2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2020–21
Prev Year:	2019–20
Next Year:	2021–22
Team:	DePaul Blue Demons
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
Record:	14–10
Conf Record:	11–5
Head Coach:	Doug Bruno
Hc Year:	35th
Asst Coach1:	Jill M. Pizzotti
Asst Coach2:	Lisa Ryckbosch
Asst Coach3:	Candis Blankson
Stadium:	Wintrust Arena
Bowl:	WNIT
Bowl Result:	first round

The 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons were led by thirty-fifth year head coach Doug Bruno and played their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference.

They finished the season 14–10, 11–5 in Big East play to finish in fourth place.^{[1] [2]} As the fourth seed in the Big East tournament they lost in the Quarterfinals to Villanova. The received an at-large invitation to the WNIT, where they played in the Rockford Regional. They lost in the First Round to Saint Louis and lost their consolation game to Drake.

Previous season

They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 88–74.The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[3]

Schedule

Source:^[4]

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Rankings

See main article: 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	19	20	24	24	18	18	20	19	18	17	20	22	19т	24	25	RV	RV
Coaches	19	23	23	20т	21	22	22	21	20	21	22	19	23	RV	RV	RV

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: DePaul Blue Demons Schedule 2020-21 . ESPN. July 8, 2021.
2. Web site: DePaul Blue Demons . DePaul Blue Demons on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games . Sports.yahoo.com . July 8, 2021.
3. 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 .
4. Web site: 2020-21 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule. depaulbluedemons.com. DePaul University Athletics. July 8, 2021.