2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2011 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams16
SiteXL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (17th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (17th title)
TelevisionBigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
2010–11 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Connecticut160 1.000  362  .947
DePaul133 .813  297  .806
Notre Dame133 .813  318  .795
Rutgers115 .688  2013  .606
Marquette106 .625  249  .727
Louisville106 .625  2213  .629
Syracuse97 .563  2510  .714
Georgetown97 .563  2411  .686
St. John's97 .563  2211  .667
West Virginia88 .500  2410  .706
Providence610 .375  1316  .448
Pittsburgh511 .313  1417  .452
South Florida313 .188  1219  .387
Villanova313 .188  1219  .387
Cincinnati214 .125  920  .310
Seton Hall115 .063  822  .267
2011 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

References

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