The 2020–21 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Orange were led by fifteenth year head coach

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. The Orange were eighth year members of the

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and played their home games at the

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. The Orange finished the season 15–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated to

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in the Second Round and

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in the Quarterfinals before losing to Louisville in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the eight seed in the Riverwalk Regional. In the tournament they defeated nine seed

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in the First Round before losing to one seed UConn to end their season.

Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Orange finished 16–15 overall record and a 9–9 in record ACC play securing an eighth-place finish. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated

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in the Second Round before losing to Louisville in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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Off-season

Departures

Recruiting Class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

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

References

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