# 2019–20 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, who were led by thirty-fourth year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2019* 7:00 pm | No. 3 | Beijing Normal | W 100–58 | | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| 11/4/2019* 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 3 | USA Basketball | L 80–95 | | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/05/2019* 7:00 pm | No. 3 | Eastern Washington | W 92–27 | 1–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,277) Stanford, CA |
| 11/09/2019* 3:00 pm | No. 3 | at San Francisco | W 97–71 | 2–0 | Chase Center (3,025) San Francisco, CA |
| 11/14/2019* 7:00 pm | No. 3 | Northern Colorado | W 90–36 | 3–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,361) Stanford, CA |
| 11/17/2019* 5:00 pm | No. 3 | Gonzaga | W 76–70 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,863) Stanford, CA |
| 11/24/2019* 2:00 pm | No. 3 | Buffalo | W 88–69 | 5–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,590) Stanford, CA |
| 11/28/2019* 7:30 pm | No. 3 | vs. California Baptist Greater Victoria Invitational quarterfinal | W 83–78 | 6–0 | University of Victoria (1,001) Victoria, BC |
| 11/29/2019* 7:30 pm | No. 3 | vs. No. 18 Syracuse Greater Victoria Invitational semifinal | W 77–59 | 7–0 | University of Victoria Victoria, BC |
| 11/30/2019* 7:30 pm | No. 3 | vs. No. 10 Mississippi State Greater Victoria Invitational | W 67–62 | 8–0 | University of Victoria Victoria, BC |
| 12/15/2019* 5:30 pm, P12N | No. 1 | Ohio State | W 71–52 | 9–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,970) Stanford, CA |
| 12/18/2019* 5:30 pm, P12N | No. 1 | No. 23 Tennessee Rivalry | W 78–51 | 10–0 | Maples Pavilion (4,676) Stanford, CA |
| 12/22/2019* 10:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 1 | at Texas | L 64–69 | 10–1 | Frank Erwin Center (3,952) Austin, TX |
| 12/28/2019* 2:00 pm | No. 5 | UC Davis | W 67–55 | 11–1 | Maples Pavilion (2,871) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2020 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | Washington State | W 77–58 | 12–1 (1–0) | Maples Pavilion (2,643) Stanford, CA |
| 01/05/2020 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | Washington | W 77–56 | 13–1 (2–0) | Maples Pavilion (3,273) Stanford, CA |
| 01/10/2020 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | California | W 73–40 | 14–1 (3–0) | Maples Pavilion (3,529) Stanford, CA |
| 01/12/2020 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 5 | at California | W 79–65 | 15–1 (4–0) | Haas Pavilion (6,724) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/16/2020 6:00 pm, ESPN | No. 3 | at No. 6 Oregon | L 55–87 | 15–2 (4–1) | Matthew Knight Arena (12,218) Eugene, OR |
| 01/19/2020 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 3 | at No. 8 Oregon State | W 61–58 | 16–2 (5–1) | Gill Coliseum (8,667) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/24/2020 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | Colorado | W 76–68 $^{OT}$ | 17–2 (6–1) | Maples Pavilion (2,829) Stanford, CA |
| 01/26/2020 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | Utah | W 82–49 | 18–2 (7–1) | Maples Pavilion (3,369) Stanford, CA |
| 01/31/2020 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at Washington | W 59–41 | 19–2 (8–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,112) Seattle, WA |
| 02/02/2020 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at Washington State | W 71–49 | 20–2 (9–1) | Beasley Coliseum (709) Pullman, WA |
| 02/07/2020 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | No. 10 UCLA | L 69–79 | 20–3 (9–2) | Maples Pavilion (4,530) Stanford, CA |
| 02/09/2020 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | USC | W 79–59 | 21–3 (10–2) | Maples Pavilion (5,221) Stanford, CA |
| 02/14/2020 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Utah | W 97–64 | 22–3 (11–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,314) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/16/2020 11:00 am, P12N | No. 8 | at Colorado | W 69–66 | 23–3 (12–2) | CU Events Center (3,481) Boulder, CO |
| 02/21/2020 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 4 | No. 15 Oregon State | W 63–60 | 24–3 (13–2) | Maples Pavilion (3,745) Stanford, CA |
| 02/24/2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | No. 3 Oregon | L 66–74 | 24–4 (13–3) | Maples Pavilion (6,511) Stanford, CA |
| 02/28/2020 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 4 | at No. 13 Arizona | L 72–73 $^{OT}$ | 24–5 (13–4) | McKale Center (7,838) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/01/2020 11:00 am, P12N | No. 4 | at No. 24 Arizona State | W 55–44 | 25–5 (14–4) | Desert Financial Arena (4,928) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2020 8:30 pm, P12N | (3) No. 7 | vs. (6) No. 14 Oregon State Quarterfinals | W 68–57 | 26–5 | Mandalay Bay Events Center (5,548) Paradise, NV |
| 03/07/2020 8:30 pm, P12N | (3) No. 7 | vs. (2) No. 8 UCLA Semifinals | W 67–51 | 27–5 | Mandalay Bay Events Center (7,266) Paradise, NV |
| 03/08/2020 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3) No. 7 | vs. (1) No. 3 Oregon Championship Game | L 56–89 | 27–6 | Mandalay Bay Events Center Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| RV | Received votes |
| NR | Not Rranked |
| ( ) | First place votes received |
^Coaches did not release Week 2 poll