2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team


The 2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, were led by fifth year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
WNIT, Quarterfinals
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record12–11 (8–8 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Alex Earl
  • Shandrika Lee
Home arenaCU Events Center
Seasons
2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Stanford 19 2   .905 31 2   .939
No. 11 Arizona 13 4   .765 21 6   .778
No. 9 UCLA 12 4   .750 17 6   .739
No. 23 Oregon 10 7   .588 15 9   .625
Oregon State 7 6   .538 12 8   .600
Colorado 8 8   .500 12 11   .522
Washington State 9 10   .474 12 12   .500
USC 8 10   .444 11 12   .478
Arizona State 6 9   .400 11 12   .478
Utah 4 15   .211 5 16   .238
Washington 3 13   .188 7 14   .333
California 1 12   .077 1 16   .059
2021 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The Buffaloes finished the season 12–11, 8–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in sixth place. In the Pac-12 Tournament they were upset by eleventh seed Washington in the first round. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. They defeated Louisiana and Nebraska before losing to Ole Miss in the quarterfinals to end their season.

Previous season

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The Buffaloes finished the season 16–14, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost to USC in the first round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]

Roster

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2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 00 Jaylyn Sherrod 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Rasmay Birmingham, AL
G 1 Tayanna Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr North Johnston
Rend Lake College
Selma, NC
G 2 Madison Buford 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lutheran North
Georgetown
St. Louis, MO
G 3 Frida Formann 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Falkonergårdens Gymnasium Bagsværd, Norway
G 4 Lesila Finau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Dublin Dublin, CA
G 11 Zuzanna Kulinska 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So New York Military Gdynia, Poland
G 13 Kylee Blacksten 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Air Academy Colorado Springs, CO
G/F 14 Raanee Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Friends' Central Philadelphia, PA
C 20 Maura Singer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Columbine Littleton, CO
G/F 21 Mya Hollingshed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Bellaire Houston, TX
G 24 Aubrey Knight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Ventura Ventura, CA
F 25 Annika Jank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Edina Edina, MN
G 32 Allysa LaFontaine 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Boswell Fort Worth, TX
F 33 Sirena Tuitele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Pleasant Valley Chico, CA
G 44 Sophie Gerber 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Desert Mountain Scottsdale, AZ
F 45 Charlotte Whittaker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St Andrew's College Ventura, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 13, 2021

Schedule

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Source:[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2021*
6:00 p.m.
Western State W 77–50  1–0
CU Events Center (17)
Boulder, CO
November 28, 2020*
12:00 p.m.
Air Force W 88–46  2–0
CU Events Center (17)
Boulder, CO
December 4, 2020
3:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 10 Oregon L 52–82  2–1
(0–1)
Matthew Knight Arena (1)
Eugene, OR
December 6, 2020
6:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 17 Oregon State L 53–70  2–2
(0–2)
Gill Coliseum (0)
Corvallis, OR
December 8, 2020*
6:00 p.m.
at Denver L 84–85  2–3
Magness Arena (0)
Denver, CO
December 14, 2020
12:00 p.m., P12N
Utah W 80–50  3–3
(1–2)
CU Events Center (17)
Boulder, CO
December 18, 2020
5:00 p.m., P12N
No. 6 Arizona L 59–62  3–4
(1–3)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
December 20, 2020
2:00 p.m., P12N
Arizona State Canceled CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
January 1, 2021
3:00 p.m.
Washington W 60–50  4–4
(2–3)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 3, 2021
12:00 p.m., P12N
Washington State L 63–76  4–5
(2–4)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 8, 2021
5:00 p.m.
at No. 9 UCLA Canceled Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
January 11, 2021
1:00 p.m., P12N
at USC L 52–56  4–6
(2–5)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 15, 2021
3:00 p.m., P12N
California W 75–59  5–6
(3–5)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 17, 2021
12:00 p.m., P12N
No. 1 Stanford W 77–72 OT 6–6
(4–5)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 22, 2021
3:00 p.m.
at Arizona State L 47–51  6–7
(4–6)
Desert Financial Arena (0)
Tempe, AZ
January 24, 2021
1:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 10 Arizona Canceled McKale Center 
Tucson, AZ
January 29, 2021
6:00 p.m.
Oregon State L 64–72  6–8
(4–7)
CU Events Center (0)
Boulder, CO
January 31, 2021
12:00 p.m., P12N
No. 11 Oregon Canceled CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
February 5, 2021
7:00 p.m., P12N
at No. 6 Stanford L 54–62  6–9
(4–8)
Maples Pavilion (1)
Stanford, CA
February 7, 2021
2:00 p.m.
at California W 67–52  7–9
(5–8)
Haas Pavilion (0)
Berkeley, CA
February 12, 2021
6:00 p.m.
USC W 66–56  8–9
(6–8)
CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
February 14, 2021
1:00 p.m.
No. 8 UCLA Canceled CU Events Center 
Boulder, CO
February 19, 2021
1:00 p.m.
at Washington State W 60–57  9–9
(7–8)
Beasley Coliseum (200)
Pullman, WA
February 21, 2021
3:00 p.m.
at Washington W 55–50  10–9
(8–8)
Alaska Airlines Arena (0)
Seattle, WA
February 28, 2021
12:00 p.m., P12N
at Utah Canceled Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
March 3, 2021*
9:00 p.m., P12N
(6) vs. (11) Washington
First Round
L 54–68  10–10
Michelob Ultra Arena (18)
Paradise, NV
WNIT
March 19, 2021*
1:00 p.m., FloHoops
Louisiana
First Round
W 68–45  11–10
My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300)
Collierville, Tennessee
March 20, 2021*
4 p.m., FloHoops
Nebraska
Second Round
W 75–71  12–10
My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300)
Collierville, Tennessee
March 22, 2021*
6:00 p.m., FloHoops
Ole Miss
Quarterfinals
L 56–65  12–11
My Town Movers Fieldhouse (300)
Collierville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

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2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
season
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Week
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Week
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Final
AP
Coaches RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not Ranked in Previous Week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Note: The Coaches Poll does not release a Week 2 poll, and the AP poll does not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

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2020–21 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". CUBuffs.com. University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics. Retrieved May 13, 2021.