2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by fourth year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference.

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	16–14 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	JR Payne (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Toriano Towns Alex Earl Shandrika Lee
Home arena	CU Events Center

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Oregon†	17	–	1		.944			31	–	2		.939
No. 10 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			26	–	5		.839
No. 7 Stanford	14	–	4		.778			27	–	6		.818
No. 13 Arizona	12	–	6		.667			24	–	7		.774
No. 14 Oregon State	10	–	8		.556			23	–	9		.719
No. 25 Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			20	–	11		.645
USC	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Utah	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			16	–	14		.533
Washington	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	20		.355
California	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
† 2020 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of December 25, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Bellevue Tacoma, WA G 1 Jaylyn Sherrod 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Rasmay Birmingham, AL G 3 Emma Clarke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Australian Institute of Sport Perth, Western Australia G 4 Lesila Finau 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Dublin Dublin, CA G 11 Zuzanna Kulinska 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So New York Military Gdynia, Poland G/F 14 Raanee Smith 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Friends' Central Philadelphia, PA C 20 Maura Singer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Columbine Littleton, CO G/F 21 Mya Hollingshed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Bellaire Houston, TX G 24 Aubrey Knight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So Ventura Ventura, CA F 25 Annika Jank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Edina Edina, MN C 30 Kai Volcy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So The Hun School Bloomfield, NJ F 33 Sirena Tuitele 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Pleasant Valley Chico, CA F 45 Charlotte Whittaker 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Fr St Andrew's College Ventura, CA	Head coach JR Payne (Saint Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's) Alex Earl (Arizona State) Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2019* 7:00 pm		Regis	W 92–45		CU Events Center  Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2019* 12:00 pm		NJIT	W 80–57	1–0	CU Events Center (1,436) Boulder, CO
11/14/2019* 7:00 pm		Wisconsin	W 74–57	2–0	CU Events Center (1,759) Boulder, CO
11/17/2019* 1:00 pm		at Wyoming	W 66–56	3–0	Arena-Auditorium (2,531) Laramie, WY
11/22/2019* 5:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 79–75	4–0	Moby Arena (1,194) Fort Collins, CO
11/24/2019* 6:00 pm		Jacksonville	W 66–44	5–0	CU Events Center (1,401) Boulder, CO
11/26/2019* 2:00 pm		Indiana State	W 59–46	6–0	CU Events Center (1,069) Boulder, CO
12/03/2019* 7:00 pm		Texas Southern	W 74–50	7–0	CU Events Center (1,116) Boulder, CO
12/06/2019* 5:00 pm		at Xavier	W 62–53	8–0	Cintas Center (615) Cincinnati, OH
12/12/2019* 7:00 pm		Denver	W 96–70	9–0	CU Events Center (1,774) Boulder, CO
12/20/2019* 12:00 pm		vs. UAB Tulane Classic	W 77–69 OT	10–0	Devlin Fieldhouse (520) New Orleans, LA
12/21/2019* 2:00 pm		at Tulane Tulane Classic	W 62–52	11–0	Devlin Fieldhouse (703) New Orleans, LA
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2019 2:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 80–70	12–0 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,415) Salt Lake City, UT
01/03/2020 8:00 pm, P12N		at No. 2 Oregon	L 46–104	12–1 (1–1)	Matthew Knight Arena (10,483) Eugene, OR
01/05/2020 1:00 pm, P12N		at No. 3 Oregon State	L 60–72	12–2 (1–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,320) Corvallis, OR
01/10/2020 7:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 66–53	13–2 (2–2)	CU Events Center (1,824) Boulder, CO
01/12/2020 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 UCLA	L 62–65	13–3 (2–3)	CU Events Center (2,808) Boulder, CO
01/17/2020 6:30 pm, P12N		Utah	L 69–84	13–4 (2–4)	CU Events Center (1,956) Boulder, CO
01/24/2020 8:00 pm, P12N		at No. 6 Stanford	L 68–76 OT	13–5 (2–5)	Maples Pavilion (2,808) Stanford, CA
01/26/2020 1:00 pm, P12N		at California	W 62–50	14–5 (3–5)	Haas Pavilion (1,823) Berkeley, CA
01/30/2020 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 10 Oregon State	L 52–79	14–6 (3–6)	CU Events Center (1,900) Boulder, CO
02/01/2020 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 3 Oregon	L 53–101	14–7 (3–7)	CU Events Center (3,669) Boulder, CO
02/07/2020 8:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	L 59–69	14–8 (3–8)	Beasley Coliseum (747) Pullman, WA
02/09/2020 1:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	L 52–61	14–9 (3–9)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,576) Seattle, WA
02/14/2020 7:00 pm, P12N		California	W 64–57	15–9 (4–9)	CU Events Center (1,602) Boulder, CO
02/16/2020 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 8 Stanford	L 66–69	15–10 (4–10)	CU Events Center (3,481) Boulder, CO
02/21/2020 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 21 Arizona State	L 52–61	15–11 (4–11)	CU Events Center (2,135) Boulder, CO
02/23/2020 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 11 Arizona	W 50–38	16–11 (5–11)	CU Events Center (3,085) Boulder, CO
02/28/2020 9:00 pm, P12N		at No. 9 UCLA	L 62–65	16–12 (5–12)	Pauley Pavilion (1,937) Los Angeles, CA
03/01/2020 1:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 55–66	16–13 (5–13)	Galen Center (4,227) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/05/2020 7:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) USC First Round	L 54–69	16–14	Mandalay Bay Events Center  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV											N/A
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team