The 2019–20 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team represented the University at Buffalo during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, led by eighth-year head coach Felisha Legette-Jack, played their home games at Alumni Arena as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 19–12, 9–9 in MAC play. Buffalo won the MAC conference tournament championship game over Ohio, 77–61. Cierra Dillard was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. With that win, they earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset Rutgers in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round.
Previous season The Bulls finished the 2018–19 season 29–6, 16–2 in MAC play to win the MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Central Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset South Florida in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament win in school history. They then defeated Florida State in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history, where they lost to South Carolina. They finished with 29 wins, the most in school history.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure 1 G 5'6" Senior Melbourne, Australia GraduatedLiisa Ups 3 G 5'9" Senior Wollongong, Australia GraduatedKatherine Ups 5 G 5'9" Senior Wollongong, Australia GraduatedMariah Suchan 21 F 6'1" Senior Wichita, KS GraduatedCassie Oursler 31 G 6'3" Senior Grand Island, NY Graduated
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA 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 RV RV Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2018–19 Buffalo Bulls men's basketball team
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