# 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles played their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Brooke Wyckoff served as the interim head coach for the season as Sue Semrau took the season off to care for her mother.
The Seminoles finished the season 10–9 and 9–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in the Quarterfinals. The Seminoles went on to make the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive season. As the nine seed in the HemisFair Regional the lost to Oregon State in the First Round.

## Previous season

For the 2019–20 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA draft.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Nicki Ekhomu | 12 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Bolingbrook, IL | Graduated |
| Nausia Woolfolk | 13 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Fort Valley, GA | Graduated |
| Kiah Gillespie | 15 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Meriden, CT | Graduated |
| London Clarkson | 34 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Pflugerville, TX | Transferred to Virginia |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Bianca Jackson | 0 | G | 5'11" | Junior | Montgomery, AL | South Carolina |
| Sara Bejedi | 5 | G | 5'7" | Sophomore | Helsinki, Finland | Arizona State |
| Erin Howard | 14 | F | 6'1" | Junior | Madison, WI | Auburn |
| Tiana England | 23 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Stamford, CT | St. John's |

### Recruiting Class

Florida State did not have any incoming freshman commits.

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| December 1, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Florida | W 81–75 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,075) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 6, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Austin Peay | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | Canceled due to COVID-19 issues | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| December 13, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN | | Virginia | W 69–51 | 2–0 (1–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (977) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 17, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | L 69–72 | 2–1 (1–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (346) Clemson, SC |
| December 17, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 2 Louisville | Postponed | Postponed | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY |
| December 20, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Pittsburgh | W 67–53 | 3–1 (2–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,150) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 31, 2020 Noon, ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | W 73–63 | 4–1 (3–1) | Cassell Coliseum (250) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 3, 2021 1:00 p.m. | | at Wake Forest | Postponed | Postponed | LJVM Coliseum Winston–Salem, NC |
| January 7, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Duke | Canceled | Canceled | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| January 10, 2021 Noon, ACCNX | | No. 2 Louisville | Postponed | Postponed | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Miami (FL) | Postponed | Postponed | Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL |
| January 17, 2021 2:00 p.m., RSN | | Clemson | Postponed | Postponed | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| January 17, 2021 3:00 p.m., ESPN | | at No. 2 Louisville | L 56–84 | 4–2 (3–2) | KFC Yum! Center (2,804) Louisville, KY |
| January 21, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 2 NC State | Canceled | Canceled | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| January 21, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Clemson | W 95–88 | 5–2 (4–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,112) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | Canceled | Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Georgia Tech | L 58–66 | 5–3 (4–3) | McCamish Pavilion (1,200) Atlanta, GA |
| January 28, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Boston College | Canceled | Canceled | Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 28, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | L 59–73 | 5–4 (4–4) | LJVM Coliseum (0) Winston–Salem, NC |
| February 4, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at North Carolina | W 61–51 | 6–4 (5–4) | Carmichael Arena (0) Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 7, 2021 Noon, ESPNU | | at Miami (FL) | L 53–68 | 6–5 (5–5) | Watsco Center (0) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 11, 2021 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | Syracuse | W 67–52 | 7–5 (6–5) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,156) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 14, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Miami (FL) | W 67–59 | 8–5 (7–5) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,202) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 18, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Georgia Tech | L 48–62 | 8–6 (7–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,128) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 21, 2021 2:00 p.m, ACCNX | | No. 3 Louisville | W 68–59 | 9–6 (8–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,258) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Notre Dame | L 64–72 | 9–7 (8–7) | Purcell Pavilion (114) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 28, 2021 Noon, RSN | | Wake Forest | W 59–51 | 10–7 (9–7) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,163) Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2021 2:30 p.m., RSN | (4) | vs. (5) Syracuse Quarterfinal | L 67–68 | 10–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (592) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 21, 2021* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | (9) | vs. (8) Oregon State First round (Hemisfair Region) | L 59–83 | 10–9 | University Events Center San Marcos, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| AP | RV | — | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Honors

Weekly awards :
| Recipient | Award | Ref. |
| Brooke Wyckoff | ESPNW Coach of the Week | |

### All-ACC

* First Team
** Morgan Jones
* Defensive Team
** Morgan Jones