| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Coachrank: | 19 |
| Record: | 20–10 |
| Conf Record: | 11–8 |
| Head Coach: | Lisa Bluder |
| Hc Year: | 21st |
| Asst Coach1: | Jan Jensen |
| Asst Coach2: | Raina Harmon |
| Asst Coach3: | Abby Stamp |
| Stadium: | Carver–Hawkeye Arena |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | Sweet 16 |
The 2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by twenty-first year head coach Lisa Bluder and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Hawkeyes finished the season 20–10, 11–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They received a bye into the Second Round of the Big Ten women's tournament where they defeated Purdue, Rutgers, and Michigan before losing in the final to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the five seed in the Riverwalk Regional, they defeated twelve seed and four seed Kentucky before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.
The Hawkeyes finished the season 26–4, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. In the Big Ten tournament they lost to Ohio State in the first round. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | G | 5'10" | Completed college eligibility | ||||
| 22 | G | 5'9" | Completed college eligibility/ Declared for WNBA Draft | ||||
| 31 | F/C | 6'3" | |||||
| 43 | F | 6'1" | Cedar Rapids, IA | Completed college eligibility |
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|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
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 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes | ||
| (NR) | Not Ranked and Did not receive votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.
2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team