The 2021 American Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament held March 8–11, 2021, in the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

[1][2] All of the teams in the American Athletic Conference, except for SMU, will qualify for the tournament.

SMU canceled their season after going 0–6,[3] so they did not compete in the conference tournament.

Teams are seeded based on conference record, and then a tiebreaker system will be used.

Teams seeded 7–10 play in opening round, and teams seeded 1–6 receive a bye to the quarterfinals.