2020–21 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2020–21
National champions
Pac-12 tournament champions
Pac-12 regular season champions
2020–21 National champions; Pac-12 tournament champions; Pac-12 regular season champions
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	31–2 (19–2 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (35th season);
Associate head coach	Kate Paye (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Katy Steding (1st season); Britney Anderson (1st season);
Home arena	Maples Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 2020–21 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented

Final Four Most Outstanding Player.^[1]

Roster

2020–21 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	2	Agnes Emma-Nnopu	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Lake Ginninderra College	Ocean Grove, Victoria
G	3	Anna Wilson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Bellevue	Bellevue, WA
G	4	Jana Van Gytenbeek	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Cherry Creek	Greenwood Village, CO
F	5	Francesca Belibi	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Regis Jesuit	Centennial, CO
F	10	Alyssa Jerome	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Harbord Collegiate	Toronto, ON
F	11	Ashten Prechtel	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Discovery Canyon	Colorado Springs, CO
F	12	Lexie Hull	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Central Valley	Spokane, WA
F	15	Maya Dodson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	St. Francis	Alpharetta, GA
F	22	Cameron Brink	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Mountainside	Beaverton, OR
G	23	Kiana Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Karen Wagner	San Antonio, TX
F	24	Lacie Hull	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Central Valley	Spokane, WA
G	30	Haley Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Archbishop Mitty	Santa Cruz, CA
G	33	Hannah Jump	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Pinewood	San Jose, CA
G	54	Jenna Brown	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	The Lovett School	Atlanta, GA

Head coach

Tara VanDerveer (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 5, 2021

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 11:00 am, Stanford Live Stream	No. 2	Cal Poly	W 108–40	1–0	Maples Pavilion (0) Stanford, CA
November 30, 2020* 2:00 pm, Stanford Live Stream	No. 2	San Diego Canceled due to Santa Clara Public Health Department ^[3]			Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
December 5, 2020* 2:00 pm, Mountain West Network	No. 2	at UNLV	W 101–54	2–0	Las Vegas, NV
December 6, 2020 2:00 pm	No. 2	vs. Washington	W 83–50	3–0 (1–0)	Thomas & Mack Center (0) Las Vegas, NV
December 11, 2020* 4:00 pm	No. 1	UC Davis Canceled due to Santa Clara County ban on athletic activities.^[4]			Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
December 13, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at California	W 83–38	4–0 (2–0)	Haas Pavilion (0) Berkeley, CA
December 15, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 1	at Pacific	W 104–61	5–0	Stockton, CA (0) Alex G. Spanos Center
December 19, 2020 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at USC	W 80–60	6–0 (3–0)	Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2020 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at No. 10 UCLA	W 61–49	7–0 (4–0)	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 1, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at No. 6 Arizona	W 81–54	8–0 (5–0)	McKale Center (0) Tucson, AZ
January 3, 2021 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 1	at Arizona State	W 68–60	9–0 (6–0)	Desert Financial Arena (0) Tempe, AZ
January 8, 2021 11:30 am, P12N	No. 1	vs. No. 11 Oregon	W 70–63	10–0 (7–0)	Kaiser Permanente Arena (0) Santa Cruz, CA
TBD TBD		Oregon State postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Beavers' program.^[5]			Kaiser Permanente Arena Santa Cruz, CA
January 15, 2021 12:30 pm, P12N	No. 1	at Utah	W 82–54	11–0 (8–0)	Salt Lake City, UT
January 17, 2021 11:00 am, P12N	No. 1	at Colorado	L 72–77	11–1 (8–1)	CU Events Center (0) Boulder, CO
January 22, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	vs. No. 6 UCLA	L 66-70	11–2 (8–2)	Kaiser Permanente Arena (0) Santa Cruz, CA
January 24, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	vs. USC	W 86-59	12–2 (9–2)	Kaiser Permanente Arena (0) Santa Cruz, CA
January 27, 2021 6:30 pm, P12N	No. 6	at Washington State	W 71-49	13–2 (10–2)	Beasley Coliseum (0) Pullman, WA
January 29, 2021 12:00 pm, WSU Live Stream	No. 6	at Washington State	W 77-49	14–2 (11–2)	Beasley Coliseum (0) Pullman, WA
January 31, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	at Washington	W 74–48	15–2 (12–2)	Seattle, WA
February 5, 2021 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Colorado Breast Cancer Awareness Game	W 62–54	16–2 (13–2)	Maples Pavilion (1) Stanford, CA
February 7, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Utah	W 83–41	17–2 (14–2)	Maples Pavilion (1) Stanford, CA
February 12, 2021 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 5	at Oregon State	W 83–58	18–2 (15–2)	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 15, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at No. 13 Oregon	W 63–61	19–2 (16–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (0) Eugene, OR
February 19, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Arizona State	W 80–41	20–2 (17–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 22, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	No. 9 Arizona	W 62–48	21–2 (18–2)	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
February 28, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 4	California	W 72–33	22–2 (19–2)	Maples Pavilion (0) Stanford, CA
Pac-12 women's tournament
March 4, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N	(1) No. 4	vs. (8) USC Quarterfinals	W 92–53	23–2	Michelob Ultra Arena (0) Paradise, NV
March 5, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N	(1) No. 4	vs. (5) Oregon State Semifinals	W 79–45	24–2	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
March 5, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N	(1) No. 4	vs. (3) No. 9 UCLA Championship	W 75–55	25–2	Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
NCAA women's tournament
March 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (16 A) Utah Valley First Round	W 87–44	26–2	San Antonio, TX
March 23, 2021* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (8 A) Oklahoma State Second Round	W 73–62	27–2	UTSA Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
March 28, 2021* 12:00 pm, ABC	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (5 A) No. 20 Missouri State Sweet Sixteen	W 89–62	28–2	Alamodome (1,072) San Antonio, TX
March 30, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (2 A) No. 8 Louisville Elite Eight	W 78–63	29–2	Alamodome (1,483) San Antonio, TX
April 2, 2021* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (1 H) No. 6 South Carolina Final Four	W 66–65	30–2	Alamodome San Antonio, TX
April 4, 2021* 3:00 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 2	vs. (3 M) No. 11 Arizona National Championship	W 54–53	31–2	Alamodome (4,604) San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Alamo H=HemisFair. All times are in Pacific Time .

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	Week 17	Final
AP	2	2	1 (24)	1 (26)	1 (26)	1 (26)	1 (27)	1 (29)	5 (1)	6	6	5	6 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	2 (5)	2 (5)	N/A
Coaches	2	^	1 (22)	1 (22)	1 (30)	1 (29)	1 (31)	1 (31)	4 (1)	6	6	4	4	2	3	2 (4)	2 (5)	1 (32)

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes
NR		Not ranked
( )		Number of first place votes

^ Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll

References

^ "How Haley Jones helped Stanford win the 2021 NCAA women's basketball championship". ESPN.com. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
^ "Stanford Athletics". GoStanford.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
^ "Monday Canceled - Stanford University Athletics". gostanford.com. Retrieved December 8, 2020.
^ "Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team won't play UC Davis Athletics". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
^ "Schedule Shifts". gostanford.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

[espn_04052021-1] "How Haley Jones helped Stanford win the 2021 NCAA women's basketball championship". ESPN.com. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

[2] "Stanford Athletics". GoStanford.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.

[gostanford2-3] "Monday Canceled - Stanford University Athletics". gostanford.com. Retrieved December 8, 2020.

[ESPN-4] "Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team won't play UC Davis Athletics". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

[Stanford-5] "Schedule Shifts". gostanford.com. Retrieved January 12, 2021.

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v t e Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Venues	Maples Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee UConn
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" Harvard upset
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics