# 2019–20 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles are led by head coach Sue Semrau, in her twenty-third year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Seminoles finished the season with a record of 24–8, 11–7 in the ACC, finishing in fourth place. Florida State reached the finals of the ACC tournament, finishing as runner-up. The NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Senior Forward Kiah Gillespie went on to be selected in the third round of the 2020 WNBA draft.

## Previous season

For the 2018–19 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 24–9, 10–6 in the ACC, to finish in sixth place. Florida State was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament by NC State. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a five-seed, their seventh consecutive tournament appearance, and were defeated in the second round of the tournament by South Carolina.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| River Baldwin C | Andalusia, Alabama | Pleasant Home | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Sammie Puisis G | Mason, Ohio | William Mason | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| London Clarkson F | Pflugerville, Texas | Pflugerville | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 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: ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below :
| | 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 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12T | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 19 |
| Coaches | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 |

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 12 | Charleston Southern | W 88–36 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,472) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 9, 2019* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 12 | at LSU | W 70–62 | 2–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (647) Baton Rouge, LA |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 12 | Jacksonville | W 75–41 | 3–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,718) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 17, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 12 | Samford | W 88–59 | 4–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,445) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 23, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 12 | at UIC | W 86–42 | 5–0 | Credit Union 1 Arena (593) Chicago, IL |
| November 26, 2019* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 12 | at Florida | W 66–55 | 6–0 | O'Connell Center (1,469) Gainesville, FL |
| December 1, 2019* 8:30 p.m., FS1 | No. 12 | vs. No. 6 Texas A&M Maggie Dixon Classic | W 80–58 | 7–0 | Schollmaier Arena (2,207) Fort Worth, TX |
| December 5, 2019* 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | No. 19 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 78–68 | 8–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,258) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 8, 2019 12:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 8 | at Clemson | W 81–64 | 9–0 (1–0) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,052) Clemson, SC |
| December 15, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | St. John's | W 74–70 | 10–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,563) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 8 | North Florida | W 70–41 | 11–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,367) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 22, 2019* 1:30 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | vs. No. 24 Michigan Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase | W 79–69 | 12–0 | Mohegan Sun Arena (7,238) Uncasville, CT |
| December 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 8 | Virginia Tech | W 86–62 | 13–0 (2–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,969) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 2, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | at Syracuse | L 89–90 | 13–1 (2–1) | Carrier Dome (1,489) Syracuse, NY |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 8 | at No. 23 Miami (FL) | W 73–62 | 14–1 (3–1) | Watsco Center (1,984) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 11 | Georgia Tech | L 52–67 | 14–2 (3–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,663) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 11 | North Carolina | W 78–64 | 15–2 (4–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,803) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 16, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 13 | at No. 9 NC State | L 51–68 | 15–3 (4–3) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,112) Raleigh, NC |
| January 23, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | at Wake Forest | W 70–65 | 16–3 (5–3) | LJVM Coliseum (688) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 14 | Miami (FL) | W 79–61 | 17–3 (6–3) | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,569) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | Boston College | L 56–65 | 17–4 (6–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,679) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 1, 2020 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 14 | at Pittsburgh | W 66–41 | 18–4 (7–4) | Peterson Events Center (2,142) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 17 | at No. 5 Louisville | W 67–59 | 19–4 (8–4) | KFC Yum! Center (8,314) Louisville, KY |
| February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 17 | Virginia | W 63–55 | 20–4 (9–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,221) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 16, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 14 | at Duke | L 64–66 | 20–5 (9–5) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,303) Durham, NC |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 17 | Wake Forest | W 78–67 | 21–5 (10–5) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,771) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 23, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 62–65 | 21–6 (10–6) | McCamish Pavilion (1,787) Atlanta, GA |
| February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 19 | Clemson | W 81–54 | 22–6 (11–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,836) Tallahassee, FL |
| March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 19 | Notre Dame | L 67–70 | 22–7 (11–7) | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,360) Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2020 11:00 a.m., RSN | (4) No. 22 | vs. (13) Wake Forest Quarterfinals | W 76–47 | 23–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (10,030) Greensboro, NC |
| March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | (4) No. 22 | vs. (1) No. 4 Louisville Semifinals | W 62–60 | 24–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,751) Greensboro, NC |
| March 8, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (4) No. 22 | vs. (2) No. 10 NC State Final | L 66–71 | 24–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (7,324) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Honors

Weekly awards :
| Player | Award | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| Nausia Woolfolk | ACC Player of the Week | November 18, 2019 | |
* Katrina McClain Award finalist
** Kiah Gillespie

### All-ACC

* First Team
** Nicki Ekhomu
** Kiah Gillespie

### All-Americans

* Nicki Ekhomu
* Kiah Gillespie