2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

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2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
C-USA East division and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record17–7 (12–4 CUSA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMurphy Center
Seasons
2020–21 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Middle Tennessee † 12 – 4   .750 17 – 8   .680
Charlotte 9 – 5   .643 10 – 12   .455
FIU 8 – 8   .500 15 – 13   .536
Florida Atlantic 8 – 8   .500 11 – 11   .500
Old Dominion 7 – 9   .438 13 – 11   .542
Marshall 7 – 9   .438 8 – 11   .421
Western Kentucky 6 – 10   .375 7 – 16   .304
West
Rice 12 – 2   .857 23 – 4   .852
UTEP 13 – 5   .722 17 – 8   .680
North Texas 10 – 4   .714 13 – 7   .650
Louisiana Tech 8 – 8   .500 14 – 10   .583
Southern Miss 5 – 11   .313 7 – 12   .368
UAB 3 – 11   .214 10 – 13   .435
UTSA 0 – 14   .000 2 – 18   .100
† 2021 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 13, 2021
Rankings from AP poll


The 2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is led by sixteenth-year head coach Rick Insell, and plays their home games at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a member of Conference USA.[1]

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
6:30 a.m. 		No. 5 Louisville Canceled [a][2] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
November 29, 2020*
2:00 p.m. 		Vanderbilt Canceled [a][3] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
December 6, 2020*
5:30 p.m. 		Belmont L 64–70  0–1
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
December 9, 2020*
6:30 p.m. 		Tulane L 78–81  0–2
 Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
December 13, 2020*
1:00 p.m. 		at TCU L 77–83  0–3
 Schollmaier Arena (736)
Fort Worth, TX
December 17, 2020*
6:30 a.m. 		Troy W 92–76  1–3
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
December 20, 2020*
2:00 p.m. 		Lipscomb W 84–64  2–3
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA regular season
January 1, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Florida Atlantic W 84–65  3–3
(1–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 2, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		Florida Atlantic W 66–64  4–3
(2–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 8, 2021
7:00 p.m. 		at FIU W 69–65  5–3
(3–0) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (115)
Miami, FL
January 9, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at FIU W 99–89  6–3
(4–0) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (101)
Miami, FL
January 15, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Southern Miss W 78–58  7–3
(5–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 16, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		Southern Miss L 61–69  7–4
(5–1) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 22, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at Western Kentucky W 75–65  8–4
(6–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (527)
Bowling Green, KY
January 23, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at Western Kentucky W 77–60  9–4
(7–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (601)
Bowling Green, KY
January 28, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at UAB W 81–78 OT 10–4
(8–1) 		Bartow Arena (305)
Birmingham, AL
January 30, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		UAB W 95–68  11–4
(9–1) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 5, 2021
3:00 p.m. 		at Charlotte W 77–70  12–4
(10–1) 		Dale F. Halton Arena 
Charlotte, NC
February 6, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at Charlotte L 72–82  12–5
(10–2) 		Dale F. Halton Arena 
Charlotte, NC
February 12, 2021
 Marshall Postponed [b][4] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
February 13, 2021
 Marshall Postponed [b][4] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
February 20, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at Louisiana Tech Canceled [c][5] Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
February 21, 2021
12:00 p.m. 		at Louisiana Tech Canceled [c][5] Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
February 26, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Old Dominion L 57–74  12–6
(10–3) 		Murphy Center (1,159)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 27, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		Old Dominion W 74–70  13–6
(11–3) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
March 4, 2021 [6]
6:00 p.m. 		Marshall L 49–72  13–7
(11–4) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
March 5, 2021 [6]
6:00 p.m. 		Marshall W 61–54  14–7
(12–4) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA Tournament
March 11, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (4W) Louisiana Tech
Quarterfinals 		W 77–71  15–7
 Ford Center at The Star (507)
Frisco, TX
March 12, 2021
8:30 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (2W) UTEP
Semifinals 		W 74–58  16–7
 Ford Center at The Star (413)
Frisco, TX
March 13, 2021
5:30 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (1W) Rice
Championship 		W 68–65  17–7
 Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 21, 2021*
1:00 pm 		(14 RW) vs. (3 RW) Tennessee
First Round 		L 62-87  17-8
 Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
  2. ^ a b Game was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.
  3. ^ a b Game was canceled due to weather concerns.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lady Raiders to play 15 of 25 games at Murphy Center". Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. November 6, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Hays, Graham (November 23, 2020). "Louisville Cardinals' opener vs. Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders ppd. due to coronavirus". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt pulls plug on women's basketball season". Nashville Post. January 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "COVID-19 issues force MTSU women's basketball to postpone home series vs. Marshall". Daily News Journal. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "MTSU-Louisiana Tech basketball games canceled". Murfreesboro Post. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "C-USA Announces Rescheduled Women's Basketball Games". Conference USA. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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