2020–21 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by 13th-year head coach Joe McKeown. They played their home games at Welsh–Ryan Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record16–9 (11–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWelsh–Ryan Arena
Seasons
2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Maryland 17 1   .944 26 2   .929
No. 12 Indiana 16 2   .889 20 5   .800
No. 21 Rutgers 10 3   .769 14 5   .737
No. 16 Michigan 9 4   .692 16 6   .727
Northwestern 11 7   .611 16 9   .640
Iowa 11 8   .579 20 9   .690
No. 22 Ohio State 9 7   .563 13 7   .650
Michigan State 8 7   .533 15 9   .625
Nebraska 9 10   .474 13 13   .500
Minnesota 7 11   .389 8 13   .381
Penn State 6 13   .316 9 15   .375
Purdue 4 14   .222 7 16   .304
Illinois 2 16   .111 5 18   .217
Wisconsin 2 18   .100 5 19   .208
2021 Big Ten tournament winner
As of March 27, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

They finished the season 16–9, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They received a bye into the Second Round of the Big Ten women's tournament where they defeated Illinois and Michigan before losing to eventual champions Maryland in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the seven seed in the Alamo Regional they defeated ten seed UCF in the First Round before losing to two seed Louisville in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

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The Wildcats finished 26–4, 16–2 in Big Ten play to finish tied for first place. As the second seed in the Big Ten women's tournament they received a double-bye into the Quarterfinals where they lost to Michigan. 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.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Jess Sancataldo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Turamurra Sydney, Australia
G 1 Kaylah Rainey 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Belleville East Belleville, IL
G 2 Lauryn Satterwhite 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Valley Vista Avondale, AZ
G 3 Sydney Wood 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr St. John's College Olney, MD
G 10 Lindsey Pulliam 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Our Lady of Good Counsel Silver Spring, MD
G 11 Brooke Pikiell 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Rutgers Prep Far Hills, NJ
G 12 Veronica Burton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Newton South Newton, MA
F 15 Courtney Shaw 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Perry Hall Perry Hall, MD
F 20 Paige Mott 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Abington Friends Philadelphia, PA
G 23 Jasmine McWilliams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr North Central Indianapolis, IN
G 24 Jordan Hamilton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Liberty Frisco, TX
G 33 Laya Hartman 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Okemos Okemos, MI
F 42 Anna Morris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Immaculate Heart Mahwah, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: June 17, 2021

Schedule and results

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
December 6, 2020*
TBA
No. 17 Bradley Canceled Welsh–Ryan Arena 
Evanston, IL
December 10, 2020*
6:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 17 Eastern Illinois W 93–57  1–0
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
December 14, 2020
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 Minnesota W 80–51  2–0
(1–0)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
December 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 16 at Purdue W 70–54  3–0
(2–0)
Mackey Arena (164)
West Lafayette, IN
December 22, 2020*
1:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 15 Eastern Kentucky W 79–50  4–0
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
December 31, 2020
1:00 p.m., BTN
No. 15 at Nebraska L 63–65  4–1
(2–1)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (0)
Lincoln, NE
January 3, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 15 No. 16 Michigan L 63–84  4–2
(2–2)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
January 6, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN
No. 22 at Wisconsin W 80–55  5–2
(3–2)
Kohl Center (0)
Madison, WI
January 9, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN
No. 22 Iowa W 77–67  6–2
(4–2)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
January 14, 2021
TBA, BTN+
No. 22 at Rutgers Postponed Louis Brown Athletic Center 
Piscataway, NJ
January 17, 2021
1:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 22 at Penn State W 67–50  7–2
(5–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (219)
University Park, PA
January 21, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 21 Illinois W 73–54  8–2
(6–2)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
January 24, 2021
11:00 a.m., ESPN2
No. 21 No. 16 Indiana L 61–74  8–3
(6–3)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (1)
Evanston, IL
January 28, 2021
5:00 p.m., BTN
No. 23 at Iowa W 87–80  9–3
(7–3)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (264)
Iowa City, IA
February 1, 2021
7:00 p.m., BTN
No. 22 No. 11 Ohio State W 69–57  10–3
(8–3)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
February 7, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 22 at Michigan State W 63–60  11–3
(9–3)
Breslin Center (0)
East Lansing, MI
February 11, 2021
3:00 p.m., BTN
No. 21 Rutgers L 54–70  11–4
(9–4)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
February 14, 2021
Noon, BTN
No. 21 at No. 13 Ohio State Postopned Value City Arena 
Columbus, OH
February 17, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 24 Nebraska L 64–71  11–5
(9–5)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
February 20, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 24 Wisconsin W 67–54  12–5
(10–5)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (0)
Evanston, IL
February 24, 2021
6:00 p.m., BTN+
at Illinois W 67–61  13–5
(11–5)
State Farm Center (0)
Champaign, IL
February 28, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 Maryland L 50–62  13–6
(11–6)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (20)
Evanston, IL
March 6, 2021
2:00 p.m., BTN+
at No. 12 Michigan L 58–63  13–7
(11–7)
Crisler Center (60)
Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 10, 2021
12:20 p.m., BTN
(5) vs. (12) Illinois
Second Round
W 67–42  14–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (716)
Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2021
12:20 p.m., FS2
(5) vs. (4) No. 13 Michigan
Quarterfinals
W 65–49  15–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (779)
Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2021
1:00 p.m., FS2
(5) vs. (1) No. 7 Maryland
Semifinals
L 52–85  15–8
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (0)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 22, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPNU
(7 (A)) vs. (10 (A)) UCF
First Round
W 62–51  16–8
Bill Greehey Arena (0)
San Antonio, TX
March 24, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
(7 (A)) vs. (2 (A)) No. 8 Louisville
Second Round
L 53–62  16–9
Alamodome (0)
San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Alamo.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP 17 15 17 16 15 15 22 22 21 23 22 21 24 RV RV RV
Coaches 16 17 18 16 16 23 23 22 23т 20 20 22 25 25 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
т   Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

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

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2020–21 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". nusports.com. Northwestern University. Retrieved June 17, 2021.