NCAA staff | March 13, 2021

2021 Big East tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores, seeds

How brackets do picking only top seeds

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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Here is the 2021 Big East tournament bracket.

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