2021 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament

2021 NCAA Division II
women's basketball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	Alumni Hall Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Lubbock Christian (3rd title)
Runner-up	Drury (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Central Missouri (6th Final Four) Lander (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Steve Gomez (3rd title)
NCAA Division II women's tournaments «2020 2022»

The 2021 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 39th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

The Elite Eight was held at Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus, Ohio from March 23–26, 2021.

Defending champions Lubbock Christian defeated Drury in the championship game, 69–59, to claim the Lady Chaps' third overall and second consecutive national title. Lubbock Christian additionally finished the season undefeated (23-0).

Qualification

A total of 48 bids were available for the tournament: 16 automatic (awarded to the champions of the sixteen Division II conferences that crowned a basketball champion after the end of the regular season) and 32 at-large.

The field size was temporarily reduced for just the 2021 championship to account for teams and conferences that chose to not compete during the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams from six conferences (CCAA, CIAA, Northeast-10, PSAC, SIAC and Sunshine State) did not participate in the regular season and were ineligible for tournament bids.

The remaining bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West). Some teams, however, were placed outside their conferences' traditional regions to ensure an even distribution of teams across all eight regionals. As a result, each regions consists of two to three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and two to four at-large bids.

Automatic bids (16)

Automatic bids
Region	Conference	Qualifying school	Record
Atlantic	CIAA	None awarded
	Mountain East	Charleston (WV)	17–2
	PSAC	None awarded
Central	Great American	Southern Nazarene	12–7
	MIAA	Nebraska–Kearney	22–3
	Northern Sun	Minnesota Duluth	13–1
East	CACC	Dominican (NY)	12–1
	East Coast	Roberts Wesleyan	10–6
	Northeast-10	None awarded
Midwest	GLIAC	Michigan Tech	20–1
	GLVC	Drury	20–1
	G-MAC	Tiffin	16–8
South	Gulf South	Union (TN)	18–5
	SIAC	None awarded
	Sunshine State	None awarded
South Central	Lone Star	Lubbock Christian	18–0
	RMAC	Black Hills State	14–8
Southeast	Carolinas	Belmont Abbey	22–2
	Peach Belt	North Georgia	17–1
	South Atlantic	Tusculum	18–3
West	CCAA	None awarded
	GNAC	None awarded
	PacWest	Hawaii Pacific	13–0

At-large bids (32)

At-large bids
Qualifying school	Conference	Record (Conf.)
American International	Northeast-10	7–1
Arkansas Tech	Great American	14–2
Ashland	GLIAC	14–8
Azusa Pacific	PacWest	10–4
Barton	Carolinas	12–2
Cameron	Lone Star	11–7
Carson-Newman	South Atlantic	15–3
Catawba	South Atlantic	10–3
Cedarville	G-MAC	19–5
Central Missouri	MIAA	19–4
Colorado Mines	RMAC	17–3
Concordia (NY)	Central Atlantic	6–5
Daemen	East Coast	12–2
Emporia State	MIAA	18–6
Fort Hays State	MIAA	22–3
Georgian Court	Central Atlantic	8–1
Glenville State	Mountain East	12–3
Grand Valley State	GLIAC	14–5
Kentucky Wesleyan	G-MAC	18–5
Lander	Peach Belt	17–1
Lee (TN)	Gulf South	15–7
Montevallo	Gulf South	14–6
Northwood	GLIAC	11–8
Southwestern Oklahoma	Great American	17–3
St. Cloud State	Northern Sun	12–5
Texas A&M–Commerce	Lone Star	13–3
Truman	GLIAC	16–4
Tuskegee	SIAC	12–1
Valdosta State	Gulf South	17–3
Walsh	G-MAC	16–6
Western Colorado	RMAC	14–5
Westminster (UT)	RMAC	11–5

Bracket

Atlantic Regional

• Site: Columbus, Ohio (Ohio Dominican)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Charleston (WV)	79
	4	Cedarville	71			5	Walsh	73
	5	Walsh	88								1	Charleston (WV)	82
											6	Tiffin	52
						2	Glenville State	83
	3	Kentucky Wesleyan	56			6	Tiffin	85
	6	Tiffin	70

Central Regional

• Site: Warrensburg, Missouri (Central Missouri)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Fort Hays State	68
	4	Central Missouri	66			4	Central Missouri	72
	5	St. Cloud State	52								4	Central Missouri	67
											2	Nebraska–Kearney	57
						2	Nebraska–Kearney	65
	3	Minnesota–Duluth	76			3	Minnesota–Duluth	57
	6	Emporia State	70

East Regional

• Site: Amherst, New York (Daemen)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Dominican (NY)	73
	4	American International	61			5	Roberts Wesleyan	77
	5	Roberts Wesleyan	75								5	Roberts Wesleyan	40
											2	Daemen	58
						2	Daemen	73
	3	Georgian Court	61			3	Georgian Court	54
	6	Concordia (NY)	54

Midwest Regional

• Site: O'Reilly Family Event Center, Springfield, Missouri (Drury)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Michigan Tech	65
	4	Grand Valley State	60			5	Ashland	74
	5	Ashland	68								5	Ashland	69
											2	Drury	88
						2	Drury	66
	3	Truman	55			3	Truman	51
	6	Northwood	42

South Regional

• Site: Dahlonega, Georgia (North Georgia)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	North Georgia	66
	4	Union (TN)	70			4	Union (TN)	58
	5	Montevallo	65								1	North Georgia	48
											2	Lander	67
						2	Lander	63
	3	Valdosta State	74			3	Valdosta State	60
	6	Lee	64

Southeast Regional

• Site: Jefferson City, Tennessee (Carson-Newman)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Belmont Abbey	74
	4	Tusculum	77			4	Tusculum	59
	5	Tuskegee	64								1	Belmont Abbey	62
											2	Barton	52
						2	Barton	80
	3	Carson-Newman	48			6	Catawba	64
	6	Catawba	67

South Central Regional

• Site: Canyon, Texas (West Texas A&M)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Lubbock Christian	96
	4	Arkansas Tech				5	Cameron	66
	5	Cameron	w/o								1	Lubbock Christian	78
											2	SW Oklahoma	65
						2	SW Oklahoma	97
	3	Texas A&M–Commerce	70			3	Texas A&M–Commerce	79
	6	Southern Nazarene	64

West Regional

• Site: Grand Junction, Colorado (Colorado Mesa)

	First round March 12, 2021					Regional semifinals March 13, 2021					Regional finals March 15, 2021
						1	Colorado Mines
	4	Azusa Pacific	72			4	Azusa Pacific	w/o
	5	Hawaii Pacific	59								4	Azusa Pacific	53
											3	Westminster (UT)	48
						2	Western Colorado	52
	3	Westminster (UT)	74			3	Westminster (UT)	68
	6	Black Hills State	65

Elite Eight

• Site: Alumni Hall, Columbus, Ohio

	Elite Eight March 23, 2021					Final Four March 24, 2021					National championship March 26, 2021
	1	Lubbock Christian	66
	8	Daemen	49
						1	Lubbock Christian	63
						5	Central Missouri	61
	5	Central Missouri	65
	4	Belmont Abbey	42
											1	Lubbock Christian	69
											3	Drury	59
	3	Drury	74
	6	Charleston (WV)	66
						3	Drury	74
						2	Lander	65
	7	Azusa Pacific	76
	2	Lander	88

See also

• 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2021 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2021 NAIA women's basketball tournament
• 2021 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament