# 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2019–20 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by nineteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
They finished the season 17–12, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 29, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | Salem | W 91–40 | – | WVU Coliseum (3,103) Morgantown, WV |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | Saint Francis | W 74–45 | 1–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,197) Morgantown, WV |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | Presbyterian | W 56–40 | 2–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,382) Morgantown, WV |
| November 17, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | at Radford | W 74–37 | 3–0 | WVU Coliseum (2,117) Morgantown, WV |
| November 21, 2019* 10:00 a.m. | No. 25 | Coppin State | W 82–47 | 4–0 | WVU Coliseum (10,663) Morgantown, WV |
| November 28, 2019* 5:30 p.m. | No. 23 | vs. Creighton Cancún Challenge | L 75–82 | 4–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (187) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 29, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | No. 23 | vs. New Mexico Cancún Challenge | W 73–60 | 5–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera (107) Cancún, Mexico |
| December 8, 2019* 1:00 p.m., SECN | | at No. 10 Mississippi State Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 71–65 | 6–1 | Humphrey Coliseum (7,113) Starkville, MS |
| December 15, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | No. 22 | vs. Norfolk State | W 72–55 | 7–1 | Charleston Civic Center (1,842) Charleston, WV |
| December 21, 2019* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops | No. 22 | vs. No. 19 Michigan State Florida Sunshine Classic | W 63–57 | 8–1 | Alfond Sports Center (329) Orlando, FL |
| December 22, 2019* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops | No. 22 | vs. Syracuse Florida Sunshine Classic | W 71–69 | 9–1 | Alfond Sports Center (274) Orlando, FL |
| December 31, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | No. 19 | Cornell | W 68–62 | 10–1 | WVU Coliseum (1,987) Morgantown, WV |
| Big 12 regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2020 12:00 p.m. | No. 19 | at Kansas State | W 74–63 | 11–1 (1–0) | Bramlage Coliseum (2,737) Manhattan, KS |
| January 8, 2020 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 | at Kansas | W 68–49 | 12–1 (2–0) | Allen Fieldhouse (1,313) Lawrence, KS |
| January 12, 2020 1:00 p.m., FSN | No. 19 | Texas | W 68–63 | 13–1 (3–0) | WVU Coliseum (3,477) Morgantown, WV |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Oklahoma | L 49–73 | 13–2 (3–1) | WVU Coliseum (1,566) Morgantown, WV |
| January 18, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 17 | at No. 2 Baylor | L 51–91 | 13–3 (3–2) | Ferrell Center (7,004) Waco, TX |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 | Oklahoma State | L 55–57 | 13–4 (3–3) | WVU Coliseum (1,349) Morgantown, WV |
| January 26, 2020 7:30 p.m. | No. 25 | at TCU | L 60–73 | 13–5 (3–4) | Schollmaier Arena (1,722) Fort Worth, TX |
| February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m. | | Iowa State | W 79–71 | 14–5 (4–4) | WVU Coliseum (2,742) Morgantown, WV |
| February 5, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | at Oklahoma | L 58–68 | 14–6 (4–5) | Lloyd Noble Center (709) Norman, OK |
| February 8, 2020 2:00 p.m. | | at Oklahoma State | L 57–60 | 14–7 (4–6) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,803) Stillwater, OK |
| February 11, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | Kansas State | L 55–56 | 14–8 (4–7) | WVU Coliseum (1,455) Morgantown, WV |
| February 15, 2020 5:00 p.m. | | Texas Tech | W 67–60 | 15–8 (5–7) | WVU Coliseum (2,617) Morgantown, WV |
| February 17, 2020 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | at Texas | L 44–50 | 15–9 (5–8) | Frank Erwin Center (2,838) Austin, TX |
| Febaruary 22, 2020 5:00 p.m. | | Kansas | W 60–53 | 16–9 (6–8) | WVU Coliseum (3,135) Morgantown, WV |
| February 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1 | | No. 2 Baylor | L 39–64 | 16–10 (6–9) | WVU Coliseum (2,146) Morgantown, WV |
| February 29, 2020 12:00 p.m. | | at Iowa State | L 58–61 | 16–11 (6–10) | Hilton Coliseum (9,864) Ames, IA |
| March 4, 2020 8:00 p.m. | | at Texas Tech | W 71–69 | 17–11 (7–10) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,846) Lubbock, TX |
| March 7, 2020 6:00 p.m. | | TCU | L 63–77 | 17–12 (7–11) | WVU Coliseum (2,680) Morgantown, WV |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2020 7:30 p.m., FSN | (6) | vs. (3) Texas Quarterfinals | Canceled | Canceled | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | RV | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 25 | RV | — | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | RV | — | RV | — | | | | | | |