2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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.

2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Winthrop (13th title)
Winning coach	Pat Kelsey (3rd title)
MVP	Chandler Vaudrin (Winthrop)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN+, ESPN
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2020–21 Big South men's basketball standings

v t e	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
† 2021 Big South tournament winner Charleston Southern suspended their season on February 23, 2021.

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