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2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball
WNIT, first round
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record14–10 (11–5 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWintrust Arena
Seasons← 2019–202021–22 →
2020–21 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 18 0   1.000 28 2   .933
Marquette 14 4   .778 19 7   .731
Seton Hall 12 5   .706 14 7   .667
DePaul 11 5   .688 14 10   .583
Villanova 9 5   .643 17 7   .708
Creighton 6 7   .462 10 12   .455
Providence 4 10   .286 7 14   .333
St. John's 4 12   .250 8 15   .348
Xavier 2 8   .200 5 10   .333
Butler 3 15   .167 3 17   .150
Georgetown 2 14   .125 2 15   .118
Big East tournament winner
As of April 3, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons were led by thirty-fifth year head coach Doug Bruno and played their home games at the Wintrust Arena as members of the Big East Conference.

They finished the season 14–10, 11–5 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the Big East tournament they lost in the Quarterfinals to Villanova. The received an at-large invitation to the WNIT, where they played in the Rockford Regional. They lost in the First Round to Saint Louis and lost their consolation game to Drake.

Previous season

They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 88–74. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Roster

2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Keke Rimmer 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Proviso East Maywood, IL
G 3 Deja Church 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Southfield A&T
Michigan
Southfield, MI
G 10 Lexi Held 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Cooper Burlington, KY
G 11 Sonya Morris 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Incarnate Word St. Charles, MO
F 14 Hannah Purcell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Annandale Annandale, MN
G 15 Jolene Daninger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Andover Andover, MN
G 21 Darrione Rogers 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lake Park West Roselle, IL
F 22 Jorie Allen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So North Lawerence
Indiana
Bedford, IN
G 23 Dee Bekelja 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Solon Solon, OH
F 24 Kayla Caudle 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Vernon Hills Vernon Hills, IL
F 32 Nadège Jean 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Rich South Richton Park, IL
F 33 Courtney Fredrickson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Minnetonka
Wisconsin
Minnetonka, MN
G 35 Kendall Holmes 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Benet Academy Plainfield, IL
F 42 Kiara Dallmann 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Sheboygan North
Iowa Western
Sheboygan, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: July 8, 2021

Schedule

Source:

Date
time, TV
Rank Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 28, 2020*
4:00 p.m.
No. 19 No. 13 Texas A&M L 91–93  0–1
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
November 30, 2020*
2:00 p.m.
No. 20 Chicago State W 128–66  1–1
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
December 4, 2020*
5:30 p.m., ESPN
No. 20 vs. No. 5 Louisville
Jimmy V Classic
L 75–116  1–2
Mohegan Sun Arena (0)
Uncasville, CT
December 9, 2020*
Noon
No. 24 at Kent State Canceled MAC Center 
Kent, OH
December 13, 2020*
3:00 p.m.
No. 24 Loyola-Chicago W 76–67  2–2
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
December 16, 2020*
2:00 p.m.
No. 24 Kentucky W 86–82  3–2
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
Big East regular season
December 19, 2020
2:00 p.m., BEDN/FloSports
No. 24 Georgetown W 72–54  4–2
(1–0)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
December 22, 2020
8:00 p.m., FS1
No. 18 at Creighton W 90–81  5–2
(2–0)
CHI Health Center Omaha (169)
Omaha, NE
December 29, 2020
5:30 p.m., SNY
No. 18 at No. 4 UConn L 52–75  5–3
(2–1)
Gampel Pavilion (0)
Storrs, CT
January 4, 2021
2:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 20 Villanova W 94–82  6–3
(3–1)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
January 13, 2021
5:30 p.m., FS1
No. 19 St. John's W 101–84  7–3
(4–1)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
January 16, 2021
1:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 19 at Georgetown W 78–54  8–3
(5–1)
McDonough Gymnasium (0)
Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2021
4:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 18 at Butler W 80–66  9–3
(6–1)
Hinkle Fieldhouse (183)
Indianapolis, IN
January 23, 2021
4:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 18 Providence Postponed Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
January 25, 2021
6:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 17 at Xavier Postponed Wintrust Arena 
Chicago, IL
January 31, 2021
Noon, Fox
No. 17 No. 3 UConn L 67–100  9–4
(6–2)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
February 4, 2021
Noon, BEDN
No. 20 at Seton Hall Postponed Walsh Gymnasium 
South Orange, NJ
February 7, 2021
11:00 a.m., FS1
No. 20 at Marquette W 87–82  10–4
(7–2)
Al McGuire Center (0)
Milwaukee, WI
February 10, 2021
5:30 p.m., FS2
No. 22 at St. John's W 81–73  11–4
(8–2)
Carnesecca Arena (0)
New York, NY
February 12, 2021
6:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 22 at Villanova Postponed Finneran Pavilion 
Villanova, PA
February 15, 2021
6:00 p.m., FS1
No. 19 Seton Hall W 82–76  12–4
(9–2)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
February 17, 2021
4:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 19 Xavier W 83–75  13–4
(10–2)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
February 20, 2021
1:00 p.m., FS1
No. 19 Creighton L 72–83  13–5
(10–3)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
February 24, 2021
4:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 24 Marquette L 71–85  13–6
(10–4)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
February 27, 2021
Noon, BEDN
No. 24 at Providence W 75–49  14–6
(11–4)
Alumni Hall (0)
Providence, RI
March 1, 2021
4:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 25 Butler L 81–86  14–7
(11–5)
Wintrust Arena (0)
Chicago, IL
Big East Women's Tournament
March 6, 2021
2:00 p.m., FS2
(4) No. 25 (5) Villanova
Second Round
L 72–78  14–8
Mohegan Sun Arena (0)
Uncasville, CT
WNIT
March 19, 2021
5:00 p.m., FloHoops
Saint Louis
First Round
L 72–74  14–9
UW Health Sports Factory (134)
Rockford, IL
March 20, 2021
2:00 p.m., FloHoops
Drake
Consolation Game
L 91–100  14–10
UW Health Sports Factory (93)
Rockford, IL
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
2
Week
3
Week
4
Week
5
Week
6
Week
7
Week
8
Week
9
Week
10
Week
11
Week
12
Week
13
Week
14
Week
15
Week
16
Final
AP 19 20 24 24 18 18 20 19 18 17 20 22 19т 24 25 RV RV
Coaches 19 23 23 20т 21 22 22 21 20 21 22 19 23 RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP Poll did not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament.

See also

2020–21 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team

References

  1. "DePaul Blue Demons Schedule 2020-21". ESPN. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. DePaul Blue Demons. "DePaul Blue Demons on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  4. "2020-21 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule". depaulbluedemons.com. DePaul University Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
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