2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 16
Site XL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
Champions Connecticut (17th title)
Winning coach Geno Auriemma (17th title)
Television BigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
2010–11 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Connecticut†16–0 1.000  36–2  .947
DePaul13–3 .813  29–7  .806
Notre Dame13–3 .813  31–8  .795
Rutgers11–5 .688  20–13  .606
Marquette10–6 .625  24–9  .727
Louisville10–6 .625  22–13  .629
Syracuse9–7 .563  25–10  .714
Georgetown9–7 .563  24–11  .686
St. John's9–7 .563  22–11  .667
West Virginia8–8 .500  24–10  .706
Providence6–10 .375  13–16  .448
Pittsburgh5–11 .313  14–17  .452
South Florida3–13 .188  12–19  .387
Villanova3–13 .188  12–19  .387
Cincinnati2–14 .125  9–20  .310
Seton Hall1–15 .063  8–22  .267
† 2011 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2011 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament. This was the second consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first-round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.

During the tournament, the top-ranked Connecticut beat Notre Dame 73-64 to win their 17th title.

Final regular season standings

2010–11 Big East Women's Basketball standings
Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 Connecticut‡ 16-0 32-1
#2 DePaul 13-3 26-6
#3 Notre Dame 13-3 26-7
#4 St. John's 12-4 24-5 1-0 vs ND
#5 Notre Dame 12-4 25-4 0-1 vs STJ
#6 Rutgers 9-7 17-13 1-0 vs DPL
#7 DePaul 9-7 20-10 0-1 vs RUT
#8 Providence 7-9 16-13 1-0 vs SYR
#9 Syracuse 7-9 20-9 0-1 vs PROV
#10 Marquette 6-10 15-14 1-0 vs USF
#11 South Florida 6-10 15-14 0-1 vs MARQ
#12 Pittsburgh 5-11 16-13 1-0 vs LOU
#13 Louisville 5-11 13-16 0-1 vs PITT
#14 Cincinnati 4-12 11-17
#15 Villanova 3-13 14-15
#16 Seton Hall 1-15 9-20

‡ Regular season Big East champion

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, March 4, 2012
Bigeast.tv		 Second Round
Saturday, March 5, 2012
BETV		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2012
ESPNU		 Semifinals
Monday, March 7, 2012
ESPNU		 Championship Game
Tuesday, March 8, 2012
ESPN
                                               
       
       
  4 Rutgers    
      BYE    
     
       
  4 Rutgers 68  
  5 Marquette 62  
       
       
  5 Marquette 65
    12 Pittsburgh 61  
12 Pittsburgh 63
13 South Florida 60  
  4 Rutgers 51  
  1 Connecticut 75  
       
       
  1 Connecticut  
      BYE    
     
       
  1 Connecticut 59
  8 Georgetown 43  
       
       
  8 Georgetown 61
    9 Syracuse 60  
9 Syracuse 74
16 Seton Hall 44  
1 Connecticut 73
3 Notre Dame 64
       
       
  2 DePaul    
      BYE    
     
       
  2 DePaul 66  
  7 St. John's 54  
       
       
  7 St. John's 59
    10 West Virginia 51  
10 West Virginia 66
15 Cincinnati 41  
  2 DePaul 67
  3 Notre Dame 71  
     
     
  3 Notre Dame  
      BYE    
   
     
  3 Notre Dame 63      
  6 Louisville 53        
     
     
  6 Louisville 69
    14 Villanova 47  
11 Providence 50
14 Villanova 52OT  
  • OT - Denotes Overtime Game
  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved 1 Dec 2016.
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