The 2021 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 10–13, 2021 at the Schar Center in Elon, North Carolina. Drexel won the conference tournament championship game over Delaware, 63–52, earning Drexel an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds William & Mary did not participate in the tournament, as they voluntarily ended their season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining 9 were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 Delaware16–22 James Madison9–63 Drexel8–6 2–0 vs Northeastern4 Towson8–6 1–1 vs Northeastern5 Hofstra5–76 Elon3–5 1–1 vs Delaware7 Northeastern6–10 0–4 vs Delaware8 Charleston2–69 UNCW3–10
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 10112:30pmNo. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston60–47FloHoops Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 112211:00amNo. 5 Hofstra vs No. 4 Towson77–67OTFloHoops32:30pmNo. 9 UNCW vs No. 1 Delaware52-70346:00pmNo. 7 Northeastern vs No. 2 James Madison65-8159:30pmNo. 6 Elon vs No. 3 Drexel59-65 Semifinals – Friday, March 12462:30pmNo. 5 Hofstra vs No. 1 Delaware39-60FloHoops76:00pmNo. 2 James Madison vs No. 3 Drexel79–76OT Championship – Saturday, March 13585:00pmNo. 1 Delaware vs No. 3 Drexel52-63FloHoops *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime game
See also 2021 CAA men's basketball tournament
References
External links 2021 CAA Women's Basketball Championship