2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
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
Incoming transfers
Recruiting Class
Source:[ 2]
College recruiting information
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Nyayongah Gony F
Lincoln, NE
Lincoln
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
N/A
Star ratings :Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN :
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
Roster
2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G 0
Kenza Salgues 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So INSEP
Montpellier, FR
G/F 1
Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So Solna Gymnasium
Stockholm, Sweden
F 3
Destiny Harden 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RS Jr Morgan Park West Virginia
Chicago, IL
G 4
Endia Banks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr Duluth
Duluth, GA
G 5
Mykea Gray 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sr National Christian Academy
Upper Marlboro, MD
G 13
Taylor Mason 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr Norcross
Decatur, GA
G/F 14
Nyayongah Gony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr Lincoln
Lincoln, NB
F 15
Jamir Huston 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jr John Hay
Cleveland, OH
G 20
Kelsey Marshall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr Miami Country Day School
Davie, FL
F 21
Brianna Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So Princess Anne
Virginia Beach, VA
G 25
Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Jr Sport GymnasiumWyoming
Zagreb, Croatia
F 35
Naomi Mbandu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jr INSEP Gulf Coast State
Tarbes, France
C 44
Sydnee Roby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Rufus King
Milwaukee, WI
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Source[ 3]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020 *1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Jacksonville W 74–58 1–0
Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
November 28, 2020 *3:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Florida W 81–39 2–0
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
December 3, 2020 *7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Florida Atlantic W 73–61 3–0
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
December 6, 2020 *2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Stetson Canceled [ 4] Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 20 Syracuse
L 58–69 3–1
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
December 13, 2020 3:00 p.m., RSN
Duke Postponed [ 5] Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
December 14, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN
North Carolina W 67–63 4–1
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Georgia Tech
Postponed [ 6] McCamish Pavilion Atlanta, GA
December 20, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN
at No. 2 Louisville
Postponed [ 7] KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY
December 20, 2020 Noon, ACCNX
at No. 4 NC State
L 47–78 4–2
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN
Notre Dame L 60–71 4–3
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
January 3, 2021 Noon, ACCN
Clemson W 80–71 5–3
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Wake Forest
L 60–63 5–4
LJVM Coliseum Winston–Salem, NC
January 10, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN
at North Carolina
W 69–59 6–4
Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC
January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida State Postponed [ 8] Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
January 17, 2021 Noon, RSN
at No. 24 Syracuse
L 64–99 6–5
Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY
January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Pittsburgh
W 72–68 7–5
Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA
January 26, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 1 Louisville
L 76–79 7–6
KFC Yum! Center (2,653)Louisville, KY
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Georgia Tech L 56–70 7–7
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
January 31, 2021 1:00 p.m., RSN
Boston College Postponed [ 9] Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 7, 2021 Noon, ACCNX
Florida State W 68–53 8–7
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 11, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech L 55–75 8–8
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Florida State
L 59–67 8–9
Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL
February 16, 2021 Noon, ACCN
at Georgia Tech
L 56–67 8–10
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)Atlanta, GA
February 18, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College W 77–60 9–10
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Canceled due to Virginia ending season[ 10]
Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest W 69–67 10–10
Watsco Center (0)Coral Gables, FL
February 28, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson
W 68–62 11–10
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021 6:00 p.m., RSN
(10)
vs. (7) Virginia Tech Second Round L 64–72 11–11
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern .
Rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll
Pre-
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Week
Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
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.
References
^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships" . Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.^ "Miami Hurricanes" . espn.com . ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020 .^ "2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule" . Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved December 2, 2020 .^ "Miami WBB Game vs. Stetson Canceled" . miamihurricanes.com . University of Miami Athletic Department. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020 .^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes" . theacc.com . The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020 .^ "Miami at Georgia Tech Game Postponed" . miamihurricanes.com . University of Miami Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020 .^ "Miami vs. Louisville Postponed, Canes to Play NC State" . miamihurricanes.com . University of Miami Athletics. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020 .^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes" . theacc.com . The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021 .^ "Boston College at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed" . theacc.com . The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021 .^ Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues" . espn.com . ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021 .
