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2021 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
2021 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	10
Site	Merrell Center; Katy, Texas
Champions	Stephen F. Austin (16th title)
Winning coach	Mark Kellogg (1st title)
MVP	Aaliyah Johnson (Stephen F. Austin)
Television	ESPN+/CBSSN
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2020–21 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	14	–	0	1.000	24	–	3	.889
Southeastern Louisiana	10	–	5	.667	11	–	8	.579
Sam Houston State	9	–	5	.643	15	–	8	.652
Lamar	9	–	6	.600	10	–	14	.417
Central Arkansas	9	–	7	.563	13	–	14	.481
Nicholls	9	–	7	.563	11	–	14	.440
Abilene Christian	6	–	7	.462	14	–	10	.583
Houston Baptist	6	–	7	.462	11	–	11	.500
Incarnate Word	4	–	5	.444	6	–	8	.429
McNeese State	6	–	8	.429	6	–	16	.273
Texas A&M–CC	4	–	7	.364	6	–	13	.316
New Orleans	3	–	12	.200	6	–	15	.286
Northwestern State	1	–	14	.067	1	–	19	.050

† SLC tournament winner As of April 4, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 9–14, 2021, at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.^[1] Stephen F. Austin won the tournament, claiming its 16th and final Southland Conference title, and received the Southland's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.^[2] SFA is one of five schools that will leave the Southland on July 1, 2021, with SFA being one of four joining the Western Athletic Conference.^[3]

Seeds

Only the top ten teams advanced to the Southland Conference tournament.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	‡* Stephen F. Austin	14–0	22–2
2	* Southeastern Louisiana	10–5	11–7
3	# Sam Houston	9–5	13–7
4	# Lamar	9–6	10–13
5	Central Arkansas	9–7	12–13
6	Nicholls	9–7	10–13
7	Abilene Christian	6–7	14–9
8	Houston Baptist	6–7	11–11
9	McNeese State	6–8	6–16
10	Incarnate Word	4–5	6–8
‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Receive a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	1	11:00 am	No. 9 McNeese vs. No. 8 Houston Baptist	68–80	ESPN+
1	2	2:00 pm	No. 10 Incarnate Word vs. No. 7 Abilene Christian	70–81	ESPN+
Second Round – Thursday, March 11
2	3	11:00 am	No. 8 Houston Baptist vs. No. 5 Central Arkansas	46–51	ESPN+
2	4	2:00 pm	No. 7 Abilene Christian vs. No. 6 Nicholls	57–67	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
3	5	11:00 am	No. 5 Central Arkansas vs. No. 4 Lamar	69–55	ESPN+
3	6	2:00 pm	No. 6 Nicholls vs. No. 3 Sam Houston	59–89	ESPN+
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
4	7	1:00 pm	No. 5 Central Arkansas vs. No. 1 Stephen F. Austin	47–55	ESPN+
4	8	4:00 pm	No. 3 Sam Houston vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	79–77	ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, March 14
5	9	1:00 pm	No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 3 Sam Houston	56–45	CBSSN
Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

First round Wednesday, March 10 ESPN+			Second round Thursday, March 11 ESPN+			Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 ESPN+			Semifinals Saturday, March 13 ESPN+			Championship Sunday, March 14 CBSSN

8	Houston Baptist	74
9	McNeese	60	5	Central Arkansas	56
			8	Houston Baptist	51
						4	Lamar	55
						5	Central Arkansas	69


									1	Stephen F. Austin	55
									5	Central Arkansas	47






												1	Stephen F. Austin	56
												3	Sam Houston	45






									2	Southeastern Louisiana	77
									3	Sam Houston	79


						3	Sam Houston	89
						6	Nicholls	59
			6	Nicholls	67
7	Abilene Christian	81	7	Abilene Christian	57
10	Incarnate Word	70

^ Mitchell Northam (March 11, 2021). "2021 women's college basketball conference tournaments: Schedules, brackets, scores, auto-bids". 2021 NCAA-TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ "Field Set for 2021 Southland Women's Basketball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
^ "WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.