| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Syracuse Orange |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 15–9 |
| Conf Record: | 9–7 |
| Head Coach: | Quentin Hillsman |
| Hc Year: | 15th |
| Asst Coach1: | Vonn Read |
| Asst Coach2: | John Marcum |
| Asst Coach3: | Cedric Solice |
| Stadium: | Carrier Dome |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
| Bowl Result: | second round |
The 2020–21 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange were led by fifteenth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were eighth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York.
The Orange finished the season 15–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated to Boston College in the Second Round and Florida State in the Quarterfinals before losing to Louisville in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the eight seed in the Riverwalk Regional. In the tournament they defeated nine seed South Dakota State in the First Round before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.
For the 2019–20 season, the Orange finished 16–15 overall record and a 9–9 in record ACC play securing an eighth-place finish. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Virginia in the Second Round before losing to Louisville in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elemy Colomé | 0 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Graduated[2] | ||
| Whisper Fisher | 2 | F | 6'2" | Graduate Student | Graduated[3] | ||
| Alisha Lewis | 10 | G | 5'7" | Freshman | Transferred to UCF[4] | ||
| Gabrielle Cooper | 11 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Graduated[5] | ||
| Brooke Alexander | 12 | G | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Graduated |
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|-!colspan=6 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| Regular Season|-!colspan=6 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament|-!colspan=6 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 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | 23 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | N/A | ||||||||
| Coaches | 21 | 18 | 16 | 20т | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | RV | RV | RV |
| 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.