| 2019–20Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 13–18 (8–10 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Carol Owens (20th season) |
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| Home arena | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6Louisville | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8NC State† | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18Florida State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2020 ACC tournament winner As of March 5, 2020 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented theUniversity of Notre Dame during the2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 33rd year head coachMuffet McGraw, played their home games atEdmund P. Joyce Center as members of theAtlantic Coast Conference.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 13–18 and 8–10 inACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in theACC tournament, they lost toPittsburgh in the First Round. TheNCAA tournament andWNIT were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 outbreak.[1]
TheFighting Irish finished the2018–19 season at 35–4, 14–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. With a bye in the second round of theACC women's tournament they would beatNorth Carolina in the quarterfinals and then would go on to beatSyracuse in the semifinals. In the rematch of the 2017 championship game the Fighting Irish would avenge that lose by beatingLouisville. They received an automatic bid for theNCAA women's tournament as a number one seed in the Chicago Regional. The Fighting Irish made it to theChampionship game by beating Bethune-Cookman, Michigan State, Texas A&M, Stanford, and Connecticut. In the championship game againstBaylor, the Lady Bears got out to and early lead in the first quarter 25–14 and would lead at halftime by double digits 43–31. The Fighting Irish would outscore the Lady Bears in the third and fourth quarters and would have the lead 77–76 late in the fourth quarter, but Baylor found a way to win 82–81.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Jordan Nixon | 0 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | New York City, NY | Transferred toTexas A&M[2] |
| Marina Mabrey | 2 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Belmar, NJ | Drafted in the2019 WNBA draft (2nd round, 19th overall) |
| Jackie Young | 5 | G | 6'0" | Junior | Princeton, IN | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 1st overall) |
| Brianna Turner | 11 | F | 6'3" | Red-shirt Senior | Pearland, TX | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 11th overall) |
| Arike Ogunbowale | 24 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Milwaukee, WI | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 5th overall) |
| Jessica Shepard | 32 | F | 6'5" | Senior | Fremont, NE | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (2nd round, 16th overall) |
| Danielle Patterson | 33 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Brooklyn, NY | Transferred toIndiana[3] |
| Maureen Butler | 40 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Lionia, MI | Graduated |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Samantha Brunelle F | Ruckersville, VA | William Monroe High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | ||
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| Anaya Peoples PG | Danville, IL | Schlarman Academy | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A | ||
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| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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| Marta Sniezek | 13 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Transfer | McLean, VA | Transferred fromStanford |
| Destinee Walker | 24 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Transfer | Orlando, FL | Transferred fromNorth Carolina |
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | No. 16 | at Fordham | W 60–55 | 1–0 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (3,200) Bronx, NY | ||||||
| November 8, 2019* 6:30 pm, ACCNX | No. 16 | Loyola-Maryland | W 84–60 | 2–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,613) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 15 | Tennessee | L 63–74 | 2–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,801) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| November 14, 2019* 8:00 pm, ACCN | No. 15 | No. 16 Michigan State | L 69–72 | 2–2 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,556) South Bend, IN | ||||||
| November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | Toledo | W 54–51 | 3–2 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,269) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| November 23, 2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus | at No. 21 Michigan | W 76–72 | 4–2 | Crisler Center (4,008) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
| November 28, 2019* 1:30 pm | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Cancún Challenge | L 60–69 | 4–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (235) Cancún, Mexico | |||||||
| November 29, 2019* 11:00 am | vs. South Dakota State Cancún Challenge | L 59–65 | 4–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (259) Cancún, Mexico | |||||||
| November 30, 2019* 11:00 am | vs. No. 21 South Florida Cancún Challenge | W 67–51 | 5–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (174) Cancún, Mexico | |||||||
| December 4, 2019* 8:00 pm, ACCN | Minnesota ACC-Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 67–75 | 5–5 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,093) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| December 8, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN | at No. 4 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic/Rivalry | L 57–81 | 5–6 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | |||||||
| December 11, 2019* 6:30 pm, ACCN | No. 16 DePaul | L 94–105 | 5–7 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,148) South Bend, IN | |||||||
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| December 21, 2019* 1:00 pm | Guelph | W 92–61 | 5–7 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,286) South Bend, IN | |||||||
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| December 29, 2019 4:00 pm, ACCRSN | Clemson | L 55–71 | 5–8 (0–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,569) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| January 2, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCNX | at Pittsburgh | W 60–52 | 6–8 (1–1) | Petersen Events Center (1,368) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
| January 5, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCN | at Syracuse | L 63–74 OT | 6–9 (1–2) | Carrier Dome (4,306) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
| January 9, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCNX | Boston College | L 65–75 | 6–10 (1–3) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,487) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| January 12, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCN | No. 9 NC State | L 56–90 | 6–11 (1–4) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,861) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| January 16, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCN | at Duke | L 47–50 | 6–12 (1–5) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,022) Durham, NC | |||||||
| January 19, 2020 1:00 pm, ACCN | Miami (FL) | W 76–53 | 7–12 (2–5) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,059) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| January 26, 2020 2:00 pm, ACCNX | at Virginia | L 60–90 | 7–13 (2–6) | John Paul Jones Arena (5,117) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
| January 30, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNews | No. 5 Louisville | L 54–86 | 7–14 (2–7) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,719) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| February 2, 2020 2:00 pm, ACCN | at Georgia Tech | W 59–51 | 8–14 (3–7) | McCamish Pavilion (1,749) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
| February 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCNX | at Wake Forest | W 75–71 | 9–14 (4–7) | LJVM Coliseum (760) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
| February 9, 2020 4:00 pm, ACCN | Pittsburgh | W 74–52 | 10–14 (5–7) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,916) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCNX | at Boston College | L 55–56 | 10–15 (5–8) | Conte Forum (1,318) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
| February 16, 2020 3:00 pm, ACCN | at No. 9 Louisville | L 49–82 | 10–16 (5–9) | KFC Yum! Center (12,086) Louisville, KY | |||||||
| February 20, 2020 8:00 pm, ACCRSN | Virginia Tech | L 62–68 | 10–17 (5–10) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,401) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| February 23, 2020 12:00 pm, ACCN | Syracuse | W 72–70 | 11–17 (6–10) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,086) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, ACCNX | North Carolina | W 83–65 | 12–17 (7–10) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,639) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| March 1, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | at No. 19 Florida State | W 70–67 | 13–17 (8–10) | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,360) Tallahassee, FL | |||||||
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| March 4, 2020 3:30 pm, RSN | (10) | vs. (15) Pittsburgh First round | L 65–67 | 13–18 | Greensboro, NC (2,795) Greensboro Coliseum | ||||||
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
| 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 | Week 20 | Final |
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| AP | 16 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | 14 | RV | RV | RV |
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| No change | ||
| (RV) | Received votes | |
| (NR) | Not ranked |