2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	14
Finals site	Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia
Champions	VCU (1st title)
Winning coach	Beth O'Boyle (1st title)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+, ESPNU
Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dayton	12	–	1		.923			14	–	5		.737
Fordham	8	–	2		.800			12	–	6		.667
Rhode Island	11	–	4		.733			11	–	8		.579
Saint Louis	9	–	3		.750			14	–	6		.700
VCU †	10	–	5		.667			16	–	11		.593
Richmond	9	–	6		.600			13	–	9		.591
UMass	7	–	5		.583			16	–	8		.667
Duquesne	4	–	7		.364			5	–	11		.313
Saint Joseph's	5	–	9		.357			7	–	10		.412
George Washington	5	–	9		.357			9	–	14		.391
La Salle	6	–	11		.353			11	–	15		.423
St. Bonaventure	6	–	11		.353			8	–	13		.381
Davidson	5	–	10		.333			8	–	15		.348
George Mason	0	–	14		.000			3	–	19		.136
† 2021 A10 Tournament winner As of July 7, 2024 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.

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					Final
											1	Dayton	85
						8	La Salle	72*			8	La Salle	70
						9	Duquesne	68								1	Dayton	50
																5	VCU	56
											4	Rhode Island	57
						5	VCU	69			5	VCU	64*
	12	Davidson	69			12	Davidson	52													5	VCU	81
	13	St. Bonaventure	61																		7	Massachusetts	69
											2	Fordham	70
						7	Massachusetts	79*			7	Massachusetts	80
						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	62			11	George Washington	54
	14	George Mason	56

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2021 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament