2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team

2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record11–19 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • John Patterson
  • Scott Merritt
  • Vernette Skeete
Home arenaState Farm 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
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini women's basketball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Illini, led by third-year head coach Nancy Fahey, played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 11–19, 2–16 in Big Ten play, to finish in thirteenth place. They lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament to Wisconsin.