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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Connecticut†16–0 1.00036–2  .947
DePaul13–3 .81329–7  .806
Notre Dame13–3 .81331–8  .795
Rutgers11–5 .68820–13  .606
Marquette10–6 .62524–9  .727
Louisville10–6 .62522–13  .629
Syracuse9–7 .56325–10  .714
Georgetown9–7 .56324–11  .686
St. John's9–7 .56322–11  .667
West Virginia8–8 .50024–10  .706
Providence6–10 .37513–16  .448
Pittsburgh5–11 .31314–17  .452
South Florida3–13 .18812–19  .387
Villanova3–13 .18812–19  .387
Cincinnati2–14 .1259–20  .310
Seton Hall1–15 .0638–22  .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

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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