2019–20 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2019–20
Prev Year:2018–19
Next Year:2020–21
Team:South Dakota Coyotes
Conference:Summit League
Short Conf:The Summit
Coachrank:12
Aprank:17
Record:30–2
Conf Record:16–0
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach1:Jason Jeschke
Asst Coach2:Aaron Horn
Asst Coach3:Jenna Schlafke
Champion:Summit League regular season champions
Summit League tournament champions

The 2019–20 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball represent University of South Dakota in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Coyotes, are led by fourth year head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion, South Dakota.[1] The Coyotes finished the season ranked 17th in the AP Poll and eleventh in the coaches poll. It was the highest finish by any Summit League team and were in the top 25 ranking for 16 straight weeks, also setting a record.[2]

Previous season

The Coyotes went 28–6 overall and 14–2 in Summit League play. At one point during the season South Dakota were ranked for the first time in school history. In the Summit League Tournament the Coyotes reached the championship game for the sixth time in the last seven years and would again face South Dakota State for the fifth time in those six years. South Dakota reached the NCAA tournament, after the Summit League tournament loss to South Dakota State, as an at-large bid in the Portland Regional as a number 8 seed. They would face off against the Clemson but end up losing 79–66.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Allison Arens 10 G 5'10" Senior Graduated
Courtney Schoenbeck 4 G 5'8" Freshman Transferred to Wisconsin-Parkside[3]

Schedule

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Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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AP RV RVRVRVRVRV25RVRV2225242122212020171717
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Facilities.
  2. https://goyotes.com/news/2020/3/17/womens-basketball-south-dakota-17th-in-final-associated-press-poll.asp{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  3. Web site: Courtney Schoenbeck – Women's Basketball.