2020–21 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, were led by 14th-year head coach Jeff Walz, and played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their seventh year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. On January 18, 2021, following a 12–0 start, the Cardinals were ranked number 1 in the AP Poll for the first time in program history, garnering 20 of 29 first place votes.

2020–21 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 8
Record26–4 (14–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Sam Purcell
  • Jonneshia Pineda
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2020–21 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Louisville142 .875264  .867
No. 3 NC State†122 .857223  .880
Georgia Tech126 .667179  .654
Syracuse97 .563159  .625
Florida State97 .563109  .526
Notre Dame87 .5331010  .500
Virginia Tech88 .5001510  .600
North Carolina89 .4711311  .542
Miami (FL)810 .4441111  .500
Wake Forest810 .4441213  .480
Clemson512 .2941214  .462
Pittsburgh312 .200514  .263
Boston College211 .154712  .368
Duke01 .00031  .750
Virginia02 .00005  .000
Duke suspended their season on December 25, 2020
Virginia suspended their season on January 14, 2021
2021 ACC tournament winner
As of March 30, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The Cardinals finished the season 26–4 and 14–2 in ACC play to finish in first place. In the ACC tournament, they defeated Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals and Syracuse before losing in the Final NC State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the two seed in the Alamo Regional. In the tournament they defeated fifteen seed Marist in the First Round, seven seed Northwestern in the Second Round, and six seed Oregon in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to one seed and eventual champions Stanford in the Elite Eight to end their season.

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