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. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was scheduled to end at Smoothie Ki ...

in November 2019. The regular season ended in March, 2020. The

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was played at

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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

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against

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teams, the 13th year for the event.

References

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