| 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]
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.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware | 16–2 | |||
| 2 | James Madison | 9–6 | |||
| 3 | Drexel | 8–6 | 2–0 vs Northeastern | ||
| 4 | Towson | 8–6 | 1–1 vs Northeastern | ||
| 5 | Hofstra | 5–7 | |||
| 6 | Elon | 3–5 | 1–1 vs Delaware | ||
| 7 | Northeastern | 6–10 | 0–4 vs Delaware | ||
| 8 | Charleston | 2–6 | |||
| 9 | UNCW | 3–10 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:30pm | No. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston | 60–47 | FloHoops | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 11:00am | No. 5 Hofstra vs No. 4 Towson | 77–67OT | FloHoops | |
| 3 | 2:30pm | No. 9 UNCW vs No. 1 Delaware | 52-70 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 6:00pm | No. 7 Northeastern vs No. 2 James Madison | 65-81 | ||
| 5 | 9:30pm | No. 6 Elon vs No. 3 Drexel | 59-65 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 2:30pm | No. 5 Hofstra vs No. 1 Delaware | 39-60 | FloHoops | |
| 7 | 6:00pm | No. 2 James Madison vs No. 3 Drexel | 79–76OT | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 5:00pm | No. 1 Delaware vs No. 3 Drexel | 52-63 | FloHoops | |
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* denotes overtime game