2020–21_Iowa_Hawkeyes_women's_basketball_team
2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
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.
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 19 |
| Record | 20–10 (11–8 Big Ten) |
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| Home arena | Carver–Hawkeye Arena |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Maryland † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 26 | – | 2 | .929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Indiana | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 20 | – | 5 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Rutgers | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | 14 | – | 5 | .737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Michigan | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | 16 | – | 6 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 11 | – | 8 | .579 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Ohio State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 8 | – | 7 | .533 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nebraska | 9 | – | 10 | .474 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 13 | .381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 6 | – | 13 | .316 | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 16 | .304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 18 | .217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 27, 2021 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Central Michigan 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]
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site city, state | |||
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| November 25, 2020* 6:30 p.m. |
Northern Iowa | W 96–81 | 1–0 |
27 – Clark | 13 – Warnock | 6 – Warnock | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (365) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| December 2, 2020* 6:00 p.m. |
at Drake | W 103–97 | 2–0 |
30 – Clark | 8 – Warnock | 13 – Clark | Knapp Center (116) Des Moines, IA | ||||
| December 5, 2020 2:00 p.m. |
Wisconsin | W 85–78 | 3–0 (1–0) |
23 – Clark | 9 – Czinano | 6 – Martin | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (325) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| December 9, 2020* 6:30 p.m. |
Iowa State Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series |
W 82–80 | 4–0 |
34 – Clark | 7 – Tied | 6 – Clark | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (326) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| December 12, 2020 3:00 p.m. |
at Michigan State | L 82–86 | 4–1 (1–1) |
– | – | – | Breslin Center (0) East Lansing, MI | ||||
| December 22, 2020* 1:00 p.m. |
Western Illinois | W 92–65 | 5–1 |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (344) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| December 31, 2020 2:00 p.m. |
Rutgers | W 90–84 | 6–1 (2–1) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (328) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m. |
at Illinois | W 107–68 | 7–1 (3–1) |
– | – | – | State Farm Center (0) Champaign, IL | ||||
| January 6, 2021 6:00 p.m. |
Minnesota | W 92–79 | 8–1 (4–1) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (296) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| January 9, 2021 6:00 p.m. |
at No. 22 Northwestern | L 67–77 | 8–2 (4–2) |
– | – | – | Welsh–Ryan Arena (0) Evanston, IL | ||||
| January 13, 2021 3:00 p.m. |
No. 15 Ohio State | L 82–84 OT | 8–3 (4–3) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (326) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| January 18, 2021 3:30 p.m. |
Purdue | W 87–81 | 9–3 (5–3) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (293) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| January 21, 2021 4:00 p.m. |
at Maryland | Postponed | Xfinity Center College Park, MD | ||||||||
| January 23, 2021 3:00 p.m. |
at Rutgers | Postponed | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, NJ | ||||||||
| January 28, 2021 5:00 p.m. |
No. 23 Northwestern | L 80–87 | 9–4 (5–4) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (264) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| January 31, 2021 4:00 p.m. |
at Minnesota | W 94–68 | 10–4 (6–4) |
– | – | – | Williams Arena (0) Minneapolis, MN | ||||
| February 4, 2021 5:00 p.m. |
at No. 11 Ohio State | L 87–92 | 10–5 (6–5) |
– | – | – | Value City Arena (54) Columbus, OH | ||||
| February 7, 2021 1:00 p.m. |
No. 17 Indiana | L 72–85 | 10–6 (6–6) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (265) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
at Nebraska | W 88–81 | 11–6 (7–6) |
– | – | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE | ||||
| February 18, 2021 3:00 p.m. |
Penn State | W 96–78 | 12–6 (8–6) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (274) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| February 21, 2021 TBA |
at Indiana | Postponed | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN | ||||||||
| February 23, 2021 Noon |
at No. 8 Maryland | L 93–111 | 12–7 (8–7) |
– | – | – | Xfinity Center (0) College Park, MD | ||||
| February 25, 2021 3:30 p.m. |
No. 12 Michigan | W 89–67 | 13–7 (9–7) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (332) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m. |
at Wisconsin | W 84–70 | 14–7 (10–7) |
– | – | – | Kohl Center (0) Madison, WI | ||||
| March 3, 2021 3:30 p.m. |
at No. 10 Indiana | L 80–89 | 14–8 (10–8) |
– | – | – | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN | ||||
| March 6, 2021 7:00 p.m. |
Nebraska | W 83–75 | 15–8 (11–8) |
– | – | – | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (301) Iowa City, IA | ||||
| Big Ten Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 10, 2021 7:30 p.m., FS2 |
(6) | vs. (11) Purdue Second Round |
W 83–72[3] | 16–8 |
38 – Czinano | 9 – Czinano | 9 – Clark | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,064) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| March 11, 2021 8:00 p.m., FS2 |
(6) | vs. (3) No. 19 Rutgers Quarterfinals |
W 73–62[4] | 17–8 |
27 – Marshall | 12 – Warnock | 10 – Clark | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| March 12, 2021 3:00 p.m., FS2 |
(6) | vs. (7) Michigan State Semifinals |
W 87–72[5] | 18–8 |
27 – Czinano | 11 – Warnock | 11 – Clark | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| March 13, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(6) | vs. (1) No. 7 Maryland Final |
L 84–104[6] | 18–9 |
22 – Czinano | 10 – Warnock | 7 – Clark | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (1,202) Indianapolis, IN | |||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| March 21, 2021 11:00 p.m., ESPN |
(5 R) | vs. (12 R) Central Michigan First Round |
W 87–72[7] | 19–9 |
23 – Tied | 10 – Warnock | 7 – Clark | Alamodome (0) San Antonio, TX | |||
| March 23, 2021 2:30 p.m., ESPNU |
(5 R) | vs. (4 R) No. 18 Kentucky Second Round |
W 86–72[8] | 20–9 |
35 – Clark | 8 – Tied | 6 – Clark | Bill Greehey Arena (0) San Antonio, TX | |||
| March 27, 2021 Noon, ABC |
(5 A) | vs. (1 A) No. 1 UConn Sweet Sixteen |
L 72–92[9] | 20–10 |
21 – Clark | 5 – Tied | 5 – Tied | Alamodome (0) San Antonio, TX | |||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. R=River Walk. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
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Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
More information Poll, Pre- Season ...
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| Increase in ranking | ||
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| 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.
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- "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". hawkeyesports.com. University of Iowa. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- "Czinano, Clark help Iowa women break away from Purdue 83-72". Associated Press. March 10, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "Iowa ousts No. 19 Rutgers women from Big Ten tourney 73-62". Associated Press. March 11, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "Iowa women advance to Big Ten championship game". Associated Press. March 12, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "No. 7 Maryland dominates Iowa to repeat as tourney champ". Associated Press. March 13, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "Clark shines in her NCAA Tournament debut, Iowa eases by CMU". Associated Press. March 21, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "Clark scores 35 for Iowa women in NCAA win over Kentucky". Associated Press. March 23, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- "Bueckers, UConn beat Clark, Iowa in women's Sweet 16". Associated Press. March 27, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2024.