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2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

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2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record11–11 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Octavia Blue
  • Fitzroy Anthony
  • Kelly Gibson
Home arenaWatsco Center
Seasons
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Louisville 14 2   .875 26 4   .867
No. 3 NC State† 12 2   .857 22 3   .880
Georgia Tech 12 6   .667 17 9   .654
Syracuse 9 7   .563 15 9   .625
Florida State 9 7   .563 10 9   .526
Notre Dame 8 7   .533 10 10   .500
Virginia Tech 8 8   .500 15 10   .600
North Carolina 8 9   .471 13 11   .542
Miami (FL) 8 10   .444 11 11   .500
Wake Forest 8 10   .444 12 13   .480
Clemson 5 12   .294 12 14   .462
Pittsburgh 3 12   .200 5 14   .263
Boston College 2 11   .154 7 12   .368
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 March 30, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by sixteenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Hurricanes finished the season 11–11 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Virginia Tech in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

Previous season

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For the 2019–20 season, the Hurricanes finished 15–15 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Off-season

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Iggy Allen 12 G 5'10" Redshirt Junior Pompano Beach, FL Transferred to FAU
Yasmeen Chang 22 G 5'9" Freshman Naples, FL Transferred to Florida
Beatrice Mompremier 32 F 6'4" Redshirt Senior Miami, FL Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Karla Erjavec 25 G 5'10" Junior Zagreb, Croatia Wyoming
Naomi Mbandu 35 F 6'2" Junior Tarbes, France Gulf Coast State

Recruiting Class

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Source:[2]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Nyayongah Gony
F
Lincoln, NE Lincoln 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95
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

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2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Kenza Salgues 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So INSEP Montpellier, FR
G/F 1 Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Solna Gymnasium Stockholm, Sweden
F 3 Destiny Harden 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Jr Morgan Park
West Virginia
Chicago, IL
G 4 Endia Banks 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Duluth Duluth, GA
G 5 Mykea Gray 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr National Christian Academy Upper Marlboro, MD
G 13 Taylor Mason 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Norcross Decatur, GA
G/F 14 Nyayongah Gony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Lincoln Lincoln, NB
F 15 Jamir Huston 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr John Hay Cleveland, OH
G 20 Kelsey Marshall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Miami Country Day School Davie, FL
F 21 Brianna Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Princess Anne Virginia Beach, VA
G 25 Karla Erjavec 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Sport Gymnasium
Wyoming
Zagreb, Croatia
F 35 Naomi Mbandu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr INSEP
Gulf Coast State
Tarbes, France
C 44 Sydnee Roby 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Rufus King Milwaukee, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: December 2, 2020

Schedule

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Source[3]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Jacksonville W 74–58  1–0
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
November 28, 2020*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Florida W 81–39  2–0
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
December 3, 2020*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Florida Atlantic W 73–61  3–0
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
December 6, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Stetson Canceled [4] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
ACC regular season
December 10, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 20 Syracuse L 58–69  3–1
(0–1)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
December 13, 2020
3:00 p.m., RSN
Duke Postponed[5] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
December 14, 2020
2:00 p.m., ACCN
North Carolina W 67–63  4–1
(1–1)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
December 17, 2020
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Georgia Tech Postponed[6] McCamish Pavilion 
Atlanta, GA
December 20, 2020
1:00 p.m., RSN
at No. 2 Louisville Postponed[7] KFC Yum! Center 
Louisville, KY
December 20, 2020
Noon, ACCNX
at No. 4 NC State L 47–78  4–2
(1–2)
Reynolds Coliseum (0)
Raleigh, NC
December 31, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Notre Dame L 60–71  4–3
(1–3)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
January 3, 2021
Noon, ACCN
Clemson W 80–71  5–3
(2–3)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
January 7, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Wake Forest L 60–63  5–4
(2–4)
LJVM Coliseum (0)
Winston–Salem, NC
January 10, 2021
1:00 p.m., RSN
at North Carolina W 69–59  6–4
(3–4)
Carmichael Arena (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
January 14, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida State Postponed[8] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
January 17, 2021
Noon, RSN
at No. 24 Syracuse L 64–99  6–5
(3–5)
Carrier Dome (0)
Syracuse, NY
January 21, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Pittsburgh W 72–68  7–5
(4–5)
Peterson Events Center (500)
Pittsburgh, PA
January 26, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 1 Louisville L 76–79  7–6
(4–6)
KFC Yum! Center (2,653)
Louisville, KY
January 28, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Georgia Tech L 56–70  7–7
(4–7)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
January 31, 2021
1:00 p.m., RSN
Boston College Postponed[9] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 7, 2021
Noon, ACCNX
Florida State W 68–53  8–7
(5–7)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
February 11, 2021
6:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Tech L 55–75  8–8
(5–8)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
February 14, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Florida State L 59–67  8–9
(5–9)
Donald L. Tucker Center (1,202)
Tallahassee, FL
February 16, 2021
Noon, ACCN
at Georgia Tech L 56–67  8–10
(5–10)
McCamish Pavilion (1,200)
Atlanta, GA
February 18, 2021
8:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College W 77–60  9–10
(6–10)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
February 21, 2021
4:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia Canceled due to Virginia ending season[10] Watsco Center 
Coral Gables, FL
February 25, 2021
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest W 69–67  10–10
(7–10)
Watsco Center (0)
Coral Gables, FL
February 28, 2021
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson W 68–62  11–10
(8–10)
Littlejohn Coliseum (507)
Clemson, SC
ACC Women's Tournament
March 4, 2021
6:00 p.m., RSN
(10) vs. (7) Virginia Tech
Second Round
L 64–72  11–11
Greensboro Coliseum (451)
Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
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3
Week
4
Week
5
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7
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8
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Week
10
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11
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12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time. The Coaches Poll does not release a week 2 poll.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Miami Hurricanes". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "2020–21 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball schedule". Miami Hurricanes. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  4. ^ "Miami WBB Game vs. Stetson Canceled". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletic Department. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Miami at Georgia Tech Game Postponed". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Miami vs. Louisville Postponed, Canes to Play NC State". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  8. ^ "ACC Women's Basketball Announces Schedule Changes". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Boston College at Miami Women's Basketball Game Postponed". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  10. ^ 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.