2011 Big East women's basketball tournament

May 2026 August 2023 2011 Big East I Women's 240px Tournament Logo 16 XL Center Hartford, Connecticut Connecticut 17th Geno Auriemma 17th Connecticut 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 standingsSeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker#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 roundFriday, March 4, 2012Bigeast.tv Second roundSaturday, March 5, 2012BETV QuarterfinalsSunday, March 6, 2012ESPNU SemifinalsMonday, March 7, 2012ESPNU Championship GameTuesday, March 8, 2012ESPN 12 Pittsburgh 63 13 South Florida 60 9 Syracuse 74 16 Seton Hall 44 10 West Virginia 66 15 Cincinnati 41 11 Providence 50 14 Villanova 52OT 4 Rutgers     BYE   5 Marquette 65 12 Pittsburgh 61 1 Connecticut     BYE   8 Georgetown 61 9 Syracuse 60 2 DePaul     BYE   7 St. John's 59 10 West Virginia 51 3 Notre Dame     BYE   6 Louisville 69 14 Villanova 47 4 Rutgers 68 5 Marquette 62 1 Connecticut 59 8 Georgetown 43 2 DePaul 66 7 St. John's 54 3 Notre Dame 63 6 Louisville 53 4 Rutgers 51 1 Connecticut 75 2 DePaul 67 3 Notre Dame 71 1 Connecticut 73 3 Notre Dame 64 OT - Denotes Overtime Game References Category:Big East women's basketball tournament Tournament Category:Women's sports in Connecticut