The 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
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 Cardinal, led by thirty-third year head coach
Tara VanDerveer
Tara Ann VanDerveer (born June 26, 1953) is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanfor ...
, played their home games at the
Maples Pavilion
Maples Pavilion is a 7,392-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. Opened in 1969, Maples underwent a $30 million renovation in March 2004 and reopened ahead of schedule, in time for conference pla ...
and are members of the
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They won the
Pac-12 women's tournament by defeating Oregon and earns an automatic the
NCAA women's tournament where they defeated UC Davis and BYU in the first and second rounds, Missouri State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.
Roster
Schedule
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Pac-12 Women's Tournament
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NCAA Women's Tournament
* The game between Stanford and Ohio State had been originally scheduled for November 18, 2018, but was cancelled due to
wildfires
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.
Rankings
2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Two human polls make up the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Legend
AP Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is the second ...
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
See also
2018–19 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
References
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Stanford Cardinal women's basketball seasons
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...