| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Summit League |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Sanford Pentagon[1] |
| City: | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Champions: | South Dakota |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Dawn Plitzuweit |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Chloe Lamb |
| Mvpteam: | South Dakota |
| Television: | MidcoSN ESPN+ ESPNU |
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.
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.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | 14–0 | |
| 2 | South Dakota | 12–2 | |
| 3 | North Dakota State | 9–7 | |
| 4 | Kansas City | 7–8 | |
| 5 | Western Illinois | 6–8 | |
| 6 | Denver | 5–9 | |
| 7 | Oral Roberts | 4–8 | 1–1 vs. KC |
| 8 | Omaha | 4–8 | 0–2 vs. KC |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6 | |||||
| 1 | 11:45 AM |
| 40-52 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 2:45 PM |
| 89-66 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 7 | |||||
| 3 | 11:45 AM |
| 59-60 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 2:45 PM |
| 79-67 | ||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 8 | |||||
| 5 | 11:45 AM |
| 69-55 | MidcosSN/ ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 2:45 PM |
| 81-55 | ||
| Final – Tuesday, March 9 | |||||
| 7 | 1:00 PM |
| 66-43 | ESPNU | |
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