The 2020–21 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were led by third year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They played their home games at the Conte Forum and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Eagles finished the season 7–12 and 2–11 in ACC play to finish in a thirteenth place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Pittsburgh in the First Round before losing to Syracuse in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.
Previous season The Eagles finished the season 20–12 and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Clemson in the Second Round and Duke in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion NC State in Semifinals. 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 Taylor Ortlepp 4 G 5'10" Senior Adelaide, Australia Graduated Georgia Pineau 5 F 6'1" Senior Victoria, Australia Graduated Emma Guy 11 F 6'3" Senior Penfield, NY Graduated Milan Bolden-Morris 23 G 5'10" Junior Belle Glade, FL Transferred to Georgetown Sydney Lowery 31 G 5'10" Junior Shelton, CT Opted out of season, and will transfer
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
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!colspan=9 style=| Non Conference Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Final AP RV RV RV RV Coaches + 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 poll after the NCAA Tournament.
See also 2020–21 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team
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