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2020–21 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 14
Record10–1 (7–0 AAC)
Head coach
Associate head coachMichele Woods-Baxter
Assistant coaches
  • Danny Hughes
  • Yolisha Jackson
Home arenaYuengling Center
Seasons
2020–21 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 South Florida † 13 – 2   .867 19 – 4   .826
UCF 12 – 2   .857 16 – 5   .762
Houston 12 – 5   .706 17 – 8   .680
Tulane 12 – 6   .667 18 – 9   .667
Temple 11 – 7   .611 11 – 11   .500
East Carolina 6 – 10   .375 8 – 14   .364
Cincinnati 6 – 12   .333 8 – 16   .333
Tulsa 4 – 13   .235 5 – 14   .263
Wichita State 2 – 9   .182 6 – 12   .333
Memphis 2 – 12   .143 4 – 15   .211
SMU 0 – 2   .000 0 – 6   .000
SMU suspended their season on December 29, 2020
The American has declared a forfeit win for USF against Memphis for conference-standings purposes only as a result of the scheduled game from Jan. 17 that was not played. The teams' overall records are not affected.
† 2021 AAC tournament winner
As of July 7, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the 48th women's basketball season for USF, the eighth as a member of the American Athletic Conference, and the 21st under head coach Jose Fernandez. The Bulls play their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus.

Previous season

The Bulls finished the 2019–20 season 18–12, 10–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They entered as the No. 4 seed in the AAC Tournament, where they were eliminated by eventual champion UConn in the semifinal. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled.

Roster

2020–21 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
C 0 Tereza Vitulova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Jr Sportovni Gymnazium Domašov, Czech Republic
G 1 Maria Alvarez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Miami Country Day School Bal Harbour, Florida
G 2 Mihaela Lazić 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Fr Klasična Gimnazija Slavonski Brod, Croatia
PG 3 Sydni Harvey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Brentwood Academy Nashville, Tennessee
PG 4 Elisa Pinzan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Istituto Tecnico Algarotti Venezia Murano, Italy
G 5 Elena Tsineke 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Hellenic College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece
F 11 Jade Blagrove 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Calandlyceum Barendrecht, Netherlands
F 12 Cristina Bermejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So INS Sant Just Desvern Sant Just Desvern, Spain
F 13 Sara Guerreiro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr   Seixal, Portugal
F 20 Bethy Mununga 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Institut Sainte-Marie Jambes Zellik, Belgium
C 21 Shae Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr South Effingham High School Rincon, Georgia
F 22 Kristýna Brabencová 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So KŠPA Kladno Brno, Czech Republic
F/C 24 Angelee Rodriguez 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr St. Thomas Aquinas High School Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
C 31 Beatriz Jordão 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Quinta dos Lombos Pombal, Portugal
F 34 Silvia Serrat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Joaquim Blume High School Banyoles, Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 15, 2021

Preseason

AAC preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards. USF was selected as the preseason #1 team in the conference for the first time in program history.[1]

Coaches Poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 South Florida 98 (8)
2 UCF 79 (1)
3 Tulane 78
4 Cincinnati 73 (2)
5 Temple 57
6 Wichita State 54
7 Houston 49
8 Memphis 40
9 East Carolina 36
10 SMU 31
11 Tulsa 10

Preseason Awards

  • All-AAC Second Team - Elisa Pinzan
  • All-AAC Second Team - Elena Tsineke

Schedule and results

COVID-19 impact

Main article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulls' schedule is subject to change, including the cancellation or postponement of individual games, the cancellation of the entire season, or games played either with minimal fans or without fans in attendance and just essential personnel.

  • The December 19 home game against Houston was postponed to January 9 due to COVID issues with the Cougars[2]
  • Both games scheduled against SMU were canceled after the Mustangs canceled their season on December 29[3]
  • The January 17 home game against Memphis has been canceled due to COVID issues with the Tigers. Per American Athletic Conference policy, the final decision to play or not play a particular game rests with the affected institutions. The conference will work with Memphis and USF, and if necessary, the unaffected member institutions, to determine how the game will be classified.[4]
  • The January 20 game at Wichita State has been postponed due to COVID issues with the Shockers, with a new date to be announced[5]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 28, 2020*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Jacksonville W 84–46  1–0
 Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
December 1, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 4 Baylor L 62–67  1–1
 Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
December 5, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 6 Mississippi State W 67–63OT  2–1
 Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
December 13, 2020*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Stetson W 84–46  3–1
 Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
December 16, 2020
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 23 at Memphis W 65–58  4–1
(1–0) 		Elma Roane Fieldhouse 
Memphis, TN
December 19, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 23 Houston Postponed due to COVID-19 (rescheduled for Jan. 9)[6] Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
December 22, 2020
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 at Cincinnati W 73–61  5–1
(2–0) 		Fifth Third Arena 
Cincinnati, OH
December 30, 2020
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 at Tulsa W 63–35  6–1
(3–0) 		Reynolds Center 
Tulsa, OK
January 2, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 East Carolina W 71–58  7–1
(4–0) 		Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
January 6, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 Wichita State W 66–48  8–1
(5–0) 		Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
January 9, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 Houston W 80–51  9–1
(6–0) 		Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
January 13, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 at Tulane W 72–53  10–1
(7–0) 		Devlin Fieldhouse 
New Orleans, LA
January 17, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 16 Memphis Canceled[a][7] Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
January 20, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 at Wichita State Postponed (date TBA)[8] Charles Koch Arena 
Wichita, KS
January 23, 2021
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 14 at East Carolina Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum 
Greenville, NC
January 27, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Temple Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
January 30, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Cincinnati Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
February 3, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at SMU Canceled[9] Moody Coliseum 
Dallas, TX
February 7, 2021
12:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at UCF
War on I-4 		Addition Financial Arena 
Orlando, FL
February 13, 2021
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Tulsa Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
February 17, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		SMU Canceled[10] Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
February 20, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Tulane Yuengling Center 
Tampa FL
February 24, 2021
3:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Temple Liacouras Center 
Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 2021
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Houston Fertitta Center 
Houston, TX
March 2, 2021
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UCF
War on I-4 		Yuengling Center 
Tampa, FL
AAC Tournament
March 8–11, 2021
TBD 		vs.  Dickies Arena 
Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

[11]

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 		Week
17 		Week
18 		Week
19 		Final
AP (RV) (RV) (RV) 23 21 21 18 16 14
Coaches (RV) (RV) (RV) 24 22 22 19 17 14

[12]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

Player honors

AAC Player of the Week

  • Elisa Pinzan - Week 2[13]
  • Bethy Mununga - Week 6[14]
  • Elisa Pinzan - Week 8[15]

See also

2020–21 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team

Notes

  1. ^ Per American Athletic Conference policy, the final decision to play or not play a particular game rests with the affected institutions. The conference will work with Memphis and USF, and if necessary, the unaffected member institutions, to determine how the game will be classified.

References

  1. ^ "USF Earns Top Spot In American Women's Basketball Preseason Poll". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  2. ^ "USF-Houston WBB Game Rescheduled for Jan. 9". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  3. ^ "SMU women's basketball team opts out of season after six games". Dallas News. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. ^ "USF-Memphis WBB Game Scheduled For Jan. 17 Canceled". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. ^ "AAC Announces USF-Wichita State WBB Game Postponed". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. ^ "USF-Houston WBB Game Rescheduled for Jan. 9". gousfbulls.com. 31 Dec 2020.
  7. ^ "USF-Memphis WBB Game Scheduled For Jan. 17 Canceled". gousfbulls.com. 16 Jan 2021.
  8. ^ "AAC Announces USF-Wichita State WBB Game Postponed". gousfbulls.com. 18 Jan 2021.
  9. ^ "SMU Women's Basketball Cancels Season, Citing COVID-19". smudailycampus.com. 29 Dec 2020.
  10. ^ "SMU Women's Basketball Cancels Season, Citing COVID-19". smudailycampus.com. 29 Dec 2020.
  11. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  12. ^ "2020-21 Women's College Basketball Rankings for Week 8". ESPN. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  13. ^ "USF's Pinzan, Tulane's Jordan Secure Week Two Women's Basketball Awards". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  14. ^ "USF's Mununga, Cincinnati's Thomas, Tulane's Jordan Named Top Players In Women's Basketball Week Six". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  15. ^ "USF's Pinzan, Tulane's Jordan Earn Week Eight American Women's Basketball Awards". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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