The 2020–21 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by eighth-year head coach Wes Moore, and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Wolfpack finished the season 22–3 and 12–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. They won the ACC tournament, defeating Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, and Louisville along the way to their title. It was NC State's sixth title in school history. As ACC Tournament Champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the one seed in the Mercado Regional. In the tournament they defeated sixteen seed in the first round and eight seed South Florida, before losing to four seed Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Previous season The team finished the 2019–20 season 27–4, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the finals of the ACC women's tournament, where they defeated Florida State to win the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1991. As winners of the conference tournament, the Wolfpack received an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Aislinn Konig 1 G 5'10" Senior Surrey, British Columbia Graduated Kaila Ealey 2 G 5'9" Graduate student Raleigh, NC Graduated Grace Hunter 23 G 5'10" Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated Erika Cassell 24 C 6'2" Senior Marietta, GA Graduated Katie Wadsworth 40 G 5'6" Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Raina Perez 2 G 5'4" Graduate student Goodyear, AZ Cal State Fullerton
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style="background:#E00000; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#E00000; color:white;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#E00000; color:white;"| ACC tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#E00000; color:white;"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Final AP 8 8 4 (2) 4 (2) 4 (2) 3 (2) 3 (2)т 3 (1) 2 (5) 2 (5) 4 4 (1) 4 2 3 3 (2) 3 (2) Coaches 6 3 (1) 3 3 3 3 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (7) 6 6 4 4 3 3 3 7 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.
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