2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsWinthrop (13th title)
Winning coachPat Kelsey (3rd title)
MVPChandler Vaudrin (Winthrop)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN+, ESPN
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2020–21 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Winthrop † 17 – 1   .944 23 – 2   .920
Radford 12 – 6   .667 15 – 12   .556
Campbell 11 – 6   .647 17 – 10   .630
UNC Asheville 9 – 5   .643 10 – 10   .500
Longwood 10 – 10   .500 12 – 17   .414
Gardner–Webb 10 – 10   .500 11 – 15   .423
Hampton 9 – 9   .500 11 – 14   .440
High Point 6 – 11   .353 9 – 15   .375
USC Upstate 5 – 11   .313 5 – 18   .217
Presbyterian 5 – 12   .294 7 – 15   .318
Charleston Southern 2 – 15   .118 3 – 18   .143
Charleston Southern suspended their season on February 23, 2021.
† 2021 Big South tournament winner


The 2021 Big South men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from February 27 through March 7, 2021 and all tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The tournament winner received the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All of the conference teams, except for Charleston Southern, competed in the tournament. Charleston Southern cancelled their season after going 3–18 due to contact tracing, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. The top six teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Winthrop 17–1
2 Radford 12–6
3 Campbell 11–6
4 UNC Asheville 9–5
5 Longwood 10–10 3-1 vs. Gardner–Webb/Hampton
6 Gardner–Webb 10–10 1-3 vs. Longwood/Hampton; 2-0 vs. Radford
7 Hampton 9–9 2-2 vs. Longwood/Gardner-Webb; 0-2 vs. Radford
8 High Point 6–11
9 USC Upstate 5–11
10 Presbyterian 5–12

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Score Channel
Opening round - Saturday, February 27
Campus sites
1 2:00 pm No. 10 Presbyterian at No. 7 Hampton 65–67 ESPN3
2 4:00 pm No. 9 SC Upstate at No. 8 High Point 60–65
Quarterfinals - Monday, March 1
Campus sites
3 6:00 pm No. 8 High Point at No. 1 Winthrop 54–83 ESPN3
4 6:00 pm No. 7 Hampton at No. 2 Radford 52–67
5 7:00 pm No. 6 Gardner-Webb at No. 3 Campbell 57–63
6 7:00 pm No. 5 Longwood at No. 4 NC Asheville 77–61
Semifinals - Thursday, March 4
at highest remaining seeds
7 8:00 pm No. 3 Campbell at No. 2 Radford 78–60 ESPN+
8 7:00 pm No. 5 Longwood at No. 1 Winthrop 61–82
Championship - Sunday, March 7
at highest remaining seed
9 12:00 pm No. 3 Campbell at No. 1 Winthrop 53–80 ESPN
*Game times in ET[1]

Bracket

First round
Saturday, February 27
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
Monday, March 1
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Thursday, March 4
ESPN+ 		Championship
Sunday, March 7
ESPN
            
1 Winthrop 83
8 High Point 54
8 High Point 65
9 USC Upstate 60
1 Winthrop 82
5 Longwood 61
4 UNC Asheville 61
5 Longwood 77
1 Winthrop 80
3 Campbell 53
2 Radford 67
7 Hampton 52
7 Hampton 67
10 Presbyterian 65
2 Radford 60
3 Campbell 78
3 Campbell 63
6 Gardner–Webb 57

References

  1. ^ "Big South Conference - 2021 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". bigsouthsports.com.