# 2019–20 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were led by second year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They played their home games at the Conte Forum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Eagles finished the season 20–12 and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated Clemson in the Second Round and Duke in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion NC State in Semifinals. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

They finished the season 14–16, 3–13 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to Virginia. The Eagles were not invited to any post-season tournaments.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Jaelyn Batts G | South Riding, VA | Freedom | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Akunna Konkwo P | Alexandria, VA | Bishop Ireton | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| 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 |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | UMass Lowell | W 89–64 | 1–0 | Conte Forum (448) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | St. Francis Brooklyn | W 106–69 | 2–0 | Conte Forum (622) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 p.m., NESN+ | | at Holy Cross | L 71–80 | 2–1 | Hart Center (817) Worcester, MA |
| November 17, 2019* 1:00 p.m. | | at Providence | L 60–76 | 2–2 | Alumni Hall (669) Providence, RI |
| November 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Rhode Island | W 66–55 | 3–2 | Conte Forum (762) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | VCU | W 87–52 | 4–2 | Conte Forum (1,528) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 27, 2019* 1:00 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. Charlotte Puerto Rico Classico | L 68–84 | 4–3 | Mario Morales Coliseum San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| November 28, 2019* 3:30 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. Tulane Puerto Rico Classico | W 89–76 | 5–3 | Mario Morales Coliseum San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| December 4, 2019* 8:00 p.m. | | at Northwestern ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 63–66 | 5–4 | Welsh–Ryan Arena (610) Evanston, IL |
| December 8, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Duke | L 73–85 | 5–5 (0–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,005) Durham, NC |
| December 15, 2019* 2:00 p.m., NESN | | at Boston University | W 88–57 | 6–5 | Case Gym (353) Boston, MA |
| December 20, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | | Delaware State | W 109–69 | 7–5 | Conte Forum (3,619) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 29, 2019 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 9 NC State | L 54–72 | 7–6 (0–2) | Conte Forum (1,323) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Pittsburgh | W 79–70 | 8–6 (1–2) | Petersen Events Center (3,791) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Notre Dame | W 75–65 | 9–6 (2–2) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,487) South Bend, IN |
| January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Virginia | L 52–69 | 9–7 (2–3) | Conte Forum (2,357) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 5 Louisville | L 70–81 | 9–8 (2–4) | Conte Forum (1,137) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 19, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Georgia Tech | W 55–48 | 10–8 (3–4) | McCamish Pavilion (2,577) Atlanta, GA |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 49–70 | 10–9 (3–5) | Cassell Coliseum (1,428) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 14 Florida State | W 65–56 | 11–9 (4–5) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,679) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Wake Forest | W 67–54 | 12–9 (5–5) | Conte Forum (1,312) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Syracuse | L 79–89 | 12–10 (5–6) | Conte Forum (1,676) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCRSN | | at Clemson | W 70–68 | 13–10 (6–6) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,437) Clemson, SC |
| February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Notre Dame | W 56–55 | 14–10 (7–6) | Conte Forum (1,318) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 16, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | North Carolina | W 93–75 | 15–10 (8–6) | Conte Forum (2,217) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Pittsburgh | W 70–59 | 16–10 (9–6) | Conte Forum (1,289) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 23, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Miami (FL) | W 75–64 | 17–10 (10–6) | Watsco Center (1,356) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 27, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 5 Louisville | L 48–68 | 17–11 (10–7) | KFC Yum! Center (8,514) Louisville, KY |
| March 1, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Syracuse | W 88–81 | 18–11 (11–7) | Carrier Dome (3,410) Syracuse, NY |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN | (6) | vs. (11) Clemson Second round | W 85–73 | 19–11 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,638) Greensboro, NC |
| March 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN | (6) | vs. (3) Duke Quarterfinals | W 84–77 | 20–11 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,492) Greensboro, NC |
| March 7, 2020 2:30 p.m., ESPNU | (6) | vs. (2) No. 10 NC State Semifinals | L 75–82 | 20–12 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,751) 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 |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll. Due to the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, the coaches poll did not release a final ranking.