2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-third year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. 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 earned an automatic the NCAA women's tournament. 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.

2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Rainbow Wahine Shootout champions Pac-12 Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	31–5 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (33rd season)
Associate head coach	Kate Paye (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Tempie Brown (6th season) Lindy La Rocque (2nd season)
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Oregon	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			31	–	5		.861
No. 11 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
No. 20 UCLA	12	–	6		.667			22	–	13		.629
No. 22 Arizona State	10	–	7		.588			22	–	11		.667
Utah	9	–	9		.500			20	–	10		.667
California	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Arizona	7	–	11		.389			24	–	13		.649
USC	7	–	11		.389			17	–	13		.567
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Washington	2	–	15		.118			11	–	21		.344
Colorado	2	–	16		.111			12	–	18		.400
† 2019 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 2 Shannon Coffee 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Centerville Dayton, OH G 3 Anna Wilson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Bellevue Bellevue, WA F 4 Nadia Fingall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Choctawhatchee Navarre, FL F 10 Alyssa Jerome 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Harbord Collegiate Toronto, ON F 11 Alanna Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Wesley College Melbourne, Australia F 12 Lexie Hull 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Central Valley Spokane, WA G 13 Marta Sniezek 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr National Cathedral McLean, VA G 14 Mikaela Brewer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Innisdale Secondary School Barrie, ON F 15 Maya Dodson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So St. Francis Alpharetta, GA F 20 Estella Moschkau 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Edgewood Madison, WI G 21 DiJonai Carrington 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Horizon Christian Academy San Diego, CA G 22 Alexa Romano 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr La Cueva Albuquerque, NM G 23 Kiana Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Karen Wagner San Antonio, TX F 24 Lacie Hull 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Central Valley Spokane, WA G 54 Jenna Brown 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr The Lovett School Atlanta, GA	Head coach Tara VanDerveer (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Lindy La Rocque (Stanford) Tempie Brown (Michigan) Kate Paye (Stanford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 7	Vanguard	W 87–36		Maples Pavilion (1,882) Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/07/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 7	UC Davis	W 71–43	1–0	Maples Pavilion (2,471) Stanford, CA
11/11/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 7	Idaho	W 115–71	2–0	Maples Pavilion (2,582) Stanford, CA
11/15/2018* 7:00 pm	No. 7	San Francisco	W 96–62	3–0	Maples Pavilion (2,077) Stanford, CA
11/18/2018* 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	Ohio State	Cancelled		Maples Pavilion  Stanford, CA
11/23/2018* 6:30 pm	No. 8	vs. Florida Gulf Coast Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 88–65	4–0	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
11/24/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 8	vs. American Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 71–49	5–0	Stan Sheriff Center  Honolulu, HI
11/25/2018* 4:30 pm	No. 8	at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Shootout	W 81–59	6–0	Stan Sheriff Center (1,383) Honolulu, HI
12/02/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 8	at Gonzaga	L 73–79	6–1	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
12/15/2018* 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	No. 3 Baylor	W 68–63	7–1	Maples Pavilion (3,440) Stanford, CA
12/18/2018* 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	at No. 9 Tennessee Rivalry	W 95–85	8–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (8,051) Knoxville, TN
12/21/2018* 9:00 am, ESPN+	No. 8	at Buffalo	W 62–55	9–1	Alumni Arena (3,412) Amherst, NY
12/29/2018* 2:00 pm	No. 6	Cal State Northridge	W 69–43	10–1	Maples Pavilion (2,520) Stanford, CA
Pac-12 regular season
01/04/2019 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	USC	W 72–64	11–1 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,557) Stanford, CA
01/06/2019 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	UCLA	W 86–80	12–1 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,231) Stanford, CA
01/11/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	at No. 19 Arizona State	W 72–65	13–1 (3–0)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,728) Tempe, AZ
01/13/2019 11:00 am, P12N	No. 6	at Arizona	W 78–48	14–1 (4–0)	McKale Center (2,686) Tucson, AZ
01/18/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Washington	W 91–54	15–1 (5–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,535) Stanford, CA
01/20/2019 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	Washington State	W 85–64	16–1 (6–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,908) Stanford, CA
01/25/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 6	at Colorado	W 80–69	17–1 (7–0)	CU Events Center (2,373) Boulder, CO
01/27/2019 11:00 am	No. 6	at No. 21 Utah	L 68–75	17–2 (7–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,983) Salt Lake City, UT
01/31/2019 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at California	L 80–81	17–3 (7–2)	Haas Pavilion (3,117) Berkeley, CA
02/02/2019 4:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	California	W 75–50	18–3 (8–2)	Maples Pavilion (4,066) Stanford, CA
02/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	No. 7 Oregon State	W 61–44	19–3 (9–2)	Maples Pavilion (2,840) Stanford, CA
02/10/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 11	No. 3 Oregon	L 48–88	19–4 (9–3)	Maples Pavilion (5,250) Stanford, CA
02/15/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at UCLA	W 65–51	20–4 (10–3)	Pauley Pavilion (2,479) Los Angeles, CA
02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at USC	W 69–67	21–4 (11–3)	Galen Center (922) Los Angeles, CA
02/22/2019 7:00 pm	No. 7	Arizona	W 56–54	22–4 (12–3)	Maples Pavilion (3,569) Stanford, CA
02/24/2019 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	No. 17 Arizona State	W 71–50	23–4 (13–3)	Maples Pavilion (3,057) Stanford, CA
03/01/2019 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	at Washington State	W 67–42	24–4 (14–3)	Beasley Coliseum (833) Pullman, WA
03/03/2019 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	at Washington	W 72–53	25–4 (15–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,760) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N	(2) No. 7	vs. (7) California Quarterfinals	W 72–54	26–4	MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,489) Paradise, NV
03/09/2019 8:30 pm, P12N	(2) No. 7	vs. (11) Washington Semifinals	W 72–61	27–4	MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,189) Paradise, NV
03/10/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN2	(2) No. 7	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Championship Game	W 64–57	28–4	MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,023) Paradise, NV
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/23/2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 C) No. 7	(15 C) UC Davis First Round	W 79–54	29–4	Maples Pavilion (3,456) Stanford, CA
03/25/2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 C) No. 7	(7 C) BYU Second Round	W 72–63	30–4	Maples Pavilion (2,450) Stanford, CA
03/30/2019* 3:30 pm, ESPN2	(2 C) No. 7	vs. (11 C) Missouri State Sweet Sixteen	W 55–46	31–4	Wintrust Arena (7,714) Chicago, IL
04/01/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 C) No. 7	vs. (1 C) No. 3 Notre Dame Elite Eight	L 68–84	31–5	Wintrust Arena (5,555) Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

• The game between Stanford and Ohio State had been originally scheduled for November 18, 2018, but was cancelled due to wildfires.

Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	7	7	8	8	11	11	8	6	6	6	6	6	8	11	10	7	7	7	6	N/A
Coaches	7	7^	7	7	11	11	9	8	8	7	7	7	8	11	10	7	7	7	6	7

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

2018–19 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team