2019–20 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

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2019–20 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
File:Big Ten Conference logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Maryland† 16 – 2   .889 28 – 4   .875
No. 12 Northwestern 16 – 2   .889 26 – 4   .867
No. 21 Iowa 14 – 4   .778 23 – 7   .767
No. 20 Indiana 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Rutgers 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Ohio State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Michigan 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Michigan State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 14   .533
Purdue 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Nebraska 7 – 11   .389 17 – 13   .567
Minnesota 5 – 13   .278 16 – 15   .516
Wisconsin 3 – 15   .167 12 – 19   .387
Illinois 2 – 16   .111 11 – 19   .367
Penn State 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2020 Big Ten tournament winner
As of January 9, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2019. The regular season ended in March, 2020. The Big Ten tournament was played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana in March 2020.

Head coaches

Coaching changes prior to the season

Penn State

On March 9, 2019, Penn State fired head coach Coquese Washington.[1] On April 3, 2019, the school hired Carolyn Kieger away from Marquette to serve as head coach.[2]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Big Ten record Big Ten titles Big Ten tournament titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Illinois Nancy Fahey Washington (MO) 3 19–42 2–32 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana Teri Moren Indiana State 6 103–66 43–43 0 0 2 0 0
Iowa Lisa Bluder Drake 20 393–215 193–124 1 2 14 0 0
Maryland Brenda Frese Minnesota 18 458–124 78–10* 4 3 15 3 1
Michigan Kim Barnes Arico St. John's (Asst.) 8 156–85 66–52 0 0 3 0 0
Michigan State Suzy Merchant Eastern Michigan 13 265–134 127–77 2 0 9 0 0
Minnesota Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx (Player) 2 21–11 9–9 0 0 0 0 0
Nebraska Amy Williams South Dakota 4 42–49 23–27 0 0 1 0 0
Northwestern Joe McKeown George Washington 11 180–172 67–119 0 0 1 0 0
Ohio State Kevin McGuff Washington 7 134–65 71–31 2 1 4 0 0
Penn State Carolyn Kieger Marquette 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0 0
Purdue Sharon Versyp Indiana 14 276–162 128–92 0 4 9 0 0
Rutgers C. Vivian Stringer Iowa 25 499–277 42–42* 0 0 16 2 0
Wisconsin Jonathan Tsipis George Washington 4 33–61 9–41 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2019–20 season.
  • Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
  • Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
  • Stringer's Big East and American conference record excluded since Rutgers began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.

Preseason

Preseason conference poll

The Big Ten released the preseason ranking on October 23, 2019, which featured a ranking by both media and coaches.[3][4]

Media
Ranking Team
1 Maryland
2 Michigan
3 Michigan State
4 Indiana
5 Minnesota
Coaches
Ranking Team
1 Maryland
2 Michigan State
3 Indiana
4 Michigan
5 Purdue

Preseason All-Big Ten

On October 21, 2019, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.[5]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Kaila Charles, Maryland
Preseason All-Big Ten Team Ali Patberg, Indiana
Kathleen Doyle, Iowa
Kaila Charles*, Maryland
Taylor Mikesell, Maryland
Naz Hillmon*, Michigan
Shay Colley, Michigan State
Destiny Pitts, Minnesota
Lindsey Pulliam, Northwestern
Ae'Rianna Harris, Purdue
Karissa McLaughlin, Purdue
*Unanimous selections

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.[6]

Wooden Naismith Drysdale Lieberman Miller McClain Leslie
Ali Patberg, Indiana Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Kathleen Doyle, Iowa Green tickY
Shakira Austin, Maryland Green tickY Green tickY
Kaila Charles, Maryland Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Stephanie Jones, Maryland Green tickY
Taylor Mikesell, Maryland Green tickY
Naz Hillmon, Michigan Green tickY Green tickY
Shay Colley, Michigan State Green tickY
Taiye Bello, Minnesota Green tickY
Destiny Pitts, Minnesota Green tickY
Kate Cain, Nebraska Green tickY
Lindsey Pulliam, Northwestern Green tickY
Ae'Rianna Harris, Purdue Green tickY Green tickY

Preseason national polls

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
AP CBS Sports[7] Coaches ESPN[8] ESPNW[9]
Illinois
Indiana 24 16 21 24
Iowa
Maryland 4 5 5 5 5
Michigan 25 24 24 23 23
Michigan State 17 21 25
Minnesota 23 18 16 17
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Regular season

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
  Pre/
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2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
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8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
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16		 Wk
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18		 Wk
19		 Wk
20		 Final
Illinois AP
C
Indiana AP 24 21 18 17 14 12 12 14 14 12 15 17 20 18 20 24 22
C RV 25 23 16 15 14 15 15 13 16 24 23 22 23 RV 24
Iowa AP RV RV RV 22 19 18 20 17 19 18
C RV RV 24 21 19 20 20 21 20
Maryland AP 4 8 9 9 9 13 13 12 12 17 20 20 17 13 10 7 7
C 5 10 10 9 12 11 11 11 16 20 17 16 12 10 8 7
Michigan AP 25 24 21 RV 24 24 24 23 RV 24
C 24 19 RV 25 22 22 23 RV RV
Michigan State AP
C
Minnesota AP
C
Nebraska AP
C
Northwestern AP
C
Ohio State AP
C
Penn State AP
C
Purdue AP
C
Rutgers AP
C
Wisconsin AP
C

Early season tournaments

Nine of the 14 Big Ten teams participated in early season tournaments.[10] All Big Ten teams participated in the ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge against Atlantic Coast Conference teams, the 13th year for the event.

Team Tournament Finish
Indiana Paradise Jam tournament 3rd
Iowa Puerto Rico Clasico 2nd
Maryland Dayton Beach Invitational
Michigan State Junkanoo Jam 3rd
Purdue Gulf Coast Showcase 2nd
Rutgers Junkanoo Jam 1st

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State parts with Coquese Washington after 12 seasons". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kieger Named Penn State Women's Basketball Head Coach". GOPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Maryland Tops Big Ten Women's Basketball Preseason Rankings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Michigan State women's basketball pegged as one of preseason favorites in Big Ten". LansingStateJournal.com. www.lansingstatejournal.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Maryland Tops Big Ten Women's Basketball Preseason Rankings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2019-20 Women's Basketball National Preseason Honors". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Women's college basketball power rankings: Oregon, Stanford Baylor are top teams as 2019-20 season begins". CBSSports.com. CBS INTERACTIVE. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "UConn, Louisville, NC State up in Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Sabrina Ionescu and Oregon open at No. 1 in espnW's preseason Top 25". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  10. ↑ Dobbertean, Chris (October 24, 2018). "2019-20 College Basketball Early Season Tournaments, Events, And Neutral-Site Games". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
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