The 2020–21 Missouri State Lady Bears basketball team represented Missouri State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Bears, led by second-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, played their home games at JQH Arena and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference.
They finished the season 23–3 and 16–0 in conference play to finish as Missouri Valley Conference champions. As the first seed in the Missouri Valley tournament, they defeated in the quarterfinals before having to forfeit their semifinal game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Alamo Regional. They defeated twelve seed and thirteen seed before falling to the first seed Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen.
Previous season
The Lady Bears finished the season 26–4, 16–2 in MVC play to finish in first place. The Missouri Valley tournament and NCAA tournament were cancelled, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Roster
Schedule
Source:
!colspan=6 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=6 style=| Missouri Valley conference season
!colspan=6 style=| Missouri Valley 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 24 21 21 20 24 24 25 RV RV RV RV 25 25 23 23 21 20 Coaches 25 22 20 24 24 25 25 25 25 23 23 20 19т 17 17 17 14 + 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 Missouri State Bears basketball team
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