2019–20 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team represented the University of Michigan during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Kim Barnes Arico in her eighth year, played their home games at the Crisler Center. This season marked the program's 38th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

2019–20 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2019–20 record	21–11 (10–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kim Barnes Arico (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Wesley Brooks Toyelle Wilson Yvonne Sanchez
Home arena	Crisler Center

2019–20 Big Ten women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Maryland†	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 12 Northwestern	16	–	2		.889			26	–	4		.867
No. 21 Iowa	14	–	4		.778			23	–	7		.767
No. 20 Indiana	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
Rutgers	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Ohio State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Michigan	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Michigan State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Purdue	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Nebraska	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Minnesota	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
Wisconsin	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Illinois	2	–	16		.111			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2020 Big Ten Tournament winner As of January 21, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2018–19 season with a 22–12 record, including 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Women's Tournament for the first time since 2001, where they lost to Maryland.[1][2] They received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, where they defeated Kansas State in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.[3][4]

Off-season

On May 20, 2019, Toyelle Wilson was named an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Michigan's women's basketball team.[5]

Roster

2019–20 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F 0 Naz Hillmon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Gilmour Academy Cleveland, OH G 1 Amy Dilk 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Carmel Carmel, IN G 2 Priscilla Smeenge 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Celebration Jacksonville, FL G 3 Maddie Nolan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Zionsville Zionsville, IN F 5 Kayla Robbins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr St. John's College Mitchellville, MD G 12 Ariel Young 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lincoln Tallahassee, FL G 14 Akienreh Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Rogers Toledo, OH F 15 Hailey Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr The Rise Centre Academy Hamilton, Ontario G 23 Danielle Rauch 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Bishop Ludden Syracuse, NY G 24 Michelle Sidor 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Saddle River Day Upper Saddle River, NJ F 33 Emily Kiser 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Noblesville Noblesville, IN C 34 Izabel Varejão 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Neuse Christian Academy Vitória, Brazil	Head coach Kim Barnes Arico (Montclair State) Assistant coach(es) Wesley Brooks (West Virginia) Toyelle Wilson (Manhattan College) Yvonne Sanchez (Alliant International University) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: August 26, 2019

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2019* 7:00 pm	No. 25	Northwood	W 97–46	–	Crisler Center (1,092) Ann Arbor, MI
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 25	Western Michigan	W 76–55	1–0	Crisler Center (2,568) Ann Arbor, MI
November 10, 2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 25	Bradley	W 77–57	2–0	Crisler Center (2,338) Ann Arbor, MI
November 15, 2019* 2:00 pm	No. 24	vs. Kent State Akron Classic	W 88–53	3–0	James A. Rhodes Arena (213) Akron, OH
November 16, 2019* 2:30 pm	No. 24	at Akron Akron Classic	W 80–71	4–0	James A. Rhodes Arena (976) Akron, OH
November 23, 2019* 1:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 21	Notre Dame	L 72–76	4–1	Crisler Center (4,008) Ann Arbor, MI
November 27, 2019* 2:00 pm		at Eastern Michigan	W 57–38	5–1	Convocation Center (1,354) Ypsilanti, MI
December 1, 2019* 1:00 pm, BTN Plus		Morgan State	W 80–48	6–1	Crisler Center (2,107) Ann Arbor, MI
December 5, 2019* 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 24	Syracuse ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 84–76 ^OT	7–1	Crisler Center (1,832) Ann Arbor, MI
December 8, 2019* 2:00 pm, BTN Plus	No. 24	Oakland	W 79–64	8–1	Crisler Center (2,154) Ann Arbor, MI
December 14, 2019* 3:30 pm, BTN Plus	No. 24	Appalachian State	W 62–35	9–1	Crisler Center (2,608) Ann Arbor, MI
December 22, 2019* 1:30 pm, ACCN	No. 24	vs. No. 8 Florida State Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase	L 69–79	9–2	Mohegan Sun Arena (7,238) Uncasville, CT
Big Ten conference season
December 28, 2019 8:00 pm, BTN	No. 23	at No. 12 Maryland	L 55–70	9–3 (0–1)	Xfinity Center (6,203) College Park, MD
December 31, 2019 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Penn State	W 82–48	10–3 (1–1)	Crisler Center (5,012) Ann Arbor, MI
January 5, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN2		Michigan State Rivalry	W 89–69	11–3 (2–1)	Crisler Center (11,068) Ann Arbor, MI
January 9, 2020 6:00 pm, BTN	No. 24	at Ohio State	L 69–78	11–4 (2–2)	Value City Arena (4,230) Columbus, OH
January 12, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	No. 17 Maryland	L 49–77	11–5 (2–3)	Crisler Center (2,608) Ann Arbor, MI
January 16, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Wisconsin	W 68–56	12–5 (3–3)	Kohl Center (3,191) Madison, WI
January 19, 2020 5:00 pm, BTN		at Nebraska	L 71–74	12–6 (3–4)	Pinnacle Bank Arena  Lincoln, NE
January 26, 2020 2:00 pm, BTN Plus		Rutgers	W 71–57	13–6 (4–4)	Crisler Center (3,676) Ann Arbor, MI
January 30, 2020 8:00 pm, BTN Plus		at No. 23 Northwestern	L 73–81	13–7 (4–5)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,133) Evanston, IL
February 2, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN		No. 18 Iowa	W 78–63	14–7 (5–5)	Crisler Center (3,124) Ann Arbor, MI
February 6, 2020 6:00 pm, BTN		Purdue	W 66–63	15–7 (6–5)	Crisler Center (2,076) Ann Arbor, MI
February 10, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN		at Minnesota	W 77–52	16–7 (7–5)	Williams Arena (3,423) Minneapolis, MN
February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		No. 19 Northwestern	L 60–66	16–8 (7–6)	Crisler Center (2,354) Ann Arbor, MI
February 16, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN		at Rutgers	L 41–62	16–9 (7–7)	Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,571) Piscataway, NJ
February 19, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		Illinois	W 80–59	17–9 (8–7)	Crisler Center (2,388) Ann Arbor, MI
February 23, 2020 5:00 pm, BTN		at Michigan State Rivalry	W 65–57	18–9 (9–7)	Breslin Center (11,462) East Lansing, MI
February 27, 2020 7:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Penn State	W 80–66	19–9 (10–7)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,691) University Park, PA
March 1, 2020 12:00 pm, BTN Plus		No. 22 Indiana	L 60–78	19–10 (10–8)	Crisler Center (3,719) Ann Arbor, MI
Big Ten Women's Tournament
March 5, 2020 6:30 pm, BTN	(7)	vs. (10) Nebraska Second round	W 81–75	20–10	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 6, 2020 6:30 pm, BTN	(7)	vs. (2) No. 11 Northwestern Quarterfinals	W 67–59	21–10	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 7, 2020 9:00 pm, BTN	(7)	vs. (6) Ohio State Semifinals	L 60–66	21–11	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. Source:[6]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	25	24	21	RV	24	24	24	23	RV	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	24	24^	19	RV	25	22	22	23	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References

1. Ford, Ryan (March 8, 2019). "Michigan women headed to first Big Ten semifinal since 2001". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
2. VanMetre, Sarah (March 9, 2019). "Michigan Drops Heartbreaker to No. 8 Maryland in Big Ten Tourney Semifinals". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
3. VanMetre, Sarah (March 18, 2019). "Michigan Earns At-Large NCAA Berth, Will Face Kansas State in Louisville". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
4. VanMetre, Sarah (March 24, 2019). "Wolverines Bow Out of NCAA Tourney With Loss to Louisville". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
5. "Michigan hires Wilson as women's basketball assistant". USA Today. May 20, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
6. "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.