The 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Cavaliers were led by third year head coach

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, and played their home games at

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as members the

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. On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns. 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

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in Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting Class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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