Sport: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 2020–21 |
Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
Next Year: | 2021–22 |
Team: | Florida State Seminoles |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 10–9 |
Conf Record: | 9–7 |
Head Coach: | Brooke Wyckoff (interim) |
Asst Coach2: | Joy McCorvey |
Asst Coach3: | Morgan Toles |
Stadium: | Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,100) |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Brooke Wyckoff served as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.[1]
The Seminoles finished the season 10–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. The Seminoles went on to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive season.[2] As the nine seed in the HemisFair Regional the lost to Oregon State in the First Round.
For the 2019–20 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.[3] Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA draft.[4]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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Nicki Ekhomu | 12 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Nausia Woolfolk | 13 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Kiah Gillespie | 15 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Graduated | ||
London Clarkson | 34 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Transferred to Virginia |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bianca Jackson | 0 | G | 5'11" | Junior | South Carolina | ||
Sara Bejedi | 5 | G | 5'7" | Sophomore | Arizona State | ||
Erin Howard | 14 | F | 6'1" | Junior | Auburn | ||
Tiana England | 23 | G | 5'7" | Senior | St. John's |
Florida State did not have any incoming freshman commits.[5]
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See main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.