2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's basketball
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Nebraska Cornhuskers
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:13–13
Conf Record:9–10
Head Coach:Amy Williams
Hc Year:5th
Asst Coach1:Tom Goehle
Asst Coach2:Chuck Love
Asst Coach3:Tandem Mays
Stadium:Pinnacle Bank Arena

The 2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by fifth year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

They finished the season 13–13, 9–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. As the eight seed in the Big Ten women's tournament they defeated Minnesota in the Second Round before losing to eventual champions Maryland in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They played in the Memphis regional and defeated in the First Round before losing to Colorado in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

The Cornhuskers finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Michigan. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Schedule

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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
(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.

See also

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 . Nebraska Athletics. June 28, 2021.