The 2021 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference that took place March 5–8, 2021, at the Pensacola Bay Center for majority of the games and a few First round and Quarterfinal matchups at Hartsell Arena on the campus of Pensacola State College, both in Pensacola, Florida. All games were broadcast on ESPN+, and the championship game was televised on ESPNU.
Format All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions – the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division.
The #1 seeds of each division faced the winner of the game between the #4 seed from the opposite division and the #5 seed from the team's same division in the quarterfinal round. Similarly, the #2 seeds of each division faced the winner of the #3 seed from the opposite division and the #6 seed from the same division. The semifinal round featured the winner of the #1 seeds' quarterfinal games against the winner of the game featuring the #2 seeds from the opposite division.
Seeds East Division Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1Troy ‡ 15–2 19–5 2Georgia State 9–7 13–10 3Appalachian State 10–8 13–11 4South Alabama 9–9 12–12 5Georgia Southern 5–9 11–12 6Coastal Carolina 0–13 3–14 West Division Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1Louisiana ‡ 13–1 14–5 2UT Arlington 11–4 13–6 3Little Rock 9–7 13–10 4Texas State 7–8 10–10 5Arkansas State 4–10 9–11 6Louisiana–Monroe 1–15 3–19‡ – Sun Belt regular season division champions.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Friday, March 51 12:00 pm#3W Appalachian State vs. #6W Louisiana–MonroeESPN+70–60212:30 pm#4W Texas State vs. #5E Georgia SouthernESPN+94–6132:30 pm#3W Little Rock vs. #6E Coastal CarolinaESPN+75–6443:00 pm#4E South Alabama vs. #5W Arkansas StateESPN+73–64 Quarterfinals - Saturday, March 6512:00 pm#4W Texas State vs. #1E TroyESPN+103–90612:30 pm#3E Appalachian State vs. #2W UT ArlingtonESPN+54–4672:30 pm#4E South Alabama vs. #1W LouisianaESPN+65–4683:00 pm#3W Little Rock vs. #2E Georgia StateESPN+75–68 Semifinals - Sunday March 7912:00 pm#3E Appalachian State vs. #1E TroyESPN+66–63102:30 pm#3W Little Rock vs. #1W LouisianaESPN+58–48 Championship Game - Monday, March 8112:00 pm#1E Troy vs. #1W LouisianaESPNU73–65 *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2021 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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