2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
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
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	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 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.

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.

The Cavaliers finished the season 0–5, and 0–2 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

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]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Kaydan Lawson PG	Cleveland, OH	Orange	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Kaydan Lawson PG	Star ratings: 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
Nycerra Minnis F	Star ratings: 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
Zaria Johnson G	Star ratings: 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 (USC)

Assistant coach(es)

Karleen Thompson (USC)
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	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	Final
AP
Coaches

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

References

^ 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.
^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Virginia Women's Basketball Game at George Washington Canceled". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[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". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.

[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.

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