2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

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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 2022 →

2020–21 Atlantic 10 women's basketball standings
v t e	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	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.

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
1	2	4:00 pm	No. 11 George Washington vs No. 14 George Mason	62–56	ESPN+	250
Second round – Thursday, March 11
2	3	11:00 am	No. 8 La Salle vs No. 9 Duquesne	72–68	ESPN+	250
2	4	2:00 pm	No. 5 VCU vs No. 12 Davidson	69–52		250
3	5	5:00 pm	No. 7 Massachusetts vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's	79–69		250
3	6	8:00 pm	No. 6 Richmond vs No. 11 George Washington	58–54		250
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
4	7	11:00 am	No. 1 Dayton vs No. 8 La Salle	85-70	ESPN+	250
4	8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Rhode Island vs No. 5 VCU	57–64		250
5	9	5:00 pm	No. 2 Fordham vs No. 7 Massachusetts	70–80		250
5	10	8:00 pm	No. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 6 Richmond	59–58		250
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
6	11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Dayton vs No. 5 VCU	50–56	CBSSN	250
6	12	4:00 pm	No. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 7 Massachusetts	81–90	CBSSN	250
Championship – Sunday, March 14
7	13	12:00 pm	No. 5 VCU vs No. 7 Massachusetts	81–69	ESPNU

*Game times in Eastern Time.

* denotes overtime period

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National	NCAA WNIT WBI

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