2021 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2021 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2021 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center; Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Mercer (3rd title)
Winning coach	Susie Gardner (3rd title)
MVP	Jaron Dougherty (Mercer)
Television	Nexstar, ESPN+
	Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments ← 2020 →

The 2021 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7, 2021 at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

Seeds[]

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1		11–2	14–8
#2	Mercer	10–3	16–6
#3	Chattanooga	9–5	14–9
#4	Wofford	7–7	11–10
#5	UNCG	6–8	8–15	2–0 vs. Furman
#6	Furman	6–8	10–13	0–2 vs. UNCG
#7	Western Carolina	3–10	6–17
#8	ETSU	1–10	3–15

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 4
1	1	Noon	No. 1 Samford 61 vs. No. 8 ETSU 68	ESPN+
1	2	2:15 PM	No. 4 Wofford 78 vs. No. 5 UNCG 66
2	3	5:00 PM	No. 2 Mercer 76 vs. No. 7 Western Carolina 67
2	4	7:15 PM	No. 3 Chattanooga 40 vs. No. 6 Furman 58
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
3	5	Noon	No. 8 ETSU 64 vs. No. 4 Wofford 75	ESPN+
3	6	2:15 PM	No. 2 Mercer 81 vs. No. 6 Furman 71	ESPN+
Championship Game – Sunday, March 7
4	7	Noon	No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 2 Mercer	Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4, 2021 ESPN+			Semifinals Friday, March 5, 2021 ESPN+			Championship Game Sunday, March 7, 2021 Nexstar

1	Samford	61

8	ETSU	68
			8	ETSU	64

			4	Wofford	75
4	Wofford	78

5	UNCG	66
						4	Wofford	38

						2	Mercer	60
2	Mercer	76

7	Western Carolina	67
			2	Mercer	81

			6	Furman	71
3	Chattanooga	40

6	Furman	58

v t 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Ohio Valley Pac-12 SEC Southern Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WNIT WBI


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
	11	–	2	.846	14	–	9	.609
†	10	–	3	.769	19	–	6	.760
Chattanooga	9	–	5	.643	14	–	10	.583
	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
	6	–	8	.429	11	–	14	.440
	6	–	8	.429	8	–	16	.333
	3	–	10	.231	6	–	18	.250
	1	–	10	.091	4	–	16	.200

† 2021 SoCon Tournament winner As of March 7, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll