 11 DePaul 60
Semifinals — Friday, March 12
Game 8: No. 8 Georgetown 66, No. 5 Seton Hall 58
Game 9: No. 2 Creighton 59, No. 3 UConn 56
Championship — Saturday, March 13
No. 8 Georgetown 73, No. 2 Creighton 48
2021 Big East tournament: Seeds
This will be updated at the end of the regular season. The top five seeds have byes into the quarterfinals.
Big East Tournament history
Villanova has won three consecutive conference crowns by beating Creighton, Providence and then Seton Hall in the final. The Wildcats are the first program to win three Big East titles in a row.
| YEAR | CHAMPION | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Georgetown | 87-81 | Syracuse | Craig Shelton, Georgetown |
| 1981 | Syracuse | 83-80 | Villanova | Leo Rautins, Syracuse |
| 1982 | Georgetown | 72-54 | Villanova | Eric Floyd, Georgetown |
| 1983 | St. John's | 85-77 | Boston College | Chris Mullins, St. John's |
| 1984 | Georgetown | 82-71 | Syracuse | Patrick Ewing, Georgetown |
| 1985 | Georgetown | 92-80 | St. John's | Patrick Ewing, Georgetown |
| 1986 | St. John's | 70-69 | Syracuse | Dwayne Washington, St. John's |
| 1987 | Georgetown | 69-59 | Syracuse | Reggie Williams, Georgetown |
| 1988 | Syracuse | 85-68 | Villanova | Sherman Douglas, Syracuse |
| 1989 | Georgetown | 88-79 | Syracuse | Charles Smith, Georgetown |
| 1990 | UConn | 78-75 | Syracuse | Chris Smith, UConn |
| 1991 | Seton Hall | 74-62 | Georgetown | Oliver Taylor, Seton Hall |
| 1992 | Syracuse | 56-54 | Georgetown | Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown |
| 1993 | Seton Hall | 103-70 | Syracuse | Terry Dehere, Seton Hall |
| 1994 | Providence | 74-64 | Georgetown | Michael Smith, Providence |
| 1995 | Villanova | 94-78 | UConn | Kerry Kittles, Villanova |
| 1996 | UConn | 75-74 | Georgetown | Victor Page, Georgetown |
| 1997 | Boston College | 70-58 | Villanova | Scoonie Penn, Boston College |
| 1998 | UConn | 69-64 | Syracuse | Khalid El-Amin, UConn |
| 1999 | UConn | 82-63 | St. John's | Kevin Freeman, UConn |
| 2000 | St. John's | 80-70 | UConn | Bootsy Thornton, St. John's |
| 2001 | Boston College | 79-57 | Pitt | Troy Bell, Boston College |
| 2002 | UConn | 74-65 (OT) | Pitt | Caron Butler, UConn |
| 2003 | Pitt | 74-56 | UConn | Julius Page, Pitt |
| 2004 | UConn | 61-58 | Pitt | Ben Gordon, UConn |
| 2005 | Syracuse | 68-59 | West Virginia | Hakim Warrick, Syracuse |
| 2006 | Syracuse | 65-61 | Pitt | Gerry McNamara, Syracuse |
| 2007 | Georgetown | 65-42 | Pitt | Jeff Green, Georgetown |
| 2008 | Pitt | 74-65 | Georgetown | Sam Young, Pitt |
| 2009 | Louisville | 76-66 | Syracuse | Johnny Flynn, Syracuse |
| 2010 | West Virginia | 60-58 | Georgetown | Da'Sean Butler, West Virginia |
| 2011 | UConn | 69-66 | Louisville | Kemba Walker, UConn |
| 2012 | Louisville (vacated) | 50-44 | UConn | Peyton Siva, Louisville |
| 2013 | Louisville (vacated) | 78-61 | Syracuse | Peyton Siva, Louisville |
| 2014 | Providence | 65-58 | Creighton | Bryce Cotton, Providence |
| 2015 | Villanova | 69-52 | Xavier | Josh Hart, Villanova |
| 2016 | Seton Hall | 69-67 | Villanova | Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall |
| 2017 | Villanova | 74-60 | Creighton | Josh Hart, Villanova |
| 2018 | Villanova | 76-66 (OT) | Providence | Mikal Bridges, Villanova |
| 2019 | Villanova | 74-72 | Seton Hall | Phil Booth, Villanova |
