The 2021 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference that took place March 5–8, 2021, at the

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for majority of the games and a few First round and Quarterfinal matchups at Hartsell Arena on the campus of

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, both in

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. All games were broadcast on

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, and the championship game was televised on

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Format

All 12 teams were eligible for the tournament. Seeding was decided by divisions – the top two teams with the best overall conference records in each division received first-round byes. The remaining seeds were determined based on division finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed was determined within each division. The #1 seeds of each division faced the winner of the game between the #4 seed from the opposite division and the #5 seed from the team's same division in the quarterfinal round. Similarly, the #2 seeds of each division faced the winner of the #3 seed from the opposite division and the #6 seed from the same division. The semifinal round featured the winner of the #1 seeds' quarterfinal games against the winner of the game featuring the #2 seeds from the opposite division.

Seeds

Schedule

*Game times in

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. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

References

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Format

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References