2021 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament

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2021 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams14
Finals siteSiegel Center
Richmond, Virginia
ChampionsVCU (1st title)
Winning coachBeth O'Boyle (1st title)
TelevisionCBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
← 2020
 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
12 – 1   .923 14 – 3   .824
Fordham 8 – 2   .800 12 – 4   .750
9 – 3   .750 12 – 4   .750
11 – 4   .733 11 – 8   .579
VCU † 10 – 5   .667 16 – 10   .615
Richmond 9 – 6   .600 13 – 9   .591
7 – 5   .583 14 – 7   .667
7 – 10   .412 12 – 14   .462
4 – 7   .364 5 – 11   .313
5 – 9   .357 7 – 10   .412
5 – 9   .357 9 – 14   .391
5 – 10   .333 9 – 14   .391
5 – 12   .294 6 – 15   .286
0 – 14   .000 3 – 19   .136
† 2021 A10 Tournament winner
As of March 14, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

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]

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
1 Dayton‡† 12–1
2 Fordham† 8–2
3 Saint Louis† 9–3
4 Rhode Island† 11–4
5 VCU 10–5
6 Richmond 9–6
7 UMass 7–5
8 La Salle 7–10
9 Duquesne 4–7
10 Saint Joseph's 5–9 1–0 vs. GW
11 George Washington 5–9
12 Davidson 5–10
13 St. Bonaventure 5–12
14 George Mason 0–14
‡ – Atlantic 10 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule[]

Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1 1 1:00 pm No. 12 Davidson vs No. 13 St. Bonaventure 69–61 ESPN+ 250
2 4:00 pm No. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 George Mason 62–56
Second round – Thursday, March 11
2 3 11:00 am No. 8 La Salle vs No. 9 Duquesne 72–68OT ESPN+ 250
4 2:00 pm No. 5 VCU vs No. 12 Davidson 69–52
3 5 5:00 pm No. 7 Massachusetts vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's 79–69OT 250
6 8:00 pm No. 6 Richmond vs No. 11 George Washington 58–54OT
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
4 7 11:00 am No. 1 Dayton vs No. 8 La Salle 85-70 ESPN+ 250
8 2:00 pm No. 4 Rhode Island vs No. 5 VCU 57–64OT
5 9 5:00 pm No. 2 Fordham vs No. 7 Massachusetts 70–80 250
10 8:00 pm No. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 6 Richmond 59–58OT
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
6 11 1:00 pm No. 1 Dayton vs No. 5 VCU 50–56 CBSSN 250
12 4:00 pm No. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 7 Massachusetts 81–90
Championship – Sunday, March 14
7 13 12:00 pm No. 5 VCU vs No. 7 Massachusetts 81–69 ESPNU

*Game times in Eastern Time.

Bracket[]

  • All times are Eastern.
  First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                               
1 Dayton 85  
    8 La Salle 70  
8 La Salle  72*
9 Duquesne  68  
  1 Dayton 50  
  5 VCU 56  
4 Rhode Island 57
    5 VCU 64*  
5 VCU 69
    12 Davidson 52  
12 Davidson 69
13 St. Bonaventure 61  
5 VCU 81
7 Massachusetts 69
2 Fordham 70  
    7 Massachusetts 80  
7 Massachusetts 79*
10 Saint Joseph's 69  
  7 Massachusetts 90
  3 Saint Louis 81  
3 Saint Louis 59*
    6 Richmond 58  
6 Richmond 58*
    11 George Washington 54  
11 George Washington 62
14 George Mason 56  

* denotes overtime period

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 A10WBB Championship Home". Retrieved February 28, 2021.

See also[]


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