2020–21 VCU Rams women's basketball team

The 2020–21 VCU Rams women's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was the program's 47th season of existence, and their eighth season in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Rams were led by seventh year head coach Beth O'Boyle and played their home games at the Stuart C. Siegel Center.

Previous season

VCU finished the 2019–20 season with an 20–12 record and a 13–3 record in Atlantic 10 play, finishing second in the Atlantic 10. VCU were seeded second in the 2020 Atlantic 10 women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Davidson and Fordham en route to the Atlantic 10 Championship. There, they lost to Dayton in the final. VCU was considered a potential at-large bid for the 2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament, but all postseason tournaments were cancelled by the NCAA due to rising concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes 0 G Byram, Mississippi Graduated 30 C Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated 34 G Hampton, Virginia Graduated

Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes 2 G Brampton, Ontario, Canada Transferred from Murray State 13 F Wedderburn, Victoria, Australia Transferred from Oklahoma 35 F Bradford, Ontario, Canada Transferred from Central Michigan

2020 recruiting class

Preseason

A10 media poll The Atlantic 10 men's basketball media poll was released on November 9, 2020. VCU was picked to win the regular season.

A10 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll1VCU185102Dayton17623Saint Louis17114Davidson1400Duquesne1401Fordham14007UMass11808Richmond8109George Washington78010La Salle70011Rhode Island65012St. Bonaventure42013Saint Joseph's41014 George Mason230

Preseason honors

Tera Reed Atlantic 10 Preseason First-Team Taya Robinson Atlantic 10 Preseason Second-Team Taya Robinson Atlantic 10 Preseason Defensive Team

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Atlantic 10 regular season

!colspan=12 style=|Atlantic 10 Tournament

!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament

See also 2020–21 VCU Rams men's basketball team

References

External links VCU Women's Basketball