The 2019–20 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange were led by thirteenth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were seventh year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome.
The Orange finished the season 16–15 and 9–9 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Virginia in the Second Round before losing to Louisville in Quarterfinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Previous season For the 2018–19 season, the Orange finished 11–5 in ACC play and 25–9 overall. Their record achieved fifth place in the ACC. Syracuse was eliminated in the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament by Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, receiving a three seed in the Portland regional, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before being upset by South Dakota State in the second round.
Off-season
Recruiting class
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Roster
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!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC Women's Tournament
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 21 20 17 18 RV RV N/A Coaches 17 15 16 RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.
See also 2019–20 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
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