2011 Big East women's basketball tournament

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.

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
Connecticut160 1.000362  .947
DePaul133 .813297  .806
Notre Dame133 .813318  .795
Rutgers115 .6882013  .606
Marquette106 .625249  .727
Louisville106 .6252213  .629
Syracuse97 .5632510  .714
Georgetown97 .5632411  .686
St. John's97 .5632211  .667
West Virginia88 .5002410  .706
Providence610 .3751316  .448
Pittsburgh511 .3131417  .452
South Florida313 .1881219  .387
Villanova313 .1881219  .387
Cincinnati214 .125920  .310
Seton Hall115 .063822  .267
2011 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

During the tournament, the top-ranked Connecticut beat Notre Dame 73–64 to win their 17th title.

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