The 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represented

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in the

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season The 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2020 and ended with the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, championship game of the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament at the Alamo ...

. The Cowgirls, led by tenth year head coach Jim Littell, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 19–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the Big 12 Tournament the defeated

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in the Quarterfinals before losing to

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in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. As the eight seed in the Alamo Regional, the defeated Wake Forest in the First Round before losing to eventual champions

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in the Second Round.

Previous season

The Cowgirls finished the season 15–15, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began due to the

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Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings Two human polls make up the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Legend AP Poll USA Today Coaches Poll The Coaches Poll is the secon ...

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

References

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Previous season

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References