The 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's basketball team represented Georgia Institute of Technology during the 2020-21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Nell Fortner and played their home games at McCamish Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Yellow Jackets finished the season 17–9 and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated to Clemson in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the five seed in the HemisFair Regional. In the tournament they defeated twelve seed in the First Round and four seed West Virginia before losing to one seed South Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Previous season They finished the 2019–20 season 20–11 and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the Second Round before losing to eventual champion NC State in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure Daijah Jefferson 00 F 6'2" Sophomore Hopewell, VA Transferred to George Mason Jasmine Carson 2 G 5'10" Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred to West Virginia Anne Francoise Diouf 4 G 6'4" Junior Dakar, Senegal Transferred to James Madison Chanin Scott 24 G 6'0" Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated Francesca Pan 33 G 6'1" Senior Bassano del Grappa, Italy Graduated
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!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Women's Tournament
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See also 2020–21 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team
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