2021 CAA women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:CAA
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:9
Arena:Schar Center
City:Elon, North Carolina
Champions:Drexel
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Amy Mallon
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Keishana Washington
Mvpteam:Drexel
Television:FloHoops

The 2021 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 10–13, 2021 at the Schar Center in Elon, North Carolina.[1] Drexel won the conference tournament championship game over Delaware, 63–52, earning Drexel an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2]

Seeds

William & Mary did not participate in the tournament, as they voluntarily ended their season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining 9 were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1 Delaware16–2
2 James Madison9–6
3Drexel8–62–0 vs Northeastern
4Towson8–61–1 vs Northeastern
5Hofstra5–7
6Elon3–51–1 vs Delaware
7Northeastern6–100–4 vs Delaware
8Charleston2–6
9UNCW3–10

Schedule

SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 10
112:30pmNo. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston60–47FloHoops
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
2211:00amNo. 5 Hofstra vs No. 4 Towson77–67OTFloHoops
32:30pmNo. 9 UNCW vs No. 1 Delaware52-70
346:00pmNo. 7 Northeastern vs No. 2 James Madison65-81
59:30pmNo. 6 Elon vs No. 3 Drexel59-65
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
462:30pmNo. 5 Hofstra vs No. 1 Delaware39-60FloHoops
76:00pmNo. 2 James Madison vs No. 3 Drexel79–76OT
Championship – Saturday, March 13
585:00pmNo. 1 Delaware vs No. 3 Drexel52-63FloHoops
  • Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* denotes overtime game

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Women's #CAAHoops Championship presented by SonaBank . CAASports.com . CAA . 2 December 2021 . English . Web.
  2. Web site: Washburn . Rob . DREXEL RALLIES PAST DELAWARE, 63-52, TO CAPTURE FIRST CAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 2009 . CAASports.com . CAA . 12 April 2021 . Richmond, VA . English . 13 March 2021.