The 2020–21 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Lance White, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers finished the season 5–14 and 3–12 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. In the ACC tournament, they lost to Boston College in the first round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Panthers finished the season 5–26 and 1–17 in ACC play to finish in fifteenth place. As the fifteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech in the second round. 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 Jahsyni Knight 0 G 5'8" Sophomore Perth Amboy, NJ Transferred to Hofstra Aysia Bugg 2 G 5'7" Graduate student Bolingbrook, IL Graduated Kyla Nelson 13 G 5'11" Junior Worthing, England Transferred to FIU
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Jayla Everett 20 G 5'10" Junior St. Louis, MO New Mexico Destiny Strother 31 G 5'9" Sophomore Flint, MI Marquette
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Final AP Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.
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