# 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team

The 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-fourth year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the Wintrust Arena and the McGrath-Phillips Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 88–74. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 74–73. They were upset in the first round by Missouri State in the NCAA women's tournament.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 29, 2019 5:00 p.m. | No. 18 | Saint Xavier | W 124–60 | – | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2019* 4:30 p.m. | No. 18 | Miami (OH) Preseason WNIT | W 98–79 | 1–0 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | No. 18 | Drexel Preseason WNIT | W 81–57 | 2–0 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,335) Chicago, IL |
| November 14, 2019* 9:00 p.m. | No. 18 | at No. 7 Oregon State Preseason WNIT | L 77–98 | 2–1 | Gill Coliseum (4,430) Corvallis, OR |
| November 22, 2019* 11:00 a.m. | No. 19 | Arkansas State Maggie Dixon Classic | W 109–64 | 3–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL |
| November 23, 2019* 3:30 p.m. | No. 19 | No. 16 Miami (FL) Maggie Dixon Classic | W 89–83 | 4–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,608) Chicago, IL |
| November 26, 2019* 4:30 p.m. | No. 16 | Milwaukee | W 94–65 | 5–1 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| December 1, 2019* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | No. 16 | at Northwestern | W 70–68 | 6–1 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,416) Evanston, IL |
| December 7, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 16 | at Green Bay | W 76–65 | 7–1 | Kress Events Center (2,023) Green Bay, WI |
| December 11, 2019* 5:30 p.m., ACCN | No. 16 | at Notre Dame | W 105–94 | 8–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,148) South Bend, IN |
| December 14, 2019* 3:30 p.m. | No. 16 | Alabama State | W 105–76 | 9–1 | Wintrust Arena (4,620) Chicago, IL |
| December 16, 2019* 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 16 | No. 2 Connecticut | L 74–84 | 9–2 | Wintrust Arena (2,621) Chicago, IL |
| December 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at Loyola-Chicago | W 83–76 | 10–2 | Gentile Arena (756) Chicago, IL |
| Big East regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2019 4:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 16 | Marquette | W 89–71 | 11–2 (1–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,321) Chicago, IL |
| January 3, 2020 5:30 p.m., FS2 | No. 16 | at Providence | W 80–67 | 12–2 (2–0) | Alumni Hall (632) Providence, RI |
| January 5, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 16 | at Creighton | W 74–71 | 13–2 (3–0) | D. J. Sokol Arena (842) Omaha, NE |
| January 10, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 15 | Seton Hall | W 85–68 | 14–2 (4–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,653) Chicago, IL |
| January 12, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 15 | St. John's | W 74–69 | 15–2 (5–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,622) Chicago, IL |
| January 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 14 | at Xavier | W 91–68 | 16–2 (6–0) | Cintas Center (481) Cincinnati, OH |
| January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 14 | at Butler | W 80–65 | 17–2 (7–0) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (591) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 11 | Villanova | W 85–69 | 18–2 (8–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,506) Chicago, IL |
| January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 11 | Georgetown | W 92–66 | 19–2 (9–0) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,899) Chicago, IL |
| January 31, 2020 p.m., BEDN | No. 11 | Creighton | L 61–63 | 19–3 (9–1) | Wintrust Arena (1,664) Chicago, IL |
| February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 11 | Providence | W 93–71 | 20–3 (10–1) | Wintrust Arena (1,650) Chicago, IL |
| February 7, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 14 | at St. John's | W 71–65 | 21–3 (11–1) | Carnesecca Arena (610) New York, NY |
| February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 14 | at Seton Hall | W 86–76 | 22–3 (12–1) | Walsh Gymnasium (1,656) South Orange, NJ |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 13 | Butler | W 89–60 | 23–3 (13–1) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,779) Chicago, IL |
| February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 13 | Xavier | W 97–65 | 24–3 (14–1) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,380) Chicago, IL |
| February 21, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 12 | at Georgetown | W 87–69 | 25–3 (15–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (291) Washington, D.C. |
| February 23, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 12 | at Villanova | L 58–76 | 25–4 (15–2) | Finneran Pavilion (2,421) Villanova, PA |
| March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., FS2 | No. 16 | at Marquette | L 83–90 | 25–5 (15–3) | Al McGuire Center (2,671) Milwaukee, WI |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS2 | (1) No. 18 | (8) Providence Quarterfinals | W 97–59 | 26–5 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| March 8, 2020 5:00 p.m., FS1 | (1) No. 18 | Seton Hall Semifinals | W 83–80 | 27–5 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| March 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1 | (1) No. 15 | (2) Marquette Final | W 88–74 | 28–5 | Wintrust Arena (2,340) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 18т | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 |
| Coaches | 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | Not released | Not released |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.