2021 Summit League women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Summit League women's basketball tournament is a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 6–9, 2021, at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top eight teams in the final standings qualified for the tournament.

2021 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams8
SiteSanford Pentagon[1]
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
ChampionsSouth Dakota (3rd title)
Winning coachDawn Plitzuweit (2nd title)
MVPChloe Lamb (South Dakota)
TelevisionMidcoSN
ESPN+
ESPNU
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 Summit League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 25 South Dakota State140 1.000214 .840
South Dakota122 .857196 .760
North Dakota State97 .563159 .625
Kansas City78 .4671012 .455
Western Illinois68 .429816 .333
Denver59 .357716 .304
Omaha48 .333713 .350
Oral Roberts48 .333615 .286
North Dakota213 .133219 .095
2021 Summit League Tournament winner
As of December 2, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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The top eight teams by conference record in the Summit League were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker[2]
1South Dakota State14–0
2South Dakota12–2
3North Dakota State9–7
4Kansas City7–8
5Western Illinois6–8
6Denver5–9
7Oral Roberts4–81–1 vs. KC
8Omaha4–80–2 vs. KC

Schedule and results

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GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6
111:45 AM#1 South Dakota State vs. #8 Omaha40-52MidcosSN/ ESPN+
22:45 PM#2 South Dakota vs. #7 Oral Roberts89-66
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 7
311:45 AM#4 Kansas City vs. #5 Western Illinois59-60MidcosSN/ ESPN+
42:45 PM#3 North Dakota State vs. #6 Denver79-67
Semifinals – Monday, March 8
511:45 AM#8 Omaha vs. #5 Western Illinois69-55MidcosSN/ ESPN+
62:45 PM#2 South Dakota vs. #3 North Dakota State81-55
Final – Tuesday, March 9
71:00 PM#8 Omaha vs. #2 South Dakota66-43ESPNU
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 6 & 7
MidcoSN/ESPN+
Semifinals
March 8
MidcoSN/ESPN+
Championship
March 9
ESPNU
         
1South Dakota State40
8Omaha52
8Omaha69
5Western Illinois55
4Kansas City59
5Western Illinois60
8Omaha43
2South Dakota66
2South Dakota89
7Oral Roberts66
2South Dakota81
3North Dakota State55
3North Dakota State79
6Denver67

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Women's Basketball Championship". The Summit League.
  2. ^ "2021 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved February 28, 2021.