The 2019–20 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by seventh-year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 14–4 in Sun Belt play, to finish third. They were invited to the Sun Belt tournament as the fourth seed and beat Texas State 74–50 in the first round before losing to South Alabama 5–47 in the quarterfinals. Shortly after being eliminated, the conference canceled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic followed after with the NCAA canceling all postseason play.
Preseason Sun Belt coaches poll On October 30, 2019, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Mavericks predicted to finish in third place in the conference.
1 Little Rock 127 (6) 2 Troy 123 (4) 3 UT Arlington 120 (1) 4 South Alabama 119 (1) 5 Appalachian State 100 6 Georgia State 73 7 Coastal Carolina 66 8 Louisiana 64 9 Texas State 59 10 Arkansas State 44 11 Georgia Southern 26 12 Louisiana–Monroe 15
Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference team
2nd team
Claire Chastain – SO, Guard
3rd team
Katie Ferrell – SO, Forward
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt women's tournament
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See also 2019–20 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team
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