2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
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The 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2019 and concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was scheduled to end at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 5, 2020, but was ultimately canceled. All other postseason tournaments were canceled as well. It was the first cancellation in the history of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Practices officially began in late September 2019.
2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | Oregon |
Regular season | November 2019 – March 2020 |
NCAA Tournament | 2020 |
Tournament dates | March 27 – April 5, 2020 (cancelled) |
National Championship | Smoothie King Center New Orleans, Louisiana |
NCAA Champions | Not awarded |
Other champions | Not awarded (WNIT) Not awarded (WBI) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon |
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On December 31, 2020, South Carolina raised a banner recognizing a claim to a national championship for finishing first in the two major polls.