The 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by tenth-year head coach Jim Littell, played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season 19–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated Oklahoma in the quarterfinals before losing to West Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. As the eight seed in the Alamo Regional, they defeated Wake Forest in the first round before losing to eventual champions Stanford in the second round.
Previous season
The Cowgirls finished the season 15–15, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roster
Schedule and results
Source:
!colspan=6 style=|Regular season
!colspan=6 style=| Big 12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=6 style=| 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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked and did not receive votes
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll, and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.
See also 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team
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