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
Season202021
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
Fairfield40 1.000  51  .833
Manhattan51 .833  53  .625
Marist31 .750  51  .833
Saint Peter's42 .667  56  .455
Iona33 .500  45  .444
Quinnipiac22 .500  44  .500
Niagara11 .500  11  .500
Monmouth00   04  .000
Siena02 .000  02  .000
Canisius04 .000  05  .000
Rider06 .000  110  .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
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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

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