2011 Big East women's basketball tournament
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| 2011 Big East women's basketball tournament | |
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| 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 |
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