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.

2021 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites (first round) #1 and #2 seeds (quarterfinals and semifinals) Highest remaining seed (championship)
Champions	High Point (1st title)
Winning coach	Chelsea Banbury (1st title)
Big South Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2020–21 Big South women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
High Point†	17	–	3		.850			22	–	7		.759
Campbell	11	–	4		.733			16	–	7		.696
Longwood	12	–	6		.667			14	–	11		.560
Gardner–Webb	10	–	7		.588			11	–	13		.458
Presbyterian	10	–	8		.556			11	–	10		.524
Radford	9	–	9		.500			9	–	11		.450
UNC Asheville	9	–	10		.474			10	–	15		.400
Winthrop	5	–	15		.250			6	–	18		.250
USC Upstate	5	–	11		.313			8	–	15		.348
Hampton	4	–	9		.308			4	–	11		.267
Charleston Southern	4	–	14		.222			6	–	17		.261
† 2021 Big South tournament winner Hampton suspended their season on March 2. As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Sites

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

Seeds

All of the conference teams, except for Hampton and Radford, are eligible for the tournament. Hampton cancelled their season after going 4-11,^[1] and Radford wasn't able to have the required number of players, so they will not compete in the conference tournament. The top seven teams will receive 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.[2]

Schedule

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

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 6 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Monday, March 8 ESPN3					Semifinals Thursday, March 11 ESPN+					Championship Sunday, March 14 ESPN+
						2	Campbell	54
						7	Winthrop	41
											2	Campbell	54
											3	Longwood	39
						6	UNC Asheville	69
						3	Longwood	83
																2	Campbell	46
																1	High Point	62
						1	High Point	85
						8	USC Upstate	63
	9	Charleston Southern	64
	8	USC Upstate	72
											1	High Point	75
											4	Gardner–Webb	58
						5	Presbyterian	62
						4	Gardner–Webb	66

See also

• 2021 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament