2020–21 Valparaiso University women's basketball team

2020–21 Valparaiso University women's basketball
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record11–12 (7–9 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Gabby Johnson
  • Dani Franklin
  • Mark Schwitznagel
Home arenaAthletics–Recreation Center
Seasons
2020–21 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 20 Missouri State 16 – 0   1.000 23 – 4   .852
Drake 13 – 5   .722 18 – 12   .600
Illinois State 12 – 6   .667 16 – 9   .640
Northern Iowa 11 – 7   .611 17 – 13   .567
Bradley† 10 – 8   .556 17 – 12   .586
Loyola–Chicago 8 – 10   .444 12 – 15   .444
Valparaiso 7 – 9   .438 12 – 13   .480
Southern Illinois 5 – 13   .278 9 – 16   .360
Indiana State 2 – 12   .143 5 – 15   .250
Evansville 2 – 16   .111 6 – 18   .250
† 2021 MVC tournament winner
As of July 7, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Valparaiso University women's basketball team represented Valparaiso University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, led by third-year head coach Mary Evans, played their home games at the Athletics–Recreation Center as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.

On February 11, 2021, the university announced that it is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the term because of the "negative connotation and violence associated with the Crusader imagery", and because some hate groups also used the term.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Valparaiso dropping Crusaders name, mascot, logos". Retrieved February 11, 2021.