The 2018–18 DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team represented
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private university, private, Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission, Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th-centu ...
during the
2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2018 and concluded with the 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Final Four 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, title game at Amalie Ar ...
. The Blue Demons, led by thirty-third year head coach
Doug Bruno
Richard Douglas Bruno (born November 7, 1950) is the head coach of the DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball team. In 2016, he completed his 30th season as head coach. Under his tenure, the Blue Demons have qualified for post-season competition p ...
, played their home games at the
Wintrust Arena
Wintrust Arena at McCormick Square, previously referred to as DePaul Arena or McCormick Place Events Center, is a 10,387-seat sports venue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago that opened in 2017. It is the current home court for ...
as members of the
Big East Conference
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and M ...
. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Big East play to finish in second place. DePaul won the Big East Conference tournament championship game over
Marquette, 74–73.
They were upset in the first round by Missouri State in the
NCAA women's tournament.
Previous season
The Blue Demons finished the
2017–18 season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with Marquette. They won the
Big East women's tournament by defeating Marquette in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the
NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Oklahoma in the first round before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.
Roster
Schedule
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Big East Women's Tournament
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NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.
See also
2018–19 DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball team
References
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