The 2019–20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by 33rd year head coach Muffet McGraw, played their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 13–18 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the tenth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Pittsburgh in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Previous season The Fighting Irish finished the 2018–19 season at 35–4, 14–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. With a bye in the second round of the ACC women's tournament they would beat North Carolina in the quarterfinals and then would go on to beat Syracuse in the semifinals. In the rematch of the 2017 championship game the Fighting Irish would avenge that lose by beating Louisville. They received an automatic bid for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed in the Chicago Regional. The Fighting Irish made it to the Championship game by beating Bethune-Cookman, Michigan State, Texas A&M, Stanford, and Connecticut. In the championship game against Baylor, the Lady Bears got out to and early lead in the first quarter 25–14 and would lead at halftime by double digits 43–31. The Fighting Irish would outscore the Lady Bears in the third and fourth quarters and would have the lead 77–76 late in the fourth quarter, but Baylor found a way to win 82–81.
Offseason
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Jordan Nixon 0 G 5'8" Freshman New York City, NY Transferred to Texas A&M Marina Mabrey 2 G 5'8" Senior Belmar, NJ Drafted in the 2019 WNBA draft (2nd round, 19th overall) Jackie Young 5 G 6'0" Junior Princeton, IN Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 1st overall) Brianna Turner 11 F 6'3" Red-shirt Senior Pearland, TX Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 11th overall) Arike Ogunbowale 24 G 5'8" Senior Milwaukee, WI Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (1st round, 5th overall) Jessica Shepard 32 F 6'5" Senior Fremont, NE Drafted in the 2019 WNBA Draft (2nd round, 16th overall) Danielle Patterson 33 F 6'2" Sophomore Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Indiana Maureen Butler 40 F 6'1" Senior Lionia, MI Graduated
2019 recruiting class
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Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Marta Sniezek 13 G 5'8" Graduate Transfer McLean, VA Transferred from Stanford Destinee Walker 24 G 5'10" Graduate Transfer Orlando, FL Transferred from North Carolina
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
Rankings 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Week20 Final AP 16 15 RV RV RV Coaches 14 RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
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