The 2021 MEAC women's basketball tournament (officially known as the 2021 Air Force Reserve MEAC Basketball Tournament due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held March 11–13, 2021. The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. North Carolina A&T won the conference tournament championship game over Howard, 59–57.
Seeds In a deviation from the format used in previous years, the 2021 edition of the tournament seeded teams using their divisional placement, rather than their finish in the conference as a whole. DivisionSeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1NorthernN1Howard10–2N2Morgan State8–2N3Coppin State2–10SouthernS1North Carolina A&T9–1S2Norfolk State3–5S3North Carolina Central 2–6
Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021112:00 p.m.(N3) Coppin State vs. (S2) Norfolk State45-56FloHoops22:00 p.m.(S3) North Carolina Central vs. (N2) Morgan State64-74Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021312:00 p.m.(S2) Norfolk State vs. (N1) Howard44-50FloHoops42:00 p.m.(N2) Morgan State vs. (S1) North Carolina A&T54-69 Championship – Saturday, March 13, 202153:30 p.m. (N1) Howard vs. (S1) North Carolina A&T57-59ESPN3 *All times Eastern. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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See also 2021 MEAC men's basketball tournament MEAC women's basketball tournament
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