2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Atlantic 10
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:14
Finalarena:Siegel Center
Finalcity:Richmond, Virginia
Champions:VCU
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Beth O'Boyle
Coachcount:1st
Television:CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU

The 2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament that concluded the 2020-21 season of the Atlantic 10 Conference. It will be played at Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia, March 10–14, 2021. VCU won the tournament, its first-ever title.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1]

SeedSchoolConf OverallTiebreaker
1Dayton‡†12–1
2Fordham8–2
3Saint Louis9–3
4Rhode Island11–4
5VCU10–5
6Richmond9–6
7UMass7–5
8La Salle7–10
9Duquesne4–7
10Saint Joseph's5–91–0 vs. GW
11George Washington5–9
12Davidson5–10
13St. Bonaventure5–12
14George Mason0–14
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
11 1:00pmNo. 12 Davidson vs No. 13 St. Bonaventure69–61ESPN+250
24:00pmNo. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 George Mason62–56
Second round – Thursday, March 11
2311:00amNo. 8 La Salle vs No. 9 Duquesne72–68OTESPN+250
42:00 pmNo. 5 VCU vs No. 12 Davidson69–52
355:00pmNo. 7 Massachusetts vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's79–69OT250
68:00pmNo. 6 Richmond vs No. 11 George Washington58–54OT
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
4711:00amNo. 1 Dayton vs No. 8 La Salle85-70ESPN+250
82:00pmNo. 4 Rhode Island vs No. 5 VCU57–64OT
595:00pmNo. 2 Fordham vs No. 7 Massachusetts70–80250
108:00pmNo. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 6 Richmond59–58OT
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
6111:00pmNo. 1 Dayton vs No. 5 VCU50–56CBSSN250
124:00pmNo. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 7 Massachusetts81–90
Championship – Sunday, March 14
71312:00pmNo. 5 VCU vs No. 7 Massachusetts81–69ESPNU

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 A10WBB Championship Home . February 28, 2021.