2020–21 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2020–21 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 17
Record22–7 (13–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bett Shelby
  • Craig Carey
  • Nitra Perry
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
2020–21 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Baylor 17 1   .944 28 2   .933
No. 17 West Virginia 13 5   .722 22 7   .759
Oklahoma State 13 5   .722 19 9   .679
Iowa State 12 6   .667 17 11   .607
Texas 11 7   .611 20 9   .690
Oklahoma 9 9   .500 12 12   .500
Texas Tech 5 13   .278 10 15   .400
TCU 4 14   .222 10 15   .400
Kansas State 3 15   .167 9 18   .333
Kansas 3 15   .167 7 18   .280
2021 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by twentieth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.

They finished the season 22–7, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. As the second seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they defeated Kansas State and Oklahoma State before losing to Baylor in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. As the four seed in the HemisFair Regional they defeated Lehigh before losing to Georgia Tech in the Second Round to end their season.