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.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Delanynie Byrne 11 F 6'2" Freshman Arvada, CO Transferred to UNLV Kenisha Bell 23 G 5'9" Redshirt Senior Minneapolis, MN Drafted in the 2019 WNBA draft (3rd round, 30th overall) Palma Kaposi 25 F 6'2" Senior Pécs, Hungary Graduated Irene Garrido Perez 31 F 6'1" Senior Granada, Spain Graduated Annalese Lamke 41 C 6'3" Senior Galesville, WI Graduated
Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School Notes Masha Adashchyk 23 G 5'11" Senior Minsk, Belarus Panola College (NJCAA) Transferred from NJCAA - Able to Play Immediately Kadi Sissoko 30 F 6'2" Sophomore Paris, France Syracuse Per NCAA Transfer Rules, Will Sit Out Season
2019 Recruiting Class
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Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 23 RV RV N/A Coaches RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2019–20 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
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