The 2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2019 and concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tourname ...
in November 2019. The regular season ended in March, 2020.
The
Big Ten tournament was be played at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse in
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mari ...
in March 2020.
Head coaches
Coaching changes prior to the season
Penn State
On March 9, 2019, Penn State fired head coach
Coquese Washington. On April 3, 2019, the school hired
Carolyn Kieger away from Marquette to serve as head coach.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2019–20 season.
* Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
* Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
* Stringer's Big East and American conference record excluded since Rutgers began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.
Preseason
Preseason conference poll
The Big Ten released the preseason ranking on October 23, 2019, which featured a ranking by both media and coaches.
Preseason All-Big Ten
On October 21, 2019, a panel of conference media selected a 10-member preseason All-Big Ten Team and Player of the Year.
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Preseason national polls
Regular season
Rankings
Early season tournaments
Nine of the 14 Big Ten teams participated in early season tournaments.
All Big Ten teams participated in the
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
The ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (or Big Ten–ACC Women's Challenge as it is called in alternating years) was an in-season NCAA Division I women's college basketball series established in 2007 that matches up teams from the Atlantic Coast Con ...
against
Atlantic Coast Conference
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teams, the 13th year for the event.
References
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