2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	13–17 (8–10 ACC)
Head coach	Tina Thompson (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Karleen Thompson; Walter Pitts; Monica Wright;
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Louisville	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
No. 8 NC State†	14	–	4	.778	28	–	4	.875
Duke	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
No. 18 Florida State	11	–	7	.611	24	–	8	.750
Virginia Tech	11	–	7	.611	21	–	9	.700
Boston College	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Georgia Tech	10	–	8	.556	20	–	11	.645
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	16	–	15	.516
Virginia	8	–	10	.444	13	–	17	.433
Notre Dame	8	–	10	.444	13	–	18	.419
Miami (FL)	7	–	11	.389	15	–	15	.500
North Carolina	7	–	11	.389	16	–	14	.533
Wake Forest	7	–	11	.389	16	–	16	.500
Clemson	3	–	15	.167	8	–	23	.258
Pittsburgh	1	–	17	.056	5	–	26	.161

† 2020 ACC tournament winner As of March 5, 2020 Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by second year head coach Tina Thompson, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cavaliers finished the season 13–17 and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Syracuse in Second Round. The NCAA tournament and WNIT were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.^[1]

Previous season

The 2018–19 Cavaliers finished the season 12–19, 5–11 in ACC play to finish in a twelfth place. They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Syracuse. They did not qualify for post season play.

Recruiting Class

Source:^[2]

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Shemera Williams PG	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	University School of Milwaukee	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
Shemera Williams PG	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas G	Camden, Delaware	New Hope Academy	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Carole Miller G	Alexandria, Virginia	Thomas Edison High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Carole Miller G	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 90
Meg Jefferson F	Sydney, Australia	Saint Colubma's Catholic College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
Meg Jefferson F	Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 88
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:

Roster

2019–20 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Dylan Horton	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Redondo Union	Los Angeles, CA
G	1	Carole Miller	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Thomas Edison	Alexandira, VA
G	4	Dominique Toussaint	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Christ the King	Staten Island, NY
G	10	Shemera Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	Milwaukee Academy of Science	Milwaukee, WI
F	12	Meg Jefferson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	St Columba's Catholic College	Sydney, Australia
G/F	13	Jocelyn Willoughby	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Newark Academy	Woodbridge, VA
F	14	Lisa Jablonowski	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Lycée de garçons	Ernster, Luxembourg
G	15	Kylie Kornegay-Lucas	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	New Hope Academy	Camden, DE
G	21	Dani Lawson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Hathaway Brown Purdue	Cleveland, OH
G	23	Amandine Toi	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Fr	INSEP Academy	Paris, France
C	30	Felicia Aiyeotan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Sr	Blair Academy	Lagos, Nigeria

Head coach

Tina Thompson (USC)

Assistant coach(es)

Karleen Thompson (USC)
Walter Pitts (Alabama)
Monica Wright (Virginia)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 4, 2019

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Bucknell	W 84–60	1–0	John Paul Jones Arena (2,505) Charlottesville, VA
November 9, 2019* 5:00 p.m., USC Live Stream		at USC	L 49–59	1–1	Galen Center (1,362) Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2019* 7:00 p.m.		at CSUN	W 74–47	2–1	Matadome (327) Northridge, CA
November 16, 2019* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 13 Kentucky	L 47–50	2–2	John Paul Jones Arena (2,507) Charlottesville, VA
November 19, 2019* 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at No. 4 UConn	L 44–83	2–3	XL Center (7,728) Hartford, CT
November 24, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Old Dominion	W 56–53 ^OT	3–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,522) Charlottesville, VA
November 30, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison Cavalier Classic	W 55–49	4–3	John Paul Jones Arena (2,913) Charlottesville, VA
December 1, 2019* 3:30 p.m., ACCNX		No. 11 UCLA Cavalier Classic	L 62–73	4–4	John Paul Jones Arena (2,621) Charlottesville, VA
December 5, 2019* 6:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 63–73	4–5	Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,597) Piscataway, NJ
December 20, 2019* 5:00 p.m., FloHoops		at UNLV Duel in the Desert	W 63–55	5–5	Cox Pavilion (655) Paradise, NV
December 21, 2019* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. No. 15 Mississippi State Duel in the Desert	L 59–72	5–6	Cox Pavilion (850) Paradise, NV
ACC regular season
December 29, 2019 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Georgia Tech	L 51–61	5–7 (0–1)	McCamish Pavilion (1,422) Atlanta, GA
January 2, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		North Carolina	L 47–65	5–8 (0–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,757) Charlottesville, VA
January 5, 2020 12:00 p.m., RSN		at No. 9 NC State	L 60–80	5–9 (0–3)	Reynolds Coliseum (4,487) Raleigh, NC
January 9, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Duke	W 66–63	6–9 (1–3)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,206) Charlottesville, VA
January 12, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Boston College	W 69–52	7–9 (2–3)	Conte Forum (2,357) Chestnut Hill, MA
January 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest	L 56–62	7–10 (2–4)	LJVM Coliseum (776) Winston-Salem, NC
January 19, 2020 3:00 p.m., ACCN		Virginia Tech	L 61–69	7–11 (2–5)	John Paul Jones Arena (4,313) Charlottesville, VA
January 23, 2020 8:30 p.m., RSN		at No. 5 Louisville	L 56–71	7–12 (2–6)	KFC Yum! Center (7,776) Louisville, KY
January 26, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Notre Dame	W 90–60	8–12 (3–6)	John Paul Jones Arena (5,117) Charlottesville, VA
January 30, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at North Carolina	L 68–78	8–13 (3–7)	Carmichael Arena (1,967) Chapel Hill, NC
February 2, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Syracuse	W 57–41	9–13 (4–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,649) Charlottesville, VA
February 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson	W 70–54	10–13 (5–7)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,229) Charlottesville, VA
February 9, 2020 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 17 Florida State	L 55–63	10–14 (5–8)	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,221) Tallahassee, FL
February 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL)	W 69–64	11–14 (6–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,351) Charlottesville, VA
February 20, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Duke	L 47–62	11–15 (6–9)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,154) Durham, NC
February 23, 2020 2:00 p.m., ACCN		at Virginia Tech	W 86–76	12–15 (7–9)	Cassell Coliseum (2,597) Blacksburg, VA
February 27, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W 66–55	13–15 (8–9)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,211) Charlottesville, VA
March 1, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN		No. 8 NC State	L 64–75	13–16 (8–10)	John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 5, 2020 2:00 p.m., RSN	(9)	vs. (8) Syracuse Second round	L 50–67	2,781	Greensboro Coliseum (13–17) Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
^ "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[1] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.

[2] "Virginia Cavaliers". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[virginiasports-3] "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. The University of Virginia. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

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Venues	University Hall (1974–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song"
People	Head coaches
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics