# 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by third year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.
On January 14, 2021, it was announced that the team would end their season due to COVID-19 concerns. Virginia was the second team in the Atlantic Coast Conference to suspend their season, after Duke did so on December 25, 2020.
The Cavaliers finished the season 0–5, and 0–2 in ACC play. Due to their season cancellation they did not participate in the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament or WNIT.

## Previous season

The 2019–20 Cavaliers finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Dominique Toussaint | 4 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Staten Island, NY | Graduated |
| Shemera Williams | 10 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Milwaukee, WI | Transferred to USC |
| Jocelyn Willoughby | 13 | G/F | 6'0" | Senior | East Orange, NJ | Graduated |
| Lisa Jablonowski | 14 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Ernster, Luxembourg | Graduated |
| Kylie Kornegay-Lucas | 15 | G | 5'10" | Freshman | Camden, DE | Transferred |
| Felicia Aiyeotan | 30 | C | 6'9" | Senior | Lagos, Nigeria | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| London Clarkson | 34 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Pflugerville, TX | Florida State |
| Emily Maupin | 35 | F | 6'3" | Graduate Student | Charlottesville, VA | Liberty |

### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Kaydan Lawson PG | Cleveland, OH | Orange | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Nycerra Minnis F | Riverdale, MD | Herndon | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Zaria Johnson G | Houston, TX | Fort Bend Hightower | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 25, 2020* 6:00 p.m. | at UCF | L 34–60 | 0–1 | Addition Financial Arena (782) Orlando, FL |
| November 29, 2020* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | East Carolina | L 51–54 | 0–2 | John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 3, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | James Madison | L 67–71 | 0–3 | John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 6, 2020* | at George Washington | Cancelled due to injury issues | Cancelled due to injury issues | Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C. |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| December 10, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | Clemson | L 55–71 | 0–4 (0–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (250) Charlottesville, VA |
| December 13, 2020 1:00 p.m., RSN | at Florida State | L 51–69 | 0–5 (0–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (977) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 20, 2020 Noon, ACCN | at Virginia Tech | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA |
| January 3, 2021 Noon, ACCN | No. 2 Louisville | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 7, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 24 Syracuse | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| January 12, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | Wake Forest | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 14, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at No. 3 NC State | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| January 17, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | Georgia Tech | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 21, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | North Carolina | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 24, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | Florida State | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| January 28, 2021 7:00 p.m., RSN | at Clemson | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC |
| January 31, 2021 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Pittsburgh | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Peterson Events Center Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 2, 2021 6:00 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA |
| February 4, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | Duke | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| February 7, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN | Boston College | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| February 11, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Notre Dame | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Purcell Pavilion Notre Dame, IN |
| February 14, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN | at North Carolina | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Carmichael Arena Chapel Hill, NC |
| February 18, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | NC State | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| February 21, 2021 4:00 p.m., ACCN | at Miami (FL) | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL |
| February 25, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Duke | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC |
| February 28, 2021 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | Virginia Tech | Season Canceled | Season Canceled | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |