2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team

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2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
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C-USA East division and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2020–21 record17–7 (12–4 CUSA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMurphy Center
Seasons
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2020–21 Conference USA women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Middle Tennessee † 12 – 4   .750 17 – 8   .680
Charlotte 9 – 5   .643 10 – 12   .455
FIU 8 – 8   .500 15 – 13   .536
Florida Atlantic 8 – 8   .500 11 – 11   .500
Old Dominion 7 – 9   .438 13 – 11   .542
Marshall 7 – 9   .438 8 – 11   .421
Western Kentucky 6 – 10   .375 7 – 16   .304
West
Rice 12 – 2   .857 23 – 4   .852
UTEP 13 – 5   .722 17 – 8   .680
North Texas 10 – 4   .714 13 – 7   .650
Louisiana Tech 8 – 8   .500 14 – 10   .583
Southern Miss 5 – 11   .313 7 – 12   .368
UAB 3 – 11   .214 10 – 13   .435
UTSA 0 – 14   .000 2 – 18   .100
† 2021 C-USA Tournament winner
As of March 13, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2020–21 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team is led by sixteenth-year head coach Rick Insell, and plays their home games at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a member of Conference USA.[1]

Schedule and results[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 25, 2020*
6:30 a.m. 		No. 5 Louisville Canceled [a][2] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
November 29, 2020*
2:00 p.m. 		Vanderbilt Canceled [a][3] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
December 6, 2020*
5:30 p.m. 		Belmont L 64–70  0–1
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
December 9, 2020*
6:30 p.m. 		Tulane L 78–81  0–2
 Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
December 13, 2020*
1:00 p.m. 		at TCU L 77–83  0–3
 Schollmaier Arena (736)
Fort Worth, TX
December 17, 2020*
6:30 a.m. 		Troy W 92–76  1–3
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
December 20, 2020*
2:00 p.m. 		Lipscomb W 84–64  2–3
 Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA regular season
January 1, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Florida Atlantic W 84–65  3–3
(1–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 2, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		Florida Atlantic W 66–64  4–3
(2–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 8, 2021
7:00 p.m. 		at FIU W 69–65  5–3
(3–0) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (115)
Miami, FL
January 9, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at FIU W 99–89  6–3
(4–0) 		Ocean Bank Convocation Center (101)
Miami, FL
January 15, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Southern Miss W 78–58  7–3
(5–0) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 16, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		Southern Miss L 61–69  7–4
(5–1) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
January 22, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at Western Kentucky W 75–65  8–4
(6–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (527)
Bowling Green, KY
January 23, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at Western Kentucky W 77–60  9–4
(7–1) 		E. A. Diddle Arena (601)
Bowling Green, KY
January 28, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		at UAB W 81–78 OT 10–4
(8–1) 		Bartow Arena (305)
Birmingham, AL
January 30, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		UAB W 95–68  11–4
(9–1) 		Murphy Center (100)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 5, 2021
3:00 p.m. 		at Charlotte W 77–70  12–4
(10–1) 		Dale F. Halton Arena 
Charlotte, NC
February 6, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at Charlotte L 72–82  12–5
(10–2) 		Dale F. Halton Arena 
Charlotte, NC
February 12, 2021
 Marshall Postponed [b][4] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
February 13, 2021
 Marshall Postponed [b][4] Murphy Center 
Murfreesboro, TN
February 20, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		at Louisiana Tech Canceled [c][5] Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
February 21, 2021
12:00 p.m. 		at Louisiana Tech Canceled [c][5] Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
February 26, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		Old Dominion L 57–74  12–6
(10–3) 		Murphy Center (1,159)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 27, 2021
4:00 p.m. 		Old Dominion W 74–70  13–6
(11–3) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
March 4, 2021 [6]
6:00 p.m. 		Marshall L 49–72  13–7
(11–4) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
March 5, 2021 [6]
6:00 p.m. 		Marshall W 61–54  14–7
(12–4) 		Murphy Center (1,150)
Murfreesboro, TN
CUSA Tournament
March 11, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (4W) Louisiana Tech
Quarterfinals 		W 77–71  15–7
 Ford Center at The Star (507)
Frisco, TX
March 12, 2021
8:30 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (2W) UTEP
Semifinals 		W 74–58  16–7
 Ford Center at The Star (413)
Frisco, TX
March 13, 2021
5:30 p.m. 		(1E) vs. (1W) Rice
Championship 		W 68–65  17–7
 Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 21, 2021*
1:00 pm 		(14 RW) vs. (3 RW) Tennessee
First Round 		L 62-87  17-8
 Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
  2. ^ a b Game was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.
  3. ^ a b Game was canceled due to weather concerns.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lady Raiders to play 15 of 25 games at Murphy Center". Middle Tennessee State University Department of Athletics. November 6, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Hays, Graham (November 23, 2020). "Louisville Cardinals' opener vs. Middle Tennessee State Lady Raiders ppd. due to coronavirus". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Vanderbilt pulls plug on women's basketball season". Nashville Post. January 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "COVID-19 issues force MTSU women's basketball to postpone home series vs. Marshall". Daily News Journal. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "MTSU-Louisiana Tech basketball games canceled". Murfreesboro Post. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "C-USA Announces Rescheduled Women's Basketball Games". Conference USA. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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