2020 Indiana Fever season

The 2020 Indiana Fever season will be the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season will tip off at home versus the Atlanta Dream on May 15, 2020.[1]

2020 Indiana Fever season
CoachMarianne Stanley
ArenaHinkle Fieldhouse
Attendanceper game
Results
Record0–0
Place0th (Eastern)
2021 season →

During the off-season the Fever announced that head coach Pokey Chatman would not return for the 2020 season. Chatman was replaced by Marianne Stanley. This will be Stanley's first head coaching job in the WNBA. She was previously an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Los Angeles Sparks, and New York Liberty.[2][3]

Also, it was announced that the Bankers Life Fieldhouse would undergo renovations, which would force the Fever to host home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 season.[4]

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games.[5] However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Under a plan approved on June 15, the league is scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24.[7][8]

Transactions

WNBA Draft

The Fever will make the following selections in the 2020 WNBA Draft.

Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country
1 3 Lauren Cox  United States Baylor
2 14 Kathleen Doyle  United States Iowa
3 28 Kamiah Smalls  United States James Madison

Trades and roster changes
Date Details
February 13, 2020 Re-signed G Tiffany Mitchell[9]
February 13, 2020 Re-signed F Betnijah Laney[10]
February 19, 2020 Signed C Bernadett Határ[11]
March 2, 2020 Signed G Julie Allemand[12]
March 6, 2020 Traded G Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft.[13]
April 22, 2020 Released G Paris Key[14]
Released F Erica McCall[14]

Roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F11Achonwa, Natalie6' 3" (1.91m)190 lb (86kg)11-22-1992Notre Dame5
G20Allemand, Julie5' 8" (1.73m)147 lb (67kg)07-07-1996BelgiumR
8Burke, Kennedy02-14-1997UCLA1
FCox, Lauren6' 4" (1.93m)04-20-1998BaylorR
GDoyle, Kathleen5' 9" (1.75m)06-11-1998IowaR
F4Dupree, Candice6' 2" (1.88m)178 lb (81kg)09-16-1984Temple14
G/F44Laney, Betnijah6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)10-29-1993Rutgers4
F23Mavunga, Stephanie6' 3" (1.91m)205 lb (93kg)02-24-1995Ohio State2
C15McCowan, Teaira6' 7" (2.01m)09-28-1996Mississippi State1
G25Mitchell, Tiffany5' 9" (1.75m)152 lb (69kg)09-23-1994South Carolina4
G0Mitchell, Kelsey5' 8" (1.73m)160 lb (73kg)11-12-1995Ohio State2
G35Vivians, Victoria6' 1" (1.85m)183 lb (83kg)11-17-1994Mississippi State1
G17Wheeler, Erica5' 7" (1.7m)143 lb (65kg)05-02-1991Rutgers5
Head coach
Marianne Stanley
Assistant coaches
Steve Smith
April (McDivitt) Schilling
Athletic trainer
Garrett Hueber
Strength and conditioning coach
Shannon Patterson
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  WNBA roster page
East
ATL
CHI
CON
IND
NY
WAS
West
DAL
LV
LA
MIN
PHO
SEA

Game log

Preseason
2020 pre-season game log
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2020 pre-season schedule

Regular season
2020 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2020 season schedule

Standings
# Team W L PCT GB Home Road Conf. Cup
1 Atlanta Dream00.00000–00–00–00–0
2 Connecticut Sun00.00000–00–00–00–0
3 Chicago Sky00.00000–00–00–00–0
4 Dallas Wings00.00000–00–00–00–0
5 Indiana Fever00.00000–00–00–00–0
6 Las Vegas Aces00.00000–00–00–00–0
7 Los Angeles Sparks00.00000–00–00–00–0
8 Minnesota Lynx00.00000–00–00–00–0
9 New York Liberty00.00000–00–00–00–0
10 Phoenix Mercury00.00000–00–00–00–0
11 Seattle Storm00.00000–00–00–00–0
12 Washington Mystics00.00000–00–00–00–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing
y– Clinched conference
x– Clinched playoff berth
e – Eliminated from playoffs
Source

References
  1. "2020 Indiana Fever Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  2. "Pokey Chatman Will Not Return As Head Coach & General Manager". WNBA.com. WNBA. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  3. "Indiana Fever Announce Marianne Stanley As New Head Coach". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  4. General, Robby (June 24, 2019). "Bankers Life Fieldhouse will gain outdoor plaza with skating, lose Fever for two seasons". Indy Star. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  5. "Atlanta Dream Announce 2020 Schedule - Atlanta Dream". dream.wnba.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  6. "WNBA Statement Regarding the Start of the 2020 Regular Season". 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  7. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
  8. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  9. "Tiffany Mitchell Returns to the Fever". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  10. "Fever Re-Sign Betnijah Laney". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  11. "Fever Sign 6-10 Hungarian Center Bernadett Határ". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  12. "Indiana Fever sign Belgian guard Julie Allemand". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  13. "Fever Acquire Draft Picks in Trade with Minnesota". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. March 6, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  14. "Fever release Paris Kea and Erica McCall". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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