# 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team

The 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cowgirls, led by tenth year head coach Jim Littell, played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
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 Oklahoma in the Quarterfinals before losing to West Virginia 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 Stanford 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 COVID-19 pandemic.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | | at Little Rock | Canceled | Canceled | Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR |
| November 29, 200* 2:00 p.m. | | Oral Roberts | W 73–54 | 1–0 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (905) Stillwater, OK |
| December 2, 2020* 6:30 p.m. | | Southern | W 68–34 | 2–0 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (813) Stillwater, OK |
| December 5, 2020* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Alabama Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 72–76 | 2–1 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (898) Stillwater, OK |
| December 7, 2020* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | SMU | W 75–63 | 3–1 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (758) Stillwater, OK |
| December 13, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Tulsa | L 62–69 | 3–2 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (652) Stillwater, OK |
| December 15, 2020 7:00 p.m., FSOK | | at Oklahoma Bedlam | W 66–53 | 4–2 (1–0) | Lloyd Noble Center (676) Norman, OK |
| December 18, 2020 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | West Virginia | W 78–73 | 5–2 (2–0) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (867) Stillwater, OK |
| December 22, 2020* 5:00 p.m. | | at North Texas | W 82–68 | 6–2 | UNT Coliseum (961) Denton, TX |
| January 2, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Texas Tech | W 75–48 | 7–2 (3–0) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,219) Stillwater, OK |
| January 6, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at TCU | W 78–53 | 8–2 (4–0) | Schollmaier Arena (760) Fort Worth, TX |
| January 9, 2021 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | TCU | W 69–50 | 9–2 (5–0) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,059) Stillwater, OK |
| January 13, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 24 Iowa State | L 80–90 | 9–3 (5–1) | Hilton Coliseum (724) Ames, IA |
| January 16, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at West Virginia | L 59–67 | 9–4 (5–2) | WVU Coliseum (109) Morgantown, WV |
| January 20, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 9 Baylor | L 58–77 | 9–5 (5–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,123) Stillwater, OK |
| January 25, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Kansas State | W 69–55 | 10–5 (6–3) | Bramlage Coliseum (283) Manhattan, KS |
| January 27, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Texas | W 68–51 | 11–5 (7–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (952) Stillwater, OK |
| January 30, 2021 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Kansas | W 75–51 | 12–5 (8–3) | Allen Fieldhouse (0) Lawrence, KS |
| February 2, 2021 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kansas | W 82–55 | 13–5 (9–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,621) Stillwater, OK |
| February 6, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Oklahoma Bedlam | W 91–67 | 14–5 (10–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,219) Stillwater, OK |
| February 10, 2021 7:00 p.m., LHN | | at Texas | L 53–64 | 14–6 (10–4) | Frank Erwin Center (990) Austin, TX |
| February 13, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Texas Tech | W 81–66 | 15–6 (11–4) | United Supermarkets Arena (2,256) Lubbock, TX |
| February 17, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kansas State | W 59–46 | 16–6 (12–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (505) Stillwater, OK |
| February 20, 2021 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Iowa State | W 80–73 | 17–6 (13–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,235) Stillwater, OK |
| February 24, 2021 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 7 Baylor | L 51–70 | 17–7 (13–5) | Ferrell Center (2,119) Waco, TX |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 12, 2021 8:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (6) Oklahoma Quarterfinals/Bedlam | W 89–80 | 18–7 | Municipal Auditorium (765) Kansas City, MO |
| March 13, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (2) No. 17 West Virginia Semifinals | L 50–59 | 18–8 | Municipal Auditorium (848) Kansas City, MO |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 21, 2021 Noon, ESPN2 | (8 A) | vs. (9 A) Wake Forest First Round | W 84–61 | 19–8 | Bill Greehey Arena (0) San Antonio, TX |
| March 23, 2021 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (8 A) | vs. (1 A) No. 2 Stanford Second Round | L 62–73 | 19–9 | UTSA Convocation Center (0) San Antonio, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Alamo. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked and Did not receive votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.