# 2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by fourth year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
They finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Mighican. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

The Cornhuskers finished the season 14–16, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4 way for sixth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Purdue. They were not invited to any post season tournaments.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2019* 4:00 p.m., HSN | | Rogers State | W 97–33 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,289) Lincoln, NE |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2019* 12:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Alabama A&M | W 68–46 | 1–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,250) Lincoln, NE |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Missouri | W 90–85 $^{OT}$ | 2–0 | Mizzou Arena (4,114) Columbia, MO |
| November 14, 2019* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Morgan State | W 78–55 | 3–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,377) Lincoln, NE |
| November 17, 2019* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | SIUE | W 63–49 | 4–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,537) Lincoln, NE |
| November 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Southern | W 73–39 | 5–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,541) Lincoln, NE |
| November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Creighton | L 74–79 | 5–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,967) Lincoln, NE |
| November 29, 2019* 7:45 p.m., HSN | | vs. USC South Point Shootout | W 67–54 | 6–1 | South Point Arena (300) Enterprise, NV |
| November 30, 2019* 5:30 p.m., HSN | | vs. Sacred Heart South Point Shootout | W 72–49 | 7–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| December 4, 2019* 6:00 p.m., BTN | | Duke ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 83–79 | 8–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,013) Lincoln, NE |
| December 14, 2019* 1:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Oral Roberts | W 77–67 | 9–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,769) Lincoln, NE |
| December 22, 2019* 12:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Manhattan | W 71–51 | 10–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,025) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten conference season ||||||
| December 28, 2019 1:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Iowa | W 78–69 | 11–1 (1–0) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,228) Lincoln, NE |
| December 31, 2019 12:00 p.m., BTN | | at Michigan State | L 70–78 $^{OT}$ | 11–2 (1–1) | Breslin Center (5,121) East Lansing, MI |
| January 4, 2020 5:00 p.m., BTN | | Minnesota | W 72–58 | 12–2 (2–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,940) Lincoln, NE |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | Wisconsin | W 65–50 | 13–2 (3–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,954) Lincoln, NE |
| January 9, 2020 1:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Rutgers | L 65–69 | 13–3 (3–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,023) Piscataway, NJ |
| January 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., BTN | | at No. 20 Maryland | L 69–87 | 13–4 (3–3) | Xfinity Center (3,839) College Park, MD |
| January 19, 2020 4:00 p.m., BTN | | Michigan | W 74–71 | 14–4 (4–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,030) Lincoln, NE |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Purdue | L 68–76 | 14–5 (4–4) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,819) Lincoln, NE |
| January 25, 2020 11:00 a.m., BTN | | at Wisconsin | W 72–71 | 15–5 (5–4) | Kohl Center (3,191) Madison, WI |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Minnesota | L 61–67 | 15–6 (5–5) | Williams Arena (3,568) Minneapolis, MN |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN | | Ohio State | L 74–80 $^{OT}$ | 15–7 (5–6) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,189) Lincoln, NE |
| February 6, 2020 6:30 p.m., BTN+ | | at No. 20 Iowa | L 60–76 | 15–8 (5–7) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,967) Iowa City, IA |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | No. 18 Indiana | L 53–57 | 15–9 (5–8) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,160) Lincoln, NE |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | Penn State | W 75–58 | 16–9 (6–8) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,907) Lincoln, NE |
| February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at No. 19 Northwestern | L 56–60 | 16–10 (6–9) | Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,172) Evanston, IL |
| February 19, 2020 6:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Ohio State | L 52–65 | 16–11 (6–10) | Value City Arena (3,896) Columbus, OH |
| February 22, 2020 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Illinois | W 80–58 | 17–11 (7–10) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,044) Lincoln, NE |
| February 27, 2020 5:00 p.m., BTN | | at No. 22 Indiana | L 53–81 | 17–12 (7–11) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,583) Bloomington, IN |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2020 5:30 p.m., BTN | (10) | vs. (7) Michigan Second Round | L 75–81 | 17–13 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,349) Indianapolis, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in CST Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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