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PRESENTED BY 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

2021 Big East tournament Schedule scores

First Round — Wednesday March 10

Game 1:
Game 2:
Game 3:

Quarterfinals — Thursday March 11

Game 4:
Game 5:
Game 6:
Game 7:

Semifinals — Friday March 12

Game 8:
Game 9:

Championship — Saturday March 13

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

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