2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams14
Finals siteSiegel Center
Richmond, Virginia
ChampionsVCU (1st title)
Winning coachBeth O'Boyle (1st title)
TelevisionCBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
2020–21 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dayton121 .923143  .824
Fordham82 .800124  .750
Saint Louis93 .750124  .750
Rhode Island114 .733118  .579
VCU105 .6671610  .615
Richmond96 .600139  .591
UMass75 .583147  .667
La Salle710 .4121214  .462
Duquesne47 .364511  .313
Saint Joseph's59 .357710  .412
George Washington59 .357914  .391
Davidson510 .333914  .391
St. Bonaventure512 .294615  .286
George Mason014 .000319  .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 roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1Dayton85
8La Salle72*8La Salle70
9Duquesne681Dayton50
5VCU56
4Rhode Island57
5VCU695VCU64*
12Davidson6912Davidson525VCU81
13St. Bonaventure617Massachusetts69
2Fordham70
7Massachusetts79*7Massachusetts80
10Saint Joseph's697Massachusetts90
3Saint Louis81
3Saint Louis59*
6Richmond58*6Richmond58
11George Washington6211George Washington54
14George Mason56

* denotes overtime period

References

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

See also

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