2021 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–13, 2021 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row.[1] Since there was no actual tournament the year prior, the defending champions are the Quinnipiac Bobcats.

2021 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN3
2020–21 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Fairfield4–0 1.000  5–1  .833
Manhattan5–1 .833  5–3  .625
Marist3–1 .750  5–1  .833
Saint Peter's4–2 .667  5–6  .455
Iona3–3 .500  4–5  .444
Quinnipiac2–2 .500  4–4  .500
Niagara1–1 .500  1–1  .500
Monmouth0–0 –  0–4  .000
Siena0–2 .000  0–2  .000
Canisius0–4 .000  0–5  .000
Rider0–6 .000  1–10  .091
† 2021 MAAC Tournament winner
As of January 5, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Schedule

[2]

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 9
1 1
2
3
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10
2 4
5
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3 6
7
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
4 8
9
Championship – Saturday, March 13
5 10
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
  First Round
Tuesday, March 9
 Quarterfinals
Wednesday/Thursday, March 10/11
 Semifinals
Friday, March 12
 Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
       
  1    
       
8  
9    
     
     
       
       
  4  
    5    
     
       
     
   
       
       
  2  
       
7  
10    
   
     
       
       
  3  
       
6  
11    

* denotes number of overtimes

See also

References
  1. "2020 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. "2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Women's Basketball Championship". MAAC Sports. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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