The 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–13, 2021, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row. Since the tournament was never actually completed the year prior, the defending champions are the Quinnipiac Bobcats.
Seeds All of the MAAC, teams except for Canisius, participated in the tournament. Canisius cancelled their season after going 0-5, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. New procedures took effect for this season, as it was official that not all MAAC teams would reach the originally scheduled 20 conference game mark. Team seeding was based on overall conference regular season wins – not including any third games scheduled between teams in lieu of non-conference opponents. A tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records was also used. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Marist13–32Quinnipiac11–53Saint Peter's10–104Fairfield9–31 win vs Marist5Manhattan9–30 wins vs Marist6Iona5–62 wins vs Rider7Rider5–130 wins vs Iona8Niagara4–69Siena3–810Monmouth2–11
Schedule
SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 91112:00 pmNo. 8 Niagara vs No. 9 Siena65–74ESPN+22:30 pmNo. 7 Rider vs No. 10 Monmouth44–41 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 102312:00 pmNo. 1 Marist vs No. 9 Siena63–55ESPN+42:30 pmNo. 2 Quinnipiac vs No. 7 Rider50–62 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 113512:00 pmNo. 3 Saint Peter's vs No. 6 Iona61–50ESPN+62:30 pmNo. 4 Fairfield vs No. 5 Manhattan51–40 Semifinals – Friday, March 124711:00 amNo. 1 Marist vs No. 4 Fairfield66–50ESPN+81:30 pmNo. 7 Rider vs No. 3 Saint Peter's67–72 Championship – Saturday, March 135911:00 amNo. 1 Marist vs No. 3 Saint Peter's69–30 ESPNews *Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes number of overtimes
All-championship team 2021 MAAC Women's Basketball All-Championship Team Makayla Firebaugh, Rider Lou Lopez-Senechal, Fairfield Taiah Thompson, Saint Peter's Ajia James, Saint Peter's Allie Best, Marist Caitlin Weimar, Marist MVP Willow Duffell, Marist
See also 2021 MAAC men's basketball tournament
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