2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's basketball
Year:	2019–20
Team:	Minnesota Golden Gophers
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	16–15
Conf Record:	5–13
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	Danielle O'Banion
Asst Coach3:	Kelly Roysland

The 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represent the University of Minnesota during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by second-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, play their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Golden Gophers finished the season 16–15 and 5–12 in Big Ten play to finish in eleventh place. As the eleven seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State in the first round, before falling to Ohio State in the second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Delanynie Byrne	11	F	6'2"	Freshman		Transferred to UNLV^[2]
	23	G	5'9"	Redshirt Senior		Drafted in the 2019 WNBA draft (3rd round, 30th overall)
Palma Kaposi	25	F	6'2"	Senior		Graduated
Irene Garrido Perez	31	F	6'1"	Senior		Graduated
Annalese Lamke	41	C	6'3"	Senior		Graduated

Arrivals

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Notes
Masha Adashchyk	23	G	5'11"	Senior		Panola College (NJCAA)	Transferred from NJCAA - Able to Play Immediately
Kadi Sissoko	30	F	6'2"	Sophomore			Per NCAA Transfer Rules, Will Sit Out Season

2019 Recruiting Class

Source:^[3]

Schedule and results

|-! colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-! colspan=9 style=|Big Ten conference season|-! colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Women's TournamentSource^[4]

Rankings

See main article: 2019–20 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	23	RV	RV																	N/A
Coaches	RV

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

See also

• 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312202043/http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/ncaa-cancels-remaining-winter-and-spring-championships . 2020-03-12 .
2. Web site: Byrne Signs With Lady Rebels. unlvrebels.com. UNLV University. April 19, 2019. April 22, 2020.
3. Web site: 2019 High School Girls' Basketball Recruits - Minnesota - ESPN. espn.com. ESPN. April 22, 2020.
4. Web site: 2019–2020 Schedule. GOPHERSPORTS.COM. November 5, 2019.