| Sport: | women's basketball |
| Year: | 2019–20 |
| Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
| Next Year: | 2020–21 |
| Team: | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Record: | 13–18 |
| Conf Record: | 8–10 |
| Head Coach: | Muffet McGraw |
| Hc Year: | 33rd |
| Assoc Coach: | Carol Owens |
| Ahc Year: | 20th |
| Asst Coach1: | Beth Cunningham |
| Ac1 Year: | 8th |
| Asst Coach2: | Michaela Mabrey |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | Edmund P. Joyce Center |
The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 33rd year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 13–18 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Pittsburgh in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
The Fighting Irish finished the 2018–19 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 the ACC women's tournament they would beat North Carolina in the quarterfinals and then would go on to beat Syracuse in the semifinals. In the rematch of the 2017 championship game the Fighting Irish would avenge that lose by beating Louisville. They received an automatic bid for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed in the Chicago Regional. The Fighting Irish made it to the Championship game by beating Bethune-Cookman, Michigan State, Texas A&M, Stanford, and Connecticut. In the championship game against Baylor, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Nixon | 0 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Transferred to Texas A&M[2] | |
| 2 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA draft (2nd round, 19th overall) | ||
| 5 | G | 6'0" | Junior | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 1st overall) | ||
| 11 | F | 6'3" | Red-shirt Senior | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 11th overall) | ||
| 24 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 5th overall) | ||
| 32 | F | 6'5" | Senior | Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (2nd round, 16th overall) | ||
| Danielle Patterson | 33 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Transferred to Indiana[3] | |
| Maureen Butler | 40 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Graduated | |
Source:[4]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marta Sniezek | 13 | G | 5'8" | Graduate Transfer | Transferred from Stanford | |
| Destinee Walker | 24 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Transfer | Transferred from North Carolina | |
Source:[5]
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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 | Week 20 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |