# 2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2019–20 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls were coached by Jose Fernandez in his twentieth season and played their home games at Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's seventh season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. They finished the season 18–12, 10–6 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament, where they lost to Connecticut.

## Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/05/2019* 5:30 pm | | Jacksonville | W 70–39 | 1–0 | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL |
| 11/08/2019* 7:00 pm | | No. 15 Texas | W 64–57 | 2–0 | Yuengling Center (2,289) Tampa, FL |
| 11/15/2018* 7:00 pm | | Howard | W 82–53 | 3–0 | Yuengling Center (2,006) Tampa, FL |
| 11/15/2019* 11:00 am | | VCU | W 77–55 | 4–0 | Yuengling Center (3,520) Tampa, FL |
| 11/19/2019* 8:00 pm | | at No. 2 Baylor | L 46–58 | 4–1 | Ferrell Center (7,485) Waco, TX |
| 11/24/2019* 2:00 pm | | Saint Francis (PA) | W 62–23 | 5–1 | Yuengling Center (2,076) Tampa, FL |
| 11/28/2019* 11:00 am | | vs. South Dakota State Cancun Challenge | L 50–61 | 5–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (235) Cancun, MEX |
| 11/29/2019* 1:30 pm | | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Cancun Challenge | L 77–81 | 5–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (198) Cancun, MEX |
| 11/30/2019* 11:00 am | | vs. Notre Dame Cancun Challenge | L 51–67 | 5–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (174) Cancun, MEX |
| 12/06/2019* 5:30 pm | | Alabama State | W 80–29 | 6–4 | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL |
| 12/15/2019* 1:00 pm | | Idaho | W 67–64 | 7–4 | Yuengling Center Tampa, FL |
| 12/19/2019* 7:00 pm | | vs. Mississippi State Duel in the Desert | L 61–86 | 7–5 | Cox Pavilion (641) Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/21/2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. UNLV Duel in the Desert | L 51–61 | 7–6 | Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/30/2018* 5:30 pm | | Brown | W 70–60 | 8–6 | Yuengling Center (2,062) Tampa, FL |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2020 2:00 pm | | Cincinnati | W 76–68 | 9–6 (1–0) | Yuengling Center (2,204) Tampa, FL |
| 01/12/2020 6:00 pm | | at Tulsa | W 68–52 | 10–6 (2–0) | Donald W. Reynolds Center (998) Tulsa, OK |
| 01/16/2020 7:00 pm | | at Temple | L 66–69 | 10–7 (2–1) | McGonigle Hall (1,079) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/19/2019 3:00 pm | | UCF War on I-4 | L 57–64 | 10–8 (2–2) | Yuengling Center (3,017) Tampa, FL |
| 01/22/2020 7:30 pm | | at Wichita State | W 56–50 | 11–8 (3–2) | Charles Koch Arena (1,556) Wichita, KS |
| 01/25/2020 2:00 pm | | Tulane | W 63–56 | 12–8 (4–2) | Yuengling Center (2,207) Tampa, FL |
| 01/29/2020 7:00 pm | | Houston | W 74–45 | 13–8 (5–2) | Yuengling Center (2,262) Tampa, FL |
| 02/02/2020 12:00 pm | | at Cincinnati | L 55–60 | 13–9 (5–3) | Fifth Third Arena (1,141) Cincinnati, OH |
| 02/09/2020 12:00 pm | | Temple | W 99–51 | 14–9 (6–3) | Yuengling Center (2,209) Tampa, FL |
| 02/13/2020 8:00 pm | | at Tulane | W 53–43 | 15–9 (7–3) | Devlin Fieldhouse (621) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/16/2019 2:00 pm | | No. 5 Connecticut | L 47–67 | 15–10 (7–4) | Yuengling Center (6,044) Tampa, FL |
| 02/19/2020 6:00 pm | | at UCF | L 48–56 | 15–11 (7–5) | Addition Financial Arena (3,992) Orlando, FL |
| 02/22/2020 5:00 pm | | at Memphis | W 68–47 | 16–11 (8–5) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (551) Memphis, TN |
| 02/25/2020 7:00 pm | | East Carolina | W 81–52 | 17–11 (9–5) | Yuengling Center (2,011) Tampa, FL |
| 02/29/2020 7:00 pm | | SMU | W 85–62 | 18–11 (10–5) | Yuengling Center (2,414) Tampa, FL |
| 03/02/2020 7:00 pm | | No. 5 Connecticut | L 39–80 | 18–12 (10–6) | XL Center (9,338) Hartford, CT |
| AAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2019 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (5) Tulane Quarterfinals | W 64–50 | 19–12 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| 03/08/2020 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (4) | vs. (1) No. 5 Connecticut Semifinals | L 38–79 | 19–13 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in EST. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.