# 2019–20 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Miami hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes, led by fifteenth-year head coach Katie Meier, played their home games at the Watsco Center and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Hurricanes finished the season 15–15 and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Clemson in the First Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

For the 2018–19 season, the Hurricanes finished 25–9 overall and 10–6, tied for third in the ACC. Miami was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament by Florida State. The Hurricanes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a four-seed, their fifth consecutive tournament appearance. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the first round before losing to Arizona State in the second round.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Sydnee Roby C | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Rufus King | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Brianna Jackson F | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Princess Anne High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 93 ||||||
| Yasmeen Chang PG | Naples, Florida | Gulf Coast High School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| 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: ||||||

## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 29, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 19 | Nova Southeastern | W 90–46 | – | Watsco Center (670) Coral Gables, FL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2019* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 19 | Jackson State | W 83–68 | 1–0 | Watsco Center (917) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 13, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | No. 17 | North Florida | W 78–55 | 2–0 | Watsco Center (4,017) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 17, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 17 | IUPUI | W 74–65 | 3–0 | Watsco Center (863) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 22, 2019* 2:30 p.m. | No. 16 | vs. North Carolina A&T Maggie Dixon Classic | W 68–67 | 4–0 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,062) Chicago, IL |
| November 23, 2019* 4:30 p.m. | No. 16 | at No. 19 DePaul Maggie Dixon Classic | L 83–89 | 4–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,608) Chicago, IL |
| November 29, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 19 | No. 7 Oregon State Miami Thanksgiving Classic | L 53–75 | 4–2 | Watsco Center (1,336) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 30, 2019* 4:30 p.m., ACCNX | No. 19 | Miami (OH) Miami Thanksgiving Classic | W 80–62 | 5–2 | Watsco Center (823) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 4, 2019* 6:00 pm, ACCN | No. 21 | No. 14 Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 45–58 | 5–3 | Watsco Center (848) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 17, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | Binghamton | W 79–56 | 6–3 | Watsco Center (983) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 20, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | UNC Asheville Miami Holiday Classic | W 75–46 | 7–3 | Watsco Center (733) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 21, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | | Washington State Miami Holiday Classic | W 74–68 | 8–3 | Watsco Center (782) Coral Gables, FL |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 24 | Wake Forest | W 59–56 | 9–3 (1–0) | Watsco Center (988) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 23 | at Georgia Tech | L 54–61 | 9–4 (1–1) | McCamish Pavilion (1,235) Atlanta, GA |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN | No. 23 | No. 8 Florida State | L 62–73 | 9–5 (1–2) | Watsco Center (1,984) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 9, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 7 Louisville | L 41–87 | 9–6 (1–3) | Watsco Center (930) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 12, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | Syracuse | W 77–62 | 10–6 (2–3) | Watsco Center (951) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 16, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at North Carolina | L 58–78 | 10–7 (2–4) | Carmichael Arena (1,535) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN | | Notre Dame | L 53–76 | 10–8 (2–5) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,059) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 23, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Clemson | W 68–64 | 11–8 (3–5) | Watsco Center (1,316) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 14 Florida State | L 61–79 | 11–9 (3–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,569) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 30, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Georgia Tech | W 54–49 $^{OT}$ | 12–9 (4–6) | Watsco Center (847) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 45–69 | 12–10 (4–7) | Cassell Coliseum (1,629) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Duke | L 55–74 | 12–11 (4–8) | Watsco Center (1,435) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | L 64–69 | 12–12 (4–9) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,351) Charlottesville, VA |
| February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Clemson | W 63–48 | 13–12 (5–9) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,384) Clemson, SC |
| February 20, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 10 NC State | L 48–50 | 13–13 (5–10) | Watsco Center (1,402) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 23, 2020 4:00 p.m., RSN | | at Boston College | L 64–75 | 13–14 (5–11) | Conte Forum (1,356) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | W 79–63 | 14–14 (6–11) | LJVM Coliseum (833) Winston-Salem, NC |
| March 1, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Pittsburgh | W 73–54 | 15–14 (7–11) | Watsco Center (1,214) Coral Gables, FL |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 4, 2020 6:30 p.m., RSN | (11) | vs. (14) Clemson First round | L 56–71 | 15–15 | Greensboro Coliseum (2,795) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.