# 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

The 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons were led by thirty-fifth year head coach Doug Bruno and played their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference.
They finished the season 14–10, 11–5 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the Big East tournament they lost in the Quarterfinals to Villanova. The received an at-large invitation to the WNIT, where they played in the Rockford Regional. They lost in the First Round to Saint Louis and lost their consolation game to Drake.

## Previous season

They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 88–74. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 28, 2020* 4:00 p.m. | No. 19 | No. 13 Texas A&M | L 91–93 | 0–1 | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| November 30, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | No. 20 | Chicago State | W 128–66 | 1–1 | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| December 4, 2020* 5:30 p.m., ESPN | No. 20 | vs. No. 5 Louisville Jimmy V Classic | L 75–116 | 1–2 | Mohegan Sun Arena (0) Uncasville, CT |
| December 9, 2020* Noon | No. 24 | at Kent State | Canceled | Canceled | MAC Center Kent, OH |
| December 13, 2020* 3:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Loyola-Chicago | W 76–67 | 2–2 | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| December 16, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Kentucky | W 86–82 | 3–2 | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| December 19, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN/FloSports | No. 24 | Georgetown | W 72–54 | 4–2 (1–0) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| December 22, 2020 8:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 18 | at Creighton | W 90–81 | 5–2 (2–0) | CHI Health Center Omaha (169) Omaha, NE |
| December 29, 2020 5:30 p.m., SNY | No. 18 | at No. 4 UConn | L 52–75 | 5–3 (2–1) | Gampel Pavilion (0) Storrs, CT |
| January 4, 2021 2:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 20 | Villanova | W 94–82 | 6–3 (3–1) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| January 13, 2021 5:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 19 | St. John's | W 101–84 | 7–3 (4–1) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| January 16, 2021 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 19 | at Georgetown | W 78–54 | 8–3 (5–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (0) Washington, D.C. |
| January 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 18 | at Butler | W 80–66 | 9–3 (6–1) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (183) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 23, 2021 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 18 | Providence | Postponed | Postponed | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| January 25, 2021 6:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 17 | at Xavier | Postponed | Postponed | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| January 31, 2021 Noon, Fox | No. 17 | No. 3 UConn | L 67–100 | 9–4 (6–2) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| February 4, 2021 Noon, BEDN | No. 20 | at Seton Hall | Postponed | Postponed | Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ |
| February 7, 2021 11:00 a.m., FS1 | No. 20 | at Marquette | W 87–82 | 10–4 (7–2) | Al McGuire Center (0) Milwaukee, WI |
| February 10, 2021 5:30 p.m., FS2 | No. 22 | at St. John's | W 81–73 | 11–4 (8–2) | Carnesecca Arena (0) New York, NY |
| February 12, 2021 6:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 22 | at Villanova | Postponed | Postponed | Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA |
| February 15, 2021 6:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 19 | Seton Hall | W 82–76 | 12–4 (9–2) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| February 17, 2021 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 19 | Xavier | W 83–75 | 13–4 (10–2) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| February 20, 2021 1:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 19 | Creighton | L 72–83 | 13–5 (10–3) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| February 24, 2021 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 24 | Marquette | L 71–85 | 13–6 (10–4) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| February 27, 2021 Noon, BEDN | No. 24 | at Providence | W 75–49 | 14–6 (11–4) | Alumni Hall (0) Providence, RI |
| March 1, 2021 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 25 | Butler | L 81–86 | 14–7 (11–5) | Wintrust Arena (0) Chicago, IL |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2021 2:00 p.m., FS2 | (4) No. 25 | (5) Villanova Second Round | L 72–78 $^{OT}$ | 14–8 | Mohegan Sun Arena (0) Uncasville, CT |
| WNIT ||||||
| March 19, 2021 5:00 p.m., FloHoops | | Saint Louis First Round | L 72–74 | 14–9 | UW Health Sports Factory (134) Rockford, IL |
| March 20, 2021 2:00 p.m., FloHoops | | Drake Consolation Game | L 91–100 | 14–10 | UW Health Sports Factory (93) Rockford, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.