| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Big East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| City: | Uncasville, CT |
| Champions: | UConn |
| Titlecount: | 19th |
| Coach: | Geno Auriemma |
| Coachcount: | 19th |
| Mvp: | Paige Bueckers |
| Mvpteam: | UConn |
| Television: | FS1, FS2, BEDN |
The 2021 Big East women's basketball tournament took place March 5 to 8, 2021, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. UConn won their 19th title, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.
| 2021 Big East women's basketball tournament seeds and results | ||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ † – UConn | 18–0 | 21–1 | |
| 2 | † – Marquette | 14–4 | 17–5 | |
| 3 | † – Seton Hall | 12–5 | 14–6 | |
| 4 | † – DePaul | 11–5 | 14–7 | |
| 5 | † – Villanova | 9–5 | 14–5 | |
| 6 | Creighton | 6–7 | 7–10 | |
| 7 | Providence | 4–10 | 6–13 | |
| 8 | St. John's | 4–12 | 7–15 | |
| 9 | Xavier | 2–8 | 5–9 | |
| 10 | Butler | 3–15 | 3–16 | |
| 11 | Georgetown | 2–14 | 2–14 | |
| ‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big East tournament. | ||||
| Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday, March 5 | ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 9 Xavier 57 vs. No. 8 St. John's 65 | BEDN | |||
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 10 Butler 61 vs. No. 7 Providence 63 | ||||
| 3 | 5:00 PM | No. 11 Georgetown 42 vs. No. 6 Creighton 56 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6 | ||||||
| 4 | Noon | No. 1 UConn 77 vs. No. 8 St. John's 41 | FS1 | |||
| 5 | 3:00 PM | No. 4 DePaul 72 vs No. 5 Villanova 78* | FS2 | |||
| 6 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Marquette 68 vs. No. 7 Providence 43 | ||||
| 7 | 9:00 PM | No. 3 Seton Hall 76 vs. No. 6 Creighton 83 | ||||
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 7 | ||||||
| 8 | 3:00 PM | No. 1 UConn 84 vs. No. 5 Villanova 39 | FS1 | |||
| 9 | 6:00 PM | No. 2 Marquette 64 vs. No. 6 Creighton 59 | ||||
| Championship – Monday, March 8 | ||||||
| 10 | 8:00 PM | No. 1 UConn 73 vs. No. 2 Marquette 39 | FS1 | |||
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.[1] | ||||||
* denotes overtime period