2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

2019–20 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
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
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 November 4, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

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.

Roster

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

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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

References

^ "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com.

[1] "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com.

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v t e Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Venues	Balch Fieldhouse (1974–1979) CU Events Center (1979–present)
Culture & lore	History "CU Fight Song" Ralphie the Buffalo UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References