2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2020–21
Prev Year:	2019–20
Next Year:	2021–22
Team:	Colorado Buffaloes
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-12
Record:	12–11
Conf Record:	8–8
Head Coach:	JR Payne
Hc Year:	5th
Asst Coach1:	Toriano Towns
Asst Coach2:	Alex Earl
Asst Coach3:	Shandrika Lee
Stadium:	CU Events Center
Bowl:	WNIT
Bowl Result:	Quarterfinals

The 2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, were led by fifth year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference.

The Buffaloes finished the season 12–11, 8–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. In the Pac-12 Tournament they were upset by eleventh seed Washington in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Louisiana and Nebraska before losing to Ole Miss in the quarterfinals to end their season.

Previous season

The Buffaloes finished the season 16–14, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost to USC in the first round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Schedule

Source:^[2] |-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| WNIT

Rankings

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

+ Regular Season Polls	Poll	Pre- season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Final
AP
Coaches								RV

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not Ranked in Previous Week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

Note: The Coaches Poll does not release a Week 2 poll, and the AP poll does not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312202043/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-cancels-remaining-winter-and-spring-championships . 2020-03-12 .
2. Web site: 2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule. University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics. CUBuffs.com. May 13, 2021.