2021 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 4–7, 2021, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.

2021 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Mercer (3rd title)
Winning coach	Susie Gardner (3rd title)
MVP	Jaron Dougherty (Mercer)
Television	Nexstar, ESPN+
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2020–21 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Samford	11	–	2		.846			14	–	11		.560
Mercer†	10	–	3		.769			19	–	7		.731
Chattanooga	9	–	5		.643			14	–	10		.583
Wofford	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Furman	6	–	8		.429			11	–	14		.440
UNC Greensboro	6	–	8		.429			8	–	16		.333
Western Carolina	3	–	10		.231			6	–	18		.250
East Tennessee State	1	–	10		.091			4	–	16		.200
† 2021 SoCon Tournament winner As of July 7, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Samford	11–2	14–8
#2	Mercer	10–3	16–6
#3	Chattanooga	9–5	14–9
#4	Wofford	7–7	11–10
#5	UNCG	6–8	8–15	2–0 vs. Furman
#6	Furman	6–8	10–13	0–2 vs. UNCG
#7	Western Carolina	3–10	6–17
#8	ETSU	1–10	3–15

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship was televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 4
1	1	Noon	No. 1 Samford 61 vs. No. 8 ETSU 68	ESPN+
	2	2:15 PM	No. 4 Wofford 78 vs. No. 5 UNCG 66
2	3	5:00 PM	No. 2 Mercer 76 vs. No. 7 Western Carolina 67
	4	7:15 PM	No. 3 Chattanooga 40 vs. No. 6 Furman 58
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
3	5	Noon	No. 8 ETSU 64 vs. No. 4 Wofford 75	ESPN+
	6	2:15 PM	No. 2 Mercer 81 vs. No. 6 Furman 71
Championship Game – Sunday, March 7
4	7	Noon	No. 4 Wofford vs. No. 2 Mercer	Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4, 2021 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 5, 2021 ESPN+					Championship game Sunday, March 7, 2021 Nexstar
	1	Samford	61
	8	ETSU	68
						8	ETSU	64
						4	Wofford	75
	4	Wofford	78
	5	UNCG	66
											4	Wofford	38
											2	Mercer	60
	2	Mercer	76
	7	Western Carolina	67
						2	Mercer	81
						6	Furman	71
	3	Chattanooga	40
	6	Furman	58

See also

• 2021 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament