2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team
The 2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented DePaul University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-fourth year head coach Doug Bruno, played their home games at the Wintrust Arena and the McGrath-Phillips Arena as members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–3 in Big East play to finish in first place.[1][2] DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 88–74. The NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[3]
2019–20 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball | |
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Big East Conference Tournament Champions | |
Conference | Big East Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 14 |
AP | No. 15 |
2019–20 record | 28–5 (15–3 Big East) |
Head coach | Doug Bruno (34th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Wintrust Arena McGrath-Phillips Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 DePaul | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creighton | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seton Hall | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. John's | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Providence | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgetown | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xavier | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2020 Big East Tournament winner As of April 1, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over Marquette, 74–73.[4] They were upset in the first round by Missouri State in the NCAA Women's Tournament.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 29, 2019 5:00 p.m. |
No. 18 | Saint Xavier | W 124–60 | – |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 8, 2019* 4:30 p.m. |
No. 18 | Miami (OH) Preseason WNIT |
W 98–79 | 1–0 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
November 11, 2019* 7:00 p.m. |
No. 18 | Drexel Preseason WNIT |
W 81–57 | 2–0 |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,335) Chicago, IL | ||||||
November 14, 2019* 9:00 p.m. |
No. 18 | at No. 7 Oregon State Preseason WNIT |
L 77–98 | 2–1 |
Gill Coliseum (4,430) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
November 22, 2019* 11:00 a.m. |
No. 19 | Arkansas State Maggie Dixon Classic |
W 109–64 | 3–1 |
McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
November 23, 2019* 3:30 p.m. |
No. 19 | No. 16 Miami (FL) Maggie Dixon Classic |
W 89–83 | 4–1 |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,608) Chicago, IL | ||||||
November 26, 2019* 4:30 p.m. |
No. 16 | Milwaukee | W 94–65 | 5–1 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
December 1, 2019* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ |
No. 16 | at Northwestern | W 70–68 | 6–1 |
Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,416) Evanston, IL | ||||||
December 7, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
No. 16 | at Green Bay | W 76–65 | 7–1 |
Kress Events Center (2,023) Green Bay, WI | ||||||
December 11, 2019* 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
No. 16 | at Notre Dame | W 105–94 | 8–1 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,148) South Bend, IN | ||||||
December 14, 2019* 3:30 p.m. |
No. 16 | Alabama State | W 105–76 | 9–1 |
Wintrust Arena (4,620) Chicago, IL | ||||||
December 16, 2019* 7:00 p.m., FS1 |
No. 16 | No. 2 Connecticut | L 74–84 | 9–2 |
Wintrust Arena (2,621) Chicago, IL | ||||||
December 20, 2019* 7:00 p.m. |
No. 16 | at Loyola-Chicago | W 83–76 | 10–2 |
Gentile Arena (756) Chicago, IL | ||||||
Big East regular season | |||||||||||
December 29, 2019 4:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 16 | Marquette | W 89–71 | 11–2 (1–0) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,321) Chicago, IL | ||||||
January 3, 2020 5:30 p.m., FS2 |
No. 16 | at Providence | W 80–67 | 12–2 (2–0) |
Alumni Hall (632) Providence, RI | ||||||
January 5, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 16 | at Creighton | W 74–71 | 13–2 (3–0) |
D. J. Sokol Arena (842) Omaha, NE | ||||||
January 10, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 15 | Seton Hall | W 85–68 | 14–2 (4–0) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,653) Chicago, IL | ||||||
January 12, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS1 |
No. 15 | St. John's | W 74–69 | 15–2 (5–0) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,622) Chicago, IL | ||||||
January 17, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 14 | at Xavier | W 91–68 | 16–2 (6–0) |
Cintas Center (481) Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
January 19, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 14 | at Butler | W 80–65 | 17–2 (7–0) |
Hinkle Fieldhouse (591) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
January 24, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 11 | Villanova | W 85–69 | 18–2 (8–0) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,506) Chicago, IL | ||||||
January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 11 | Georgetown | W 92–66 | 19–2 (9–0) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,899) Chicago, IL | ||||||
January 31, 2020 p.m., BEDN |
No. 11 | Creighton | L 61–63 | 19–3 (9–1) |
Wintrust Arena (1,664) Chicago, IL | ||||||
February 2, 2020 1:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 11 | Providence | W 93–71 | 20–3 (10–1) |
Wintrust Arena (1,650) Chicago, IL | ||||||
February 7, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 14 | at St. John's | W 71–65 | 21–3 (11–1) |
Carnesecca Arena (610) New York, NY | ||||||
February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 14 | at Seton Hall | W 86–76 | 22–3 (12–1) |
Walsh Gymnasium (1,656) South Orange, NJ | ||||||
February 14, 2020 7:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 13 | Butler | W 89–60 | 23–3 (13–1) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,779) Chicago, IL | ||||||
February 16, 2020 2:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 13 | Xavier | W 97–65 | 24–3 (14–1) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,380) Chicago, IL | ||||||
February 21, 2020 6:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 12 | at Georgetown | W 87–69 | 25–3 (15–1) |
McDonough Gymnasium (291) Washington, D.C. | ||||||
February 23, 2020 12:00 p.m., BEDN |
No. 12 | at Villanova | L 58–76 | 25–4 (15–2) |
Finneran Pavilion (2,421) Villanova, PA | ||||||
March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., FS2 |
No. 16 | at Marquette | L 83–90 | 25–5 (15–3) |
Al McGuire Center (2,671) Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
Big East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 7, 2020 12:00 p.m., FS2 |
(1) No. 18 | (8) Providence Quarterfinals |
W 97–59 | 26–5 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
March 8, 2020 5:00 p.m., FS1 |
(1) No. 18 | Seton Hall Semifinals |
W 83–80 | 27–5 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
March 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., FS1 |
(1) No. 15 | (2) Marquette Final |
W 88–74 | 28–5 |
Wintrust Arena (2,340) Chicago, IL | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. [5] |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
AP | 18т | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | Not released |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.
References
- "Depaul Blue Demons Women's Basketball - Blue Demons News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- DePaul Blue Demons. "DePaul Blue Demons on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships".
- Mar 12, A. P.; ET, 2019 at 10:44p (2019-03-12). "DePaul women win 4th title in 6 years, top No. 13 Marquette". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- 2019-20 DePaul Women's Basketball Schedule