2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

The 2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 20th season. The team played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference.

2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball
Big 12 regular season champions
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 3
Record	28–2 (17–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Kim Mulkey (20th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Brock Sytia Messer Kaylin Rice
Home arena	Ferrell Center
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Baylor	17	–	1		.944			28	–	2		.933
TCU	13	–	5		.722			22	–	7		.759
Texas	11	–	7		.611			19	–	11		.633
Iowa State	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Kansas State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	13		.552
Texas Tech	7	–	11		.389			18	–	11		.621
West Virginia	7	–	11		.389			17	–	12		.586
Oklahoma State	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
Oklahoma	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Kansas	4	–	14		.222			15	–	14		.517
† 2020 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1]

Previous season

The Lady Bears finished the 2018–19 season ranked #1 in the nation, with a record of 37–1, 18–0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 women's tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they advanced to defeat Notre Dame in the championship game for the third title in team history.^[2]

Roster

2019–20 Baylor Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 1 NaLyssa Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So East Central HS Converse, TX G 2 DiDi Richards 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Cypress Ranch HS Cypress, TX G 3 Trinity Oliver 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Trinity HS Euless, TX G 4 Te'a Cooper 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr South Carolina Powder Springs GA F 11 Jordyn Oliver 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Prosper HS Prosper, TX G 12 Moon Ursin 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Destrehan HS Destrehan, LA F 15 Lauren Cox 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Flower Mound HS Flower Mound, TX G 20 Juicy Landrum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr La Vega HS Waco, TX G 22 Erin DeGrate 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sr Texas Tech Waco, TX C 25 Queen Egbo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Travis HS Houston, TX F 51 Caitlin Bickle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Cactus Shadows HS Cave Creek, AZ	Head coach Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech) Assistant coach(es) Bill Brock (SE Oklahoma State) Sytia Messer (Arkansas) Kaylin Rice (Baylor) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (2)	2 (2)	2 (2)	7	6	7	6	6	6	2 (7)
Coaches	2 (8)	2 (8)	2^	2 (2)	2 (3)	6	5	5	6	6	6	1 (16)

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Oct 25, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Langston	W 149–32		Ferrell Center  Waco, TX
Oct 30, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Lubbock Christian	W 98–63		Ferrell Center  Waco, TX
Regular season
Nov 5, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	New Hampshire	W 97–29	1–0	Ferrell Center (7,606) Waco, TX
Nov 8, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Grambling State	W 120–46	2–0	Ferrell Center (7,758) Waco, TX
Nov 14, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Houston Baptist	W 112–42	3–0	Ferrell Center (7,539) Waco, TX
Nov 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	No. 22 South Florida	W 58–46	4–0	Ferrell Center (7,485) Waco, TX
Nov 21, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Lamar	W 90–28	5–0	Ferrell Center (7,352) Waco, TX
Nov 28, 2019* 4:45 pm	No. 2	vs. Washington State Paradise Jam	W 89–66	6–0	Sports and Fitness Center  St. Thomas, VI
Nov 29, 2019* 4:45 pm	No. 2	vs. No. 17 Indiana Paradise Jam	W 77–62	7–0	Sports and Fitness Center  St. Thomas, VI
Nov 30, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 2	vs. No. 5 South Carolina Paradise Jam	L 59–74	7–1	Sports and Fitness Center (2,424) St. Thomas, VI
Dec 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 7	Georgia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 72–38	8–1	Ferrell Center (8,172) Waco, TX
Dec 18, 2019* Noon, ESPN+	No. 7	Arkansas State	W 111–43	9–1	Ferrell Center (10,284) Waco, TX
Dec 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 6	Morehead State	W 94–47	10–1	Ferrell Center (8,221) Waco, TX
Jan 4, 2020 4:00 pm	No. 6	at Oklahoma	W 77–56	11–1 (1–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,186) Norman, OK
Jan 9, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	at No. 1 UConn	W 74–58	12–1	XL Center (12,415) Hartford, CT
Jan 12, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 6	Oklahoma State	W 94–48	13–1 (2–0)	Ferrell Center (6,289) Waco, TX
Jan 15, 2020 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Kansas	W 90–47	14–1 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,500) Lawrence, KS
Jan 18, 2020 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 2	No. 17 West Virginia	W 91–51	15–1 (4–0)	Ferrell Center (7,004) Waco, TX
Jan 22, 2020 6:30 pm	No. 2	at TCU	W 63–57	16–1 (5–0)	Schollmaier Arena (3,829) Fort Worth, TX
Jan 25, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Texas Tech	W 87–79	17–1 (6–0)	Ferrell Center (7,098) Waco, TX
Jan 28, 2020 7:30 pm, FS1	No. 2	Iowa State	W 83–62	18–1 (7–0)	Ferrell Center (8,627) Waco, TX
Jan 31, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 2	at Texas	W 64–44	19–1 (8–0)	Frank Erwin Center (6,456) Austin, TX
Feb 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Kansas	W 97–44	20–1 (9–0)	Ferrell Center (8,265) Waco, TX
Feb 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	at Kansas State	W 54–40	21–1 (10–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,505) Manhattan, KS
Feb 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	TCU	W 81–62	22–1 (11–0)	Ferrell Center (8,271) Waco, TX
Feb 15, 2020 7:00 pm	No. 2	at Oklahoma State	W 69–42	23–1 (12–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,818) Stillwater, OK
Feb 18, 2020 7:00 pm, FSN	No. 2	at Texas Tech	W 77–62	24–1 (13–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,043) Lubbock, TX
Feb 22, 2020 4:00 pm, FS1	No. 2	Oklahoma	W 101–69	25–1 (14–0)	Ferrell Center (8,508) Waco, TX
Feb 24, 2020 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 2	at West Virginia	W 64–39	26–1 (15–0)	WVU Coliseum (2,146) Morgantown, WV
Feb 29, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 2	Kansas State	W 83–58	27–1 (16–0)	Ferrell Center (6,976) Waco, TX
Mar 5, 2020 7:30 pm, FS1	No. 2	Texas	W 69–53	28–1 (17–0)	Ferrell Center (9,336) Waco, TX
Mar 8, 2020 Noon, FSN	No. 2	at Iowa State	L 56–57	28–2 (17–1)	Hilton Coliseum (10,068) Ames, IA
Big 12 Women's Tournament
March 13, 2019 1:30 pm, FSN	(1) No. 3	vs. (8/9) Oklahoma/Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	Canceled		Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. [3]