The 2020–21 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Boilermakers, led by 15th-year head coach Sharon Versyp, played their home games at Mackey Arena and were a member of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 7–16 and 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. As the eleventh seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Iowa in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Boilermakers finished the season with a record of 18–14, 8–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the Big Ten women's tournament, they defeated Michigan State in the Second Round before losing to Maryland in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=| Non-conference regular season
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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 Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team
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