2021 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

2021 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams10
SiteTaxSlayer Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsBradley (1st title)
Winning coachAndrea Gorski (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+
2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 20 Missouri State160 1.000234  .852
Drake135 .7221812  .600
Illinois State126 .667169  .640
Northern Iowa117 .6111713  .567
Bradley†108 .5561712  .586
Loyola–Chicago810 .4441215  .444
Valparaiso79 .4381213  .480
Southern Illinois513 .278916  .360
Indiana State212 .143515  .250
Evansville216 .111618  .250
2021 MVC tournament winner
As of July 7, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament, promoted as Hoops in the Heartland, was part of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois, March 11–14, 2021, at the TaxSlayer Center. On March 13, prior to the semifinal game between Missouri State and Bradley, Missouri State withdrew from the tournament. The remaining teams were reseeded, Bradley was rescheduled to play Loyola Chicago, and top-seeded Drake advanced to the finals, awaiting their opponent. Bradley won the tournament, its first title, receiving the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.