2020–21 Valparaiso University women's basketball team

The 2020–21 Valparaiso University women's basketball team represents 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.

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 20 2   .909
Drake 13 5   .722 15 10   .600
Illinois State 12 6   .667 15 6   .714
Northern Iowa 11 7   .611 14 11   .560
Bradley 10 8   .556 14 11   .560
Loyola–Chicago 8 10   .444 10 12   .455
Valparaiso 7 9   .438 11 12   .478
Southern Illinois 5 13   .278 8 15   .348
Indiana State 2 12   .143 5 14   .263
Evansville 2 16   .111 6 17   .261
2021 MVC tournament winner
As of March 6, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

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 edit

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