The 2019–20 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team represented

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during the 2019–20 college basketball season. The Tigers were led by second year head coach

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. The Tigers, members of the

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, played their home games at

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. The Tigers finished the season 8–23 and 3–15 in ACC play to finish in fourteenth place. As the fourteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated

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in the First Round before losing to

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in the Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the

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. Following the conclusion of the 2019–20 season, senior Kobi Thornton was drafted in the third round of the WNBA draft (27th overall) by the Atlanta Dream.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2018–19 season 20–13, 9–7 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost to

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in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament—which was their first trip since 2002—where they defeated

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in the first round before losing to

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in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

2019 recruiting class

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Roster

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Schedule

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Rankings

References

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