2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by third year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020–21 record	0–5 (0–2 ACC)
Head coach	Tina Thompson (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Karleen Thompson Walter Pitts Monica Wright
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Louisville	10	–	1		.909			17	–	1		.944
No. 4 NC State	7	–	1		.875			12	–	1		.923
Georgia Tech	9	–	2		.818			11	–	3		.786
Syracuse	7	–	4		.636			10	–	4		.714
Florida State	5	–	4		.556			6	–	4		.600
Notre Dame	6	–	5		.545			8	–	7		.533
Clemson	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Virginia Tech	5	–	7		.417			10	–	7		.588
Wake Forest	5	–	7		.417			8	–	8		.500
Miami (FL)	4	–	7		.364			7	–	7		.500
Pittsburgh	2	–	5		.286			4	–	6		.400
North Carolina	3	–	8		.273			8	–	8		.500
Boston College	1	–	8		.111			5	–	8		.385
Duke	0	–	1		.000			3	–	1		.750
Virginia	0	–	2		.000			0	–	5		.000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020 Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
† 2021 ACC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns.[1] Virginia was the second team in the Atlantic Coast Conference to suspend their season, after Duke did so on December 25, 2020.

Previous season

The 2019–20 Cavaliers finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in Second Round. The NCAA Tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Dominique Toussaint	4	G	5'9"	Senior	Staten Island, NY	Graduated
Shemera Williams	10	G	5'8"	Freshman	Milwaukee, WI	Transferred to USC
Jocelyn Willoughby	13	G/F	6'0"	Senior	East Orange, NJ	Graduated
Lisa Jablonowski	14	F	6'3"	Senior	Ernster, Luxembourg	Graduated
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas	15	G	5'10"	Freshman	Camden, DE	Transferred
Felicia Aiyeotan	30	C	6'9"	Senior	Lagos, Nigeria	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
London Clarkson	34	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Pflugerville, TX	Florida State
Emily Maupin	35	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Charlottesville, VA	Liberty

Recruiting Class

Source:[3]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kaydan Lawson PG	Cleveland, OH	Orange	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
Nycerra Minnis F	Riverdale, MD	Herndon	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 89
Zaria Johnson G	Houston, TX	Fort Bend Hightower	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 88
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Dylan Horton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Redondo Union Los Angeles, CA G 1 Carole Miller 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Thomas Edison Alexandira, VA G 3 Aaliyah Pitts 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Bishop McNamara Suitland, MD G 4 Zaria Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Fort Bend Hightower Houston, TX F 5 Tihana Stojsavljevic 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Tresnjevka Texas Tech Zagreb, Croatia F 12 Meg Jefferson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St Columba's Catholic College Sydney, Australia F 13 Deja Bristol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr New Hope Academy Upper Marlboro, MD G 14 Kaydan Lawson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Orange Cleveland, OH G 21 Dani Lawson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Hathaway Brown Purdue Cleveland, OH G 23 Amandine Toi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS So INSEP Academy Paris, France F 32 Nycerra Minnis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Herndon Riverdale, MD F 34 London Clarkson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Pflugerville Florida State Pflugerville, TX F 35 Emily Maupin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) GS Covenant School Elon/Liberty Charlottesville, VA	Head coach Tina Thompson (Southern California) Assistant coach(es) Karleen Thompson (Southern California) Walter Pitts (Alabama) Monica Wright (Virginia) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 8, 2020

Schedule

Source:[4]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020* 6:00 p.m.		at UCF	L 34–60	0–1	Addition Financial Arena (782) Orlando, FL
November 29, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		East Carolina	L 51–54	0–2	John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA
December 3, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison	L 67–71	0–3	John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA
December 6, 2020*		at George Washington	Cancelled due to injury issues[5]		Charles E. Smith Center  Washington, D.C.
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson	L 55–71	0–4 (0–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA
December 13, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN		at Florida State	L 51–69	0–5 (0–2)	Donald L. Tucker Center (977) Tallahassee, FL
December 20, 2020 Noon, ACCN		at Virginia Tech	Season Canceled		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
January 3, 2021 Noon, ACCN		No. 2 Louisville	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 24 Syracuse	Season Canceled		Carrier Dome  Syracuse, NY
January 12, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 3 NC State	Season Canceled		Reynolds Coliseum  Raleigh, NC
January 17, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Georgia Tech	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Florida State	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN		at Clemson	Season Canceled		Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh	Season Canceled		Peterson Events Center  Pittsburgh, PA
February 2, 2021 6:00 p.m.		at Virginia Tech	Season Canceled		Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Duke	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 7, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		Boston College	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	Season Canceled		Purcell Pavilion  Notre Dame, IN
February 14, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at North Carolina	Season Canceled		Carmichael Arena  Chapel Hill, NC
February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		NC State	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
February 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	Season Canceled		Watsco Center  Coral Gables, FL
February 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	Season Canceled		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech	Season Canceled		John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

• 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

References

1. Voepel, Mechelle (January 14, 2021). "Virginia women's basketball team cancels rest of season due to coronavirus issues". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
2. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
3. "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
4. "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
5. "Virginia Women's Basketball Game at George Washington Canceled". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.