The 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team representes

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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 Mountaineers were coached by eighteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, play their home games at

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and were members of the

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...

. They finished the season 22–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the

Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year. It is operated in a similar fashion to the men's college National Invitation Tournam ...

where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the season 25–12, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the

where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

References

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