2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Miami Hurricanes
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Record:11–11
Conf Record:8–10
Hc Year:16th
Asst Coach1:Octavia Blue
Asst Coach2:Fitzroy Anthony
Asst Coach3:Kelly Gibson
Stadium:Watsco Center

The 2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by sixteenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Hurricanes finished the season 11–11 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Virginia Tech in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Hurricanes finished 15–15 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Off-season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Iggy Allen 12 G 5'10" Junior Transferred to FAU
Yasmeen Chang 22 G 5'9" Freshman Transferred to Florida
32 F 6'4" Senior Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Karla Erjavec 25 G 5'10" Junior Wyoming
Naomi Mbandu 35 F 6'2" Junior Gulf Coast State

Recruiting Class

Source:[2]

Schedule

Source[3]

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Rankings

See main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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

The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.

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: Miami Hurricanes. espn.com. ESPN. December 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: 2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule. Miami Hurricanes. December 2, 2020.