# 2021 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament

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. |||||

## 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 |
| 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$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 250 |
| 2 | 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 VCU vs No. 12 Davidson | 69–52 | ESPN+ | 250 |
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 pm | No. 7 Massachusetts vs No. 10 Saint Joseph's | 79–69$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 250 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Richmond vs No. 11 George Washington | 58–54$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 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$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 250 |
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 Fordham vs No. 7 Massachusetts | 70–80 | ESPN+ | 250 |
| 5 | 10 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Saint Louis vs No. 6 Richmond | 59–58$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 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.

## Bracket

* All times are Eastern.
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 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