2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
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
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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

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.

Roster

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)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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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.

References

^ "Stanford Athletics". GoStanford.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

[1] "Stanford Athletics". GoStanford.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

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v t e Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
Venues	Maples Pavilion (1974–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee UConn
Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" Harvard upset
People	Head coaches WNBA draftees
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References