The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Brooke Wyckoff served as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.
The Seminoles finished the season 10–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. The Seminoles went on to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive season. As the nine seed in the HemisFair Regional the lost to Oregon State in the First Round.
Previous season For the 2019–20 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA draft.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Nicki Ekhomu 12 G 5'9" Senior Bolingbrook, IL Graduated Nausia Woolfolk 13 G 6'0" Senior Fort Valley, GA Graduated Kiah Gillespie 15 F 6'2" Senior Meriden, CT Graduated London Clarkson 34 F 6'2" Freshman Pflugerville, TX Transferred to Virginia
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Bianca Jackson 0 G 5'11" Junior Montgomery, AL South Carolina Sara Bejedi 5 G 5'7" Sophomore Helsinki, Finland Arizona State Erin Howard 14 F 6'1" Junior Madison, WI Auburn Tiana England 23 G 5'7" Senior Stamford, CT St. John's
Recruiting class Florida State did not have any incoming freshman commits.
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
Honors
Weekly awards Brooke Wyckoff ESPNW Coach of the Week
All-ACC
First Team Morgan Jones Defensive Team Morgan Jones
References