| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | South Dakota State Jackrabbits |
| Conference: | Summit League |
| Short Conf: | The Summit |
| Aprank: | 25 |
| Record: | 21–4 |
| Conf Record: | 14–0 |
| Hc Year: | 21st full, 22nd overall |
| Asst Coach1: | Mike Jewett |
| Asst Coach2: | Carissa Thielbar |
| Asst Coach3: | Megan Lueck |
| Champion: | The Summit League regular-season championship |
| Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represented South Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by twenty-first year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League. They played their home games at Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.
The Jackrabbits went 23–10 overall and 13–3 in conference play, finishing second.
South Dakota State played North Dakota in the quarterfinals, winning 72–43 and then followed it up two days later with a win in the semifinals against North Dakota State 76–56. The Jackrabbits made an appearance in the championship game against 17th-ranked South Dakota, falling short 58–63.
The postseason was put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak and hopes for a possible NCAA at-large bid or automatic WNIT birth were dashed.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rylie Cascio Jensen | 2 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Tagyn Larson | 24 | F | 6'2" | RS-Senior | Graduated | ||
| Megan Bultsma | 50 | C | 6'3" | Senior | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Greer | 11 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Graduate transfer from Colgate[1] | ||
| Madysen Vlastuin | 22 | F | 6'1" | Freshman | Signed for the 2020–21 season[2] | ||
| Emily Herzberg | 4 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Signed for the 2020–21 season | ||
| Mesa Byom | 24 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Melrose, WI | Signed for the 2020–21 season |
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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 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 25 | |
| Coaches | RV | 21 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 22 | 25 | RV |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received votes | ||
| (NR) | Not ranked |