2021 CAA women's basketball tournament

2021 CAA women's basketball tournament
2021 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	9
Site	Schar Center; Elon, North Carolina
Champions	Drexel (2nd title)
Winning coach	Amy Mallon (1st title)
MVP	Keishana Washington (Drexel)
Television	FloHoops
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2020–21 CAA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Delaware	16	–	2	.889	24	–	5	.828
James Madison	9	–	6	.600	14	–	10	.583
Drexel†	8	–	6	.571	14	–	9	.609
Towson	8	–	6	.571	13	–	9	.591
Hofstra	5	–	7	.417	8	–	12	.400
Elon	3	–	5	.375	7	–	8	.467
Northeastern	6	–	10	.375	7	–	13	.350
William & Mary	3	–	5	.375	6	–	7	.462
Charleston	2	–	6	.250	6	–	9	.400
UNC Wilmington	3	–	10	.231	7	–	14	.333

† 2021 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker 1
1	Delaware	16–2
2	James Madison	9–6
3	Drexel	8–6	2–0 vs Northeastern
4	Towson	8–6	1–1 vs Northeastern
5	Hofstra	5–7
6	Elon	3–5	1–1 vs Delaware
7	Northeastern	6–10	0–4 vs Delaware
8	Charleston	2–6
9	UNCW	3–10

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	1	2:30 pm	No. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston	60–47	FloHoops
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
2	2	11:00 am	No. 5 Hofstra vs No. 4 Towson	77–67^OT	FloHoops
2	3	2:30 pm	No. 9 UNCW vs No. 1 Delaware	52-70
3	4	6:00 pm	No. 7 Northeastern vs No. 2 James Madison	65-81
3	5	9:30 pm	No. 6 Elon vs No. 3 Drexel	59-65
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
4	6	2:30 pm	No. 5 Hofstra vs No. 1 Delaware	39-60	FloHoops
4	7	6:00 pm	No. 2 James Madison vs No. 3 Drexel	79–76^OT	FloHoops
Championship – Saturday, March 13
5	8	5:00 pm	No. 1 Delaware vs No. 3 Drexel	52-63	FloHoops
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 10 FloHoops			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 FloHoops			Semifinals Friday, March 12 FloHoops			Final Saturday, March 13 FloHoops

			1	Delaware	70

			9	UNCW	52
8	Charleston	47

9	UNCW	60
						1	Delaware	60

						5	Hofstra	39



			4	Towson	67

			5	Hofstra	77*



									1	Delaware	52

									3	Drexel	63



			2	James Madison	81

			7	Northeastern	65



						2	James Madison	76

						3	Drexel	79*



			3	Drexel	65

			6	Elon	59