2021 MAAC women's basketball tournament

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.^[3] Since the tournament was never actually completed the year prior, the defending champions are the Quinnipiac Bobcats.

2021 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	10
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Marist Red Foxes (11th title)
Winning coach	Brian Giorgis (11th title)
MVP	Willow Duffell (Marist)
Top scorer	Willow Duffell (Marist) (51 points)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNews
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2020–21 MAAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marist †	13	–	3		.813			18	–	4		.818
Quinnipiac	11	–	5		.688			13	–	8		.619
Saint Peter's	10	–	9		.526			13	–	15		.464
Fairfield	9	–	3		.750			11	–	5		.688
Manhattan	9	–	3		.750			11	–	9		.550
Iona	5	–	6		.455			6	–	9		.400
Rider	5	–	13		.278			8	–	18		.308
Niagara	4	–	6		.400			4	–	7		.364
Siena	3	–	8		.273			4	–	9		.308
Monmouth	2	–	11		.154			2	–	16		.111
Canisius	0	–	4		.000			0	–	5		.000
† 2021 MAAC tournament winner Notes: The MAAC has ordered standings based on league wins, not winning percentage, since all teams will not reach 20 conference games played. These standings are also used for seeding purposes in the 2021 MAAC Tournament.[1][2] Canisius suspended their season on February 4, 2021 As of July 7, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

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.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Marist	13–3
2	Quinnipiac	11–5
3	Saint Peter's	10–10
4	Fairfield	9–3	1 win vs Marist
5	Manhattan	9–3	0 wins vs Marist
6	Iona	5–6	2 wins vs Rider
7	Rider	5–13	0 wins vs Iona
8	Niagara	4–6
9	Siena	3–8
10	Monmouth	2–11

Schedule

^[5]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Niagara vs No. 9 Siena	65–74		ESPN+
	2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Rider vs No. 10 Monmouth	44–41
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Marist vs No. 9 Siena	63–55		ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 2 Quinnipiac vs No. 7 Rider	50–62
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3	5	12:00 pm	No. 3 Saint Peter's vs No. 6 Iona	61–50		ESPN+
	6	2:30 pm	No. 4 Fairfield vs No. 5 Manhattan	51–40
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
4	7	11:00 am	No. 1 Marist vs No. 4 Fairfield	66–50		ESPN+
	8	1:30 pm	No. 7 Rider vs No. 3 Saint Peter's	67–72
Championship – Saturday, March 13
5	9	11:00 am	No. 1 Marist vs No. 3 Saint Peter's	69–30		ESPNews
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 9					Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 10/11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Championship Saturday, March 13
						1	Marist	63
						9	Siena	55
	8	Niagara	65
	9	Siena	74
											1	Marist	66
											4	Fairfield	50
						4	Fairfield	51
						5	Manhattan	40
																1	Marist	69
																3	Saint Peter's	30
						2	Quinnipiac	50
						7	Rider	62
	7	Rider	44
	10	Monmouth	41
											7	Rider	67
											3	Saint Peter's	72
						3	Saint Peter's	61
						6	Iona	50

* denotes number of overtimes

All-championship team

2021 MAAC Women's Basketball All-Championship Team [6]

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