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2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

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2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record0–5 (0–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Karleen Thompson
  • Walter Pitts
  • Monica Wright
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
Seasons
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville 14 2   .875 26 4   .867
No. 3 NC State† 12 2   .857 22 3   .880
Georgia Tech 12 6   .667 17 9   .654
Syracuse 9 7   .563 15 9   .625
Florida State 9 7   .563 10 9   .526
Notre Dame 8 7   .533 10 10   .500
Virginia Tech 8 8   .500 15 10   .600
North Carolina 8 9   .471 13 11   .542
Miami (FL) 8 10   .444 11 11   .500
Wake Forest 8 10   .444 12 13   .480
Clemson 5 12   .294 12 14   .462
Pittsburgh 3 12   .200 5 14   .263
Boston College 2 11   .154 7 12   .368
Duke 0 1   .000 3 1   .750
Virginia 0 2   .000 0 5   .000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020
Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
2021 ACC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by third year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns.[1] Virginia was the second team in the Atlantic Coast Conference to suspend their season, after Duke did so on December 25, 2020.

The Cavaliers finished the season 0–5, and 0–2 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

Previous season

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The 2019–20 Cavaliers finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[2]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Dominique Toussaint 4 G 5'9" Senior Staten Island, NY Graduated
Shemera Williams 10 G 5'8" Freshman Milwaukee, WI Transferred to USC
Jocelyn Willoughby 13 G/F 6'0" Senior East Orange, NJ Graduated
Lisa Jablonowski 14 F 6'3" Senior Ernster, Luxembourg Graduated
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas 15 G 5'10" Freshman Camden, DE Transferred
Felicia Aiyeotan 30 C 6'9" Senior Lagos, Nigeria Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
London Clarkson 34 F 6'2" Sophomore Pflugerville, TX Florida State
Emily Maupin 35 F 6'3" Graduate Student Charlottesville, VA Liberty

Recruiting Class

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Source:[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Kaydan Lawson
PG
Cleveland, OH Orange 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Nycerra Minnis
F
Riverdale, MD Herndon 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 89
Zaria Johnson
G
Houston, TX Fort Bend Hightower 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88
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

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2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Dylan Horton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Redondo Union Los Angeles, CA
G 1 Carole Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Thomas Edison Alexandira, VA
G 3 Aaliyah Pitts 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bishop McNamara Suitland, MD
G 4 Zaria Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Fort Bend Hightower Houston, TX
F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Tresnjevka
Texas Tech
Zagreb, Croatia
F 12 Meg Jefferson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St Columba's Catholic College Sydney, Australia
F 13 Deja Bristol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr New Hope Academy Upper Marlboro, MD
G 14 Kaydan Lawson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Orange Cleveland, OH
G 21 Dani Lawson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Hathaway Brown
Purdue
Cleveland, OH
G 23 Amandine Toi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So INSEP Academy Paris, France
F 32 Nycerra Minnis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Herndon Riverdale, MD
F 34 London Clarkson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Pflugerville
Florida State
Pflugerville, TX
F 35 Emily Maupin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Covenant School
Elon/Liberty
Charlottesville, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: December 8, 2020

Schedule

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Source:[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
6:00 p.m.
at UCF L 34–60  0–1
Addition Financial Arena (782)
Orlando, FL
November 29, 2020*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
East Carolina L 51–54  0–2
John Paul Jones Arena (250)
Charlottesville, VA
December 3, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
James Madison L 67–71  0–3
John Paul Jones Arena (250)
Charlottesville, VA
December 6, 2020*
at George Washington Cancelled due to injury issues[5] Charles E. Smith Center 
Washington, D.C.
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson L 55–71  0–4
(0–1)
John Paul Jones Arena (250)
Charlottesville, VA
December 13, 2020
1:00 p.m., RSN
at Florida State L 51–69  0–5
(0–2)
Donald L. Tucker Center (977)
Tallahassee, FL
December 20, 2020
Noon, ACCN
at Virginia Tech Season Canceled Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021
Noon, ACCN
No. 2 Louisville Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 7, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 24 Syracuse Season Canceled Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
January 12, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 3 NC State Season Canceled Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 17, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Georgia Tech Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 21, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Carolina Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida State Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
January 28, 2021
7:00 p.m., RSN
at Clemson Season Canceled Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
January 31, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Pittsburgh Season Canceled Peterson Events Center 
Pittsburgh, PA
February 2, 2021
6:00 p.m.
at Virginia Tech Season Canceled Cassell Coliseum 
Blacksburg, VA
February 4, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Duke Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
February 7, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
Boston College Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
February 11, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Notre Dame Season Canceled Purcell Pavilion 
Notre Dame, IN
February 14, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at North Carolina Season Canceled Carmichael Arena 
Chapel Hill, NC
February 18, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
NC State Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
February 21, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at Miami (FL) Season Canceled Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Duke Season Canceled Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 28, 2021
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Virginia Tech Season Canceled John Paul Jones Arena 
Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
Week
3
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4
Week
5
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6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Virginia Women's Basketball Game at George Washington Canceled". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.