# 2019–20 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2019–20 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by seventh-year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
They finished the season 27–4, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the finals of the ACC women's tournament where they defeated Florida State to win the ACC Tournament for the first time since 1991. As winners of the conference tournament, the Wolfpack received the automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, however due to concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA Tournament was canceled on March 12, 2020.

## Previous season

They finished the 2018–19 season 28–6, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Louisville. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Maine and Kentucky in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the sweet sixteen.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Jakia Brown-Turner W | Temple Hills, Maryland | Bishop McNamara | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Jada Boyd F | Petersburg, Virginia | Appomattox County | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Camille Hobby C | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida | Nease | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Kendal Moore PG | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Pine Forest | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Elle Sutphin F | Pilot Mountain, North Carolina | East Surry | 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 |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 31, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | Anderson | W 76–47 | – | Reynolds Coliseum (794) Raleigh, NC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | North Carolina A&T | W 80–44 | 1–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,833) Raleigh, NC |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | UNC Wilmington | W 80–40 | 2–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (3,015) Raleigh, NC |
| November 14, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | Lamar | W 81–40 | 3–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,612) Raleigh, NC |
| November 19, 2019* 10:30 a.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | Maine | W 62–34 | 4–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (5,137) Raleigh, NC |
| November 24, 2019* 5:00 p.m., WCCN | No. 14 | at Saint Mary's | W 87–70 | 5–0 | McKeon Pavilion (321) Moraga, CA |
| November 29, 2019* 7:30 p.m. | No. 12 | vs. Texas Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 84–73 | 6–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 30, 2019* 7:30 p.m. | No. 12 | at Hawaii Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 68–59 | 7–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,265) Honolulu, HI |
| December 1, 2019* 5:00 p.m. | No. 12 | vs. North Texas Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 76–65 | 8–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| December 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 13 | No. 9 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 66–59 | 9–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,033) Raleigh, NC |
| December 15, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | Elon | W 62–49 | 10–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (3,045) Raleigh, NC |
| December 19, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | Chattanooga | W 74–38 | 11–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,633) Raleigh, NC |
| Conference regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2019 12:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | at Boston College | W 72–54 | 12–0 (1–0) | Conte Forum (1,323) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 9 | Virginia Tech | W 76–69 | 13–0 (2–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,153) Raleigh, NC |
| January 5, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 9 | Virginia | W 80–60 | 14–0 (3–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,487) Raleigh, NC |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 9 | at North Carolina Rivalry | L 60–66 | 14–1 (3–1) | Carmichael Arena (2,655) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 12, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | at Notre Dame | W 90–56 | 15–1 (4–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,861) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 16, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | No. 13 Florida State | W 68–51 | 16–1 (5–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,112) Raleigh, NC |
| January 19, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 9 | Wake Forest | W 59–45 | 17–1 (6–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,052) Raleigh, NC |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 8 | at Pittsburgh | W 88–44 | 18–1 (7–1) | Petersen Events Center (832) Pittsburgh, PA |
| January 26, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | North Carolina Rivalry | W 76–68 | 19–1 (8–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,591) Raleigh, NC |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 7 | at Clemson | W 79–60 | 20–1 (9–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,257) Clemson, SC |
| February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 7 | at Duke | W 63–60 | 21–1 (10–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,209) Durham, NC |
| February 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 7 | at Virginia Tech | W 71–59 | 22–1 (11–1) | Cassell Coliseum (2,271) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 13, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 4 | No. 9 Louisville | L 59–66 | 22–2 (11–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,575) Raleigh, NC |
| February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 4 | Georgia Tech | L 61–65 | 22–3 (11–3) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,542) Raleigh, NC |
| February 20, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 10 | at Miami (FL) | W 50–48 | 23–3 (12–3) | Watsco Center (1,402) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 8 | Duke Play4Kay Game | L 65–70 | 23–4 (12–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,580) Raleigh, NC |
| February 27, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | Syracuse | W 69–60 | 24–4 (13–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (3,779) Raleigh, NC |
| March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 8 | at Virginia | W 75–64 | 25–4 (14–4) | John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2020 6:00 p.m., RSN | (2) No. 10 | vs. (7) Georgia Tech Quarterfinals | W 57–48 | 26–4 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,492) Greensboro, NC |
| March 7, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) No. 10 | vs. (6) Boston College Semifinals | W 82–75 | 27–4 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,751) Greensboro, NC |
| March 8, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (2) No. 10 | vs. (4) No. 22 Florida State Finals | W 71–66 | 28–4 | Greensboro Coliseum (7,324) 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 |
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.