# 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.

## 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:
* Head-to-head record.
* 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 | Tiebreaker 1 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN3 |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Gardner-Webb at No. 3 Campbell | 57–63 | ESPN3 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Longwood at No. 4 NC Asheville | 77–61 | ESPN3 |
| 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 | ESPN+ |
| 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 |||||

## Bracket

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