2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team

2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball
2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Geno Auriemma (35th season);
Associate head coach	Chris Dailey (35th season)
Assistant coaches	Shea Ralph (12th season); Jasmine Lister (2nd season);
Home arena	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion; XL Center
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 UConn	16	–	0	1.000	26	–	3	.897
Cincinnati	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
UCF	11	–	5	.688	19	–	9	.679
South Florida	10	–	6	.625	18	–	12	.600
Tulane	8	–	8	.500	13	–	16	.448
Temple	7	–	9	.438	15	–	14	.517
Wichita State	7	–	9	.438	15	–	14	.517
SMU	7	–	9	.438	13	–	15	.464
East Carolina	6	–	10	.375	9	–	20	.310
Houston	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
Memphis	4	–	12	.250	13	–	16	.448
Tulsa	4	–	12	.250	9	–	20	.310

† 2020 AAC tournament winner As of March 4, 2020 Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 UConn Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 35th season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center and are seventh year members of the American Athletic Conference.

This will be their final season playing in the American Athletic Conference as they prepared to move to the new Big East Conference in July 2020.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Media

Every Connecticut women's game was televised. Excluding exhibitions, most Connecticut games aired on SNY, an ESPN network, or a CBS network. Exhibition games and games that aired on SNY were also streamed on Husky Vision. Every game was broadcast on the UConn IMG Sports Network with an extra audio broadcast available online to listen to through Husky Vision.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Mikayla Coombs	4	G	5'8"	Sophomore	Buford, GA	Transferred to Georgia
Napheesa Collier	24	F	6'1"	Senior	O'Fallon, MO	Graduated/2019 WNBA draft
Katie Lou Samuelson	33	G/F	6'3"	Senior	Huntington Beach, CA	Graduated/2019 WNBA draft
Alex Gordon	34	G/F	6'0"	Sophomore	Fort Worth	Mid season transferred to Texas Tech

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Evelyn Adebayo	14	F	6'1"	RS Senior	London, England	Transferred from Murray State. Will be eligible to play immediately since Adebayo graduated from Murray Sate.
Evina Westbrook	22	G	6'0"	Junior	Salem, OR	Transferred from Tennessee. Under NCAA transfer rules, Westbrook will sit out for the 2019–20 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Aubrey Griffin W	Ossining, NY	Ossining Senior School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Aubrey Griffin W	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.

Roster

2019–20 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	3	Megan Walker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Monacan	Chesterfield, VA
G	5	Crystal Dangerfield	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Sr	Blackman	Murfreesboro, TN
G	10	Molly Bent	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Tabor Academy	Centerville, MA
G	13	Christyn Williams	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Central Arkansas Christian	Little Rock, AR
F	14	Evelyn Adebayo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Sr	Murray State	London, England
F	20	Olivia Nelson-Ododa	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	So	Winder-Barrow	Winder, GA
G	22	Evina Westbrook	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Tennessee	Salem, OR
G	24	Anna Makurat	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Sport Championship School	Sierakowice, Poland
F	25	Kyla Irwin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	State College	State College, PA
F	32	Batouly Camara	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Kentucky	New York, NY
G	44	Aubrey Griffin	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Ossining	Ossining, NY

Head coach

Geno Auriemma (West Chester)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Dailey (Rutgers)
Shea Ralph (Connecticut)
Jasmine Lister (Vanderbilt)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Games

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2019* 1:00 pm, HuskyVision	Jefferson	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
November 6, 2019* 7:00 pm, HuskyVision	Trevecca Nazarene	XL Center Hartford, CT
Regular season
November 10, 2019* TBA, SNY	California	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
November 17, 2019 1:00 pm, SNY	at Temple	Liacouras Center Philadelphia, PA
November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, CBSSN	Virginia	TBA TBA
November 24, 2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN	at Ohio State	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm	at Dayton	UD Arena Dayton, OH
December 5, 2019* 6:30 pm	at Seton Hall	Walsh Gymnasium South Orange, NJ
December 8, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN	Notre Dame Rivalry	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT
AAC Women's Tournament
March 6–9, 2020	vs.	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Week 20	Final
AP																					N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

^ Newman, Josh (June 27, 2019). "UConn officially rejoins the Big East with big welcome at Madison Square Garden". usatoday.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Borzello, Jeff (June 27, 2019). "Big East officially announces UConn's return". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Borges, David (June 26, 2019). "It's official: UConn is back in the Big East". NHRegister.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "2019–2020 Schedule". UConnHuskies.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.

[1] Newman, Josh (June 27, 2019). "UConn officially rejoins the Big East with big welcome at Madison Square Garden". usatoday.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Borzello, Jeff (June 27, 2019). "Big East officially announces UConn's return". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Borges, David (June 26, 2019). "It's official: UConn is back in the Big East". NHRegister.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "2019–2020 Schedule". UConnHuskies.com. Retrieved June 22, 2018.

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v t e UConn Huskies women's basketball
Venues	Hugh S. Greer Field House (1974–1989) XL Center (1975–present) Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (1990–present)
Rivalries	Notre Dame Rutgers Stanford Syracuse Tennessee
Culture & lore	Jonathan the Husky UConn Husky Bird at the Buzzer Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Huskies of Honor Statistical leaders WNBA draftees
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Media

Off-season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Recruits

Roster

Games

Schedule

Rankings

See Also

References