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
Big East Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Connecticut† 16 – 0   1.000     36 – 2   .947
DePaul 13 – 3   .813     29 – 7   .806
Notre Dame 13 – 3   .813     31 – 8   .795
Rutgers 11 – 5   .688     20 – 13   .606
Marquette 10 – 6   .625     24 – 9   .727
Louisville 10 – 6   .625     22 – 13   .629
Syracuse 9 – 7   .563     25 – 10   .714
Georgetown 9 – 7   .563     24 – 11   .686
St. John's 9 – 7   .563     22 – 11   .667
West Virginia 8 – 8   .500     24 – 10   .706
Providence 6 – 10   .375     13 – 16   .448
Pittsburgh 5 – 11   .313     14 – 17   .452
South Florida 3 – 13   .188     12 – 19   .387
Villanova 3 – 13   .188     12 – 19   .387
Cincinnati 2 – 14   .125     9 – 20   .310
Seton Hall 1 – 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  



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