2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by fifth year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–13 (9–10 Big Ten)
Head coach	Amy Williams (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Tom Goehle Chuck Love Tandem Mays
Home arena	Pinnacle Bank Arena

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 13–13, 9–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. As the eight seed in the Big Ten women's tournament they defeated Minnesota in the Second Round before losing to eventual champions Maryland in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They played in the Memphis regional and defeated UT Martin in the First Round before losing to Colorado in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

The Cornhuskers finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Michigan. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Roster

2020–21 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Ashley Scoffin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Westview Salt Lake CC Dallas, OR G 2 Trinity Brady 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Hamilton Heights Christian Indianapolis IN G 4 Sam Haiby 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Moorhead Moorhead, MN G 5 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Saint Mary's College Cal Stockton, CA G 10 Whitney Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Grand Island Northwest Grand Island, NE G 11 Ruby Porter 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Adelaide Lightning Adelaide, Australia F 14 Bella Cravens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Maryknoll School Eastern Washington Laie, HI F 21 Annika Stewart 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Wayzata Minneapolis, MN G 24 Nailah Dillard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Inderkum Texas Tech Sacramento, CA C 31 Kate Cain 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Pine Bush Middletown, NY G/F 32 Kendall Coley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Louis Park Minneapolis, MN F 34 Isabelle Bourne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Australian Institute of Sport Canberra, Australia	Head coach Amy Williams (Nebraska) Assistant coach(es) Tom Goehle (Augustana (SD)) Chuck Love (Northwestern Oklahoma State) Tandem Mays (Tulsa) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: June 28, 2021

Schedule

Source:

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
December 4, 2020* 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Oral Roberts	W 90–61	1–0	Pinnacle Bank Arena (20) Lincoln, NE
December 6, 2020* 5:00 p.m., BTN+		Idaho State	W 64–51	2–0	Pinnacle Bank Arena (20) Lincoln, NE
December 10, 2020 7:00 p.m., BTN		Illinois	W 78–72	3–0 (1–0)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
December 14, 2020* 5:00 p.m.		at Creighton	L 62–78	3–1	CHI Health Center Omaha (159) Omaha, NE
December 20, 2020 3:00 p.m., BTN		at No. 15 Indiana	L 45–81	3–2 (1–1)	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (0) Bloomington, IN
December 23, 2020 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Purdue	L 72–83	3–3 (1–2)	Mackey Arena (161) West Lafayette, IN
December 31, 2020 1:00 p.m., BTN		No. 15 Northwestern	W 65–63	4–3 (2–2)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
January 3, 2021 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Rutgers	W 53–50	5–3 (3–2)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
January 7, 2021 5:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 15 Michigan	L 62–64	5–4 (3–3)	Crisler Center (29) Ann Arbor, MI
January 10, 2021 2:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 23 Michigan State	W 68–64	6–4 (4–3)	Breslin Center (0) East Lansing, MI
January 16, 2021 4:00 p.m., BTN		No. 15 Ohio State	W 63–55	7–4 (5–3)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
January 19, 2021 3:00 p.m., BTN		Minnesota	L 71–76	7–5 (5–4)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
January 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., BTN		at Illinois	W 57–53	8–5 (6–4)	State Farm Center (0) Champaign, IL
January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., BTN+		Wisconsin	W 84–68	9–5 (7–4)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
February 4, 2021 5:00 p.m., BTN+		at Penn State	L 74–85	9–6 (7–5)	Bryce Jordan Center (175) University Park
February 7, 2021 1:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers	L 62–78	9–7 (7–6)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (0) Piscataway, NJ
February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., BTN		Iowa	L 81–88	9–8 (7–7)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
February 14, 2021 4:00 p.m., FS1		No. 9 Maryland	L 73–95	9–9 (7–8)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2021 6:00 p.m., BTN+		at No. 24 Northwestern	W 71–64	10–9 (8–8)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (0) Evanston, IL
February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Penn State	W 87–72	11–9 (9–8)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (0) Lincoln, NE
February 24, 2021 6:00 p.m., BTN+		at Minnesota	L 63–73	11–10 (9–9)	Williams Arena (0) Minneapolis, MN
February 27, 2021 1:00 p.m., BTN+		Michigan State	Canceled		Pinnacle Bank Arena  Lincoln, NE
March 6, 2021 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Iowa	L 75–83	11–11 (9–10)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (301) Iowa City, IA
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 10, 2021 10:00 a.m., BTN	(8)	vs. (9) Minnesota Second Round	W 72–61	12–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (716) Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2021 10:00 a.m., FS2	(8)	vs. (1) No. 7 Maryland Quarterfinals	L 73–83	12–12	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (779) Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
March 19, 2021 11:00 a.m., FloHoops		vs. UT Martin First Round	W 72–46	13–12	My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300) Collierville, TN
March 20, 2021 5:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Colorado Second Round	L 71–75	13–13	My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300) Collierville, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in CST Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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	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 Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team