The 2020–21 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by third-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
The Golden Gophers finished the season 8–13 and 7–11 in Big Ten play, to finish in tenth place. As the ninth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Nebraska in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Golden Gophers finished the season 16–15 and 5–12 in Big Ten play, to finish in eleventh place. As the eleven seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State in the first round, before falling to Ohio State in the second round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Roster
Schedule and results
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! colspan=6 style=|Big Ten 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 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 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
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