2021 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that ended the 2020–21 season of the Big South Conference. It was held March 6 through March 14, 2021, at various campus sites. High Point won the tournament, its first title since joining the conference, receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Sites The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at #1 and #2 seeds. The championship game was held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed.

Seeds All of the conference teams, except for Hampton and Radford, were eligible for the tournament. Hampton cancelled their season after going 4-11, and Radford wasn't able to have the required number of players, so they would not compete in the conference tournament. The top seven teams received a first-round bye. This season, the team seeds were determined firstly by record (75%) within the conference and then by a "ranking index formula" (RIF) developed by the Big South for those teams affected by pauses in their schedules due to COVID-19 (25%). Seed School Conference Overall RIF 1 High Point‡ 17–3 19–6 .888 2 Campbell 11–4 14–6 .737 3 Longwood 12–6 13–10 .725 4 Gardner-Webb 10–7 10–12 .654 5 Presbyterian 10–8 11–9 .642 6 UNC Asheville 9–10 10–14 .593 7 Winthrop 5–15 6–17 .438 8 USC Upstate 5–11 7–14 .435 9 Charleston-Southern 4–14 6–16 .392‡ – Big South regular season champion.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule GameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance First round – Saturday, March 6Campus sites 1 2:00 pm No. 9 Charleston Southern 64 at No. 8 USC Upstate 72ESPN3 Quarterfinals – Monday, March 8Campus Sites 2 6:00 pm No. 8 USC Upstate 63 at No. 1 High Point 85ESPN3 3 7:00 pm No. 5 Presbyterian 62 at No. 4 Gardner–Webb 66 4 6:00 pm No. 7 Winthrop 41 at No. 2 Campbell 54 5 7:00 pm No. 6 UNC Asheville 69 at No. 3 Longwood 83 Semifinals – Thursday, March 11at #1 and #2 seeds 6 6:00 pm No. 4 Gardner–Webb 58 vs. No. 1 High Point 75ESPN+ 7 7:00 pm No. 3 Longwood 39 vs. No. 2 Campbell 54 Championship – Sunday, March 14at Highest Remaining Seed 8 2:00 pm No. 2 Campbell 46 vs. No. 1 High Point 62ESPN+ *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

See also 2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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