2011 Big East women's basketball tournament

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
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

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.