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The 2020 Indiana Fever season was the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season tipped off on July 25, 2020, versus the Washington Mystics.

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.

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.

This WNBA season will feature an all-time high 36 regular-season games. 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. 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.

The Fever started the season in a back-and-forth manner. The Fever went 2–2 in their first four games, alternating wins and losses. The season took a downward turn as the Fever lost five of their next seven games to be 4–7 at the halfway mark of the season. The second half started with a win but was marred by an eight-game losing streak. The Fever won the next to last game and lost on the final day of the season to finish 6–16. Their .273 winning percentages was the third worst in franchise history.

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

Roster

2020 Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs F 11 Achonwa, Natalie 6' 3" (1.91m) 190 lb (86kg) 1992-11-22 Notre Dame 5 G 20 Allemand, Julie 5' 8" (1.73m) 147 lb (67kg) 1996-07-07 Belgium R G 8 Burke, Kennedy 6' 1" (1.85m) 182 lb (83kg) 1997-02-14 UCLA 1 F 13 Cox, Lauren 6' 4" (1.93m) – 1998-04-20 Baylor R G 2 Doyle, Kathleen 5' 9" (1.75m) – 1998-06-11 Iowa R F 4 Dupree, Candice 6' 2" (1.88m) 178 lb (81kg) 1984-09-16 Temple 14 F 7 Lavender, Jantel 6' 4" (1.93m) 185 lb (84kg) 1988-11-12 Ohio State 9 C 15 McCowan, Teaira 6' 7" (2.01m) 239 lb (108kg) 1996-09-28 Mississippi State 1 G 25 Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 1994-09-23 South Carolina 4 G 0 Mitchell, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 1995-11-12 Ohio State 2 G 3 Smalls, Kamiah 5' 10" (1.78m) – 1998-04-17 James Madison R G 35 Vivians, Victoria 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1994-11-17 Mississippi State 1 G 17 Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 1991-05-02 Rutgers 5	Head coach Marianne Stanley (Immaculata) Assistant coaches Steve Smith : April (McDivitt) Schilling Athletic trainer Garrett Hueber Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Patterson Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Game log

Regular season

Awards and honors

Standings

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• t
• e

Notes

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoffs

Home and Away records not shown, as all games played at a neutral location.

Updated to include results from September 13, 2020

Source

Statistics

Regular season

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References

1. "2020 Indiana Fever Scheudle". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
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. November 26, 2019. Archived from the original on November 28, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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". April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
7. "WNBA Announces Plan To Tip Off 2020 Season". WNBA. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
8. "WNBA announces plans for 2020 season to start late July in Florida". NBC Sports Washington. June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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.
15. "Fever Acquire Jantel Lavender From Chicago Sky, Trade Stephanie Mavunga". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
16. "Rookie Of The Year Crystal Dangerfield Headlines 2020 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com. WNBA. September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
17. "Team Stats". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved October 8, 2020.

External links

• Official website of the Indiana Fever

• 2020 WNBA season
• Indiana Fever seasons
• 2020 in sports in Indiana