The 2020–21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, were led by ninth year head coach Jen Hoover, are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Demon Deacons finished the season 12–13 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated North Carolina in the Second Round before losing to Louisville in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the nine seed in the Alamo Region. In the tournament, they lost in the First Round to eight seed .
Previous season They finished the season 16–16 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated North Carolina in the First Round and Virginia Tech in the Second Round before losing to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Ellen Hahne 10 G 5'11" Sophomore Stockholm, Sweden Transferred to Albany Alex Sharp 14 G 6'1" Senior Melbourne, Australia Graduated Raegyn Branch 21 F 6'2" Senior Arlington, TN Graduated Ona Udoh 44 F 6'1" Senior Fayetteville, NC Graduated
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=6 style=";"| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV RV RV RV RV Coaches RV RV N/A + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.
See also 2020–21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team
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