# 2019–20 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, were led by 13th-year head coach Jeff Walz, and played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their sixth year in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cardinals finished the season 28–4 and 16–2 in ACC play. They finished as the regular season ACC champions and earned the first seed in the ACC tournament. They defeated Syracuse in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions NC State in the Semifinals. The NCAA tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

## Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2018–19 season at 32–4, 14–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed in the Albany Region. In the tournament, they defeated Robert Morris and Michigan in the first and second rounds, Oregon State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Nyah Green G | Allen, Texas | Allen High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Norika Konno PG | Sendai, Japan | Seiwa Gakuen | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Ramani Parker F | Fresno, California | Montverde Academy | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 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

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.

## Schedule and results

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| February 2, 2020* 2:00 p.m. | No. 5 | USA | L 54–97 | – | KFC Yum! Center (12,008) Louisville, KY |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 9 | Western Kentucky | W 75–56 | 1–0 | KFC Yum! Center (8,304) Louisville, KY |
| November 8, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 9 | Murray State | W 76–40 | 2–0 | KFC Yum! Center (7,922) Louisville, KY |
| November 14, 2019* 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | Central Michigan | W 76–63 | 3–0 | KFC Yum! Center (7,605) Louisville, KY |
| November 21, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | UT Chattanooga | W 86–37 | 4–0 | KFC Yum! Center (7,703) Louisville, KY |
| November 24, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 8 | Boise State | W 92–82 | 5–0 | KFC Yum! Center (8,331) Louisville, KY |
| November 28, 2019* 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 | vs. UT Arlington Paradise Jam | W 76–67 | 6–0 | Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, USVI |
| November 29, 2019* 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 | vs. Oklahoma State Paradise Jam | W 69–48 | 7–0 | Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, USVI |
| November 30, 2019* 3:15 p.m. | No. 8 | vs. No. 1 Oregon Paradise Jam | W 72–62 | 8–0 | Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, USVI |
| December 5, 2019* 8:00 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | at Ohio State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 60–67 | 8–1 | Value City Arena (3,807) Columbus, OH |
| December 8, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 | at Northern Kentucky | W 85–57 | 9–1 | BB&T Arena (2,042) Highland Heights, KY |
| December 15, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 7 | at No. 14 Kentucky Rivalry | W 67–66 | 10–1 | Rupp Arena (11,256) Lexington, KY |
| December 19, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | No. 6 | at UT Martin | W 71–63 $^{2OT}$ | 11–1 | Skyhawk Center (1,156) Martin, TN |
| December 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 7 | Syracuse | W 62–58 | 12–1 (1–0) | KFC Yum! Center (10,084) Louisville, KY |
| January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 7 | at Clemson | W 75–50 | 13–1 (2–0) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,196) Clemson, SC |
| January 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 7 | Duke | W 60–55 | 14–1 (3–0) | KFC Yum! Center (10,123) Louisville, KY |
| January 9, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 7 | at Miami (FL) | W 87–41 | 15–1 (4–0) | Watsco Center (930) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 7 | Wake Forest | W 75–61 | 16–1 (5–0) | KFC Yum! Center (9,414) Louisville, KY |
| January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | at Boston College | W 81–70 | 17–1 (6–0) | Conte Forum (1,137) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 5 | at North Carolina | W 74–67 | 18–1 (7–0) | Carmichael Arena (4,027) Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| January 23, 2020 8:00 p.m., RSN | No. 5 | Virginia | W 71–56 | 19–1 (8–0) | KFC Yum! Center (7,776) Louisville, KY |
| January 26, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | Pittsburgh | W 83–49 | 20–1 (9–0) | KFC Yum! Center (11,624) Louisville, KY |
| January 30, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPNews | No. 5 | at Notre Dame | W 86–54 | 21–1 (10–0) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,719) Notre Dame, IN |
| February 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | No. 17 Florida State | L 59–67 | 21–2 (10–1) | KFC Yum! Center (8,314) Louisville, KY |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 5 | at Syracuse | L 51–59 | 21–3 (10–2) | Carrier Dome (2,894) Syracuse, NY |
| February 13, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | at No. 4 NC State | W 66–59 | 22–3 (11–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,575) Raleigh, NC |
| February 16, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 9 | Notre Dame | W 82–49 | 23–3 (12–2) | KFC Yum! Center (12,086) Louisville, KY |
| February 20, 2020 6:00 p.m., RSN | No. 5 | at Georgia Tech | W 58–47 | 24–3 (13–2) | McCamish Pavilion (1,188) Atlanta, GA |
| February 23, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | at Pittsburgh | W 79–47 | 25–3 (14–2) | Petersen Events Center (2,318) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 27, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | Boston College | W 68–48 | 26–3 (15–2) | KFC Yum! Center (8,514) Louisville, KY |
| March 1, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | Virginia Tech | W 70–53 | 27–3 (16–2) | KFC Yum! Center (10,423) Louisville, KY |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN | (1) No. 4 | vs. (8) Syracuse Quarterfinals | W 71–46 | 28–3 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,811) Greensboro, NC |
| March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | (1) No. 4 | vs. (4) No. 22 Florida State Semifinals | L 60–62 | 28–4 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,751) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||