The 2020–21 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by twenty-first year head coach Lisa Bluder and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Hawkeyes finished the season 20–10, 11–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They received a bye into the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they defeated Purdue, Rutgers, and Michigan before losing in the final to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the five seed in the Riverwalk Regional, they defeated twelve seed and four seed Kentucky before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.
Previous season The Hawkeyes finished the season 26–4, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. In the Big Ten tournament they lost to Ohio State in the first round. They did not get a chance for further post season play, as the NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were cancelled before they began, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Departures Name # Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure 3 G 5'10" Mason City, IA Completed college eligibility 22 G 5'9" La Grange Park, IL Completed college eligibility/declared for WNBA draft 31 F/C 6'3" Ourense, Spain 43 F 6'1" Cedar Rapids, IA Completed college eligibility
Recruits
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
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!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Women's Tournament
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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 RV Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 + 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 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
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