2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
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WNIT, Champions | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Record | 24–13 (7–11 Pac-12) |
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Home arena | McKale Center |
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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 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season of 24–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.
Previous season
They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Arizona State.
Off-season
Departures
Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Kat Wright | F | 6'0" | RS Senior | Woodland Hills, CA | Graduated |
JaLea Bennett | F | 6'0" | Senior | Grand Prairie, TX | Graduated |
Sammy Fatkin | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Snohomish, WA | Elected to transfer to Montana |
Incoming transfers
Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Recruits
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Cate Reese F |
Cypress, TX | Cypress Woods HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | ||
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Semaj Smith PG |
Long Beach, CA | St. Anthony HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A | ||
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Valeria Trucco F/C |
Turin, Italy | Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A | ||
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Shalyse Smith G/F |
Tacoma, WA | Bellarmine Prep | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A | ||
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Bryce Nixon PG |
Phoenix, AZ | Arcadia HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A | ||
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2020 recruiting class
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
10/29/2018* 6:30 pm |
Eastern New Mexico | W 88–31 | McKale Center (1,303) Tucson, AZ | ||||||||
11/05/2018* 6:30 pm |
Western New Mexico | W 78–41 | McKale Center (1,149) Tucson, AZ | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/09/2018* 6:30 pm |
Idaho State | W 71–46 | 1–0 |
McKale Center (1,226) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
11/13/2018* 6:30 pm |
Loyola Marymount | L 64–66 | 1–1 |
McKale Center (852) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
11/16/2018* 3:00 pm |
vs. Seattle Bank of Hawaii Classic |
W 84–54 | 2–1 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||
11/18/2018* 3:00 pm |
vs. Portland Bank of Hawaii Classic |
W 92–70 | 3–1 |
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||
11/23/2018* 6:30 pm |
South Carolina State | W 73–32 | 4–1 |
McKale Center (1,247) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
11/27/2018* 6:30 pm |
Incarnate Word | W 84–42 | 5–1 |
McKale Center (1,059) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
12/02/2018* 2:00 pm |
at San Diego State | W 69–60 | 6–1 |
Viejas Arena (1,900) San Diego, CA | |||||||
12/05/2018* 11:00 am |
Montana | W 100–51 | 7–1 |
McKale Center (4,703) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
12/09/2018* 3:00 pm |
at Long Beach State | W 70–43 | 8–1 |
Walter Pyramid (616) Long Beach, CA | |||||||
12/17/2018* 6:30 pm |
UTEP | W 62–40 | 9–1 |
McKale Center (1,076) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
12/21/2018* 6:30 pm |
Northern Arizona | W 71–47 | 10–1 |
McKale Center (1,866) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
12/30/2018 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 17 Arizona State | W 51–39 | 11–1 (1–0) |
McKale Center (5,006) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/04/2019 7:00 pm |
at Colorado | W 69–67 | 12–1 (2–0) |
CU Events Center (1,673) Boulder, CO | |||||||
01/06/2019 12:00 pm, P12N |
at Utah | L 64–80 | 12–2 (2–1) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,089) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N |
No. 24 California | W 60–55 | 13–2 (3–1) |
McKale Center (2,557) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/13/2019 12:00 pm, P12N |
No. 6 Stanford | L 48–78 | 13–3 (3–2) |
McKale Center (2,686) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/18/2019 8:00 pm |
at No. 10 Oregon State | L 64–86 | 13–4 (3–3) |
Gill Coliseum (5,061) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
01/20/2019 1:00 pm, P12N |
at No. 5 Oregon | L 60–93 | 13–5 (3–4) |
Matthew Knight Arena (7,062) Eugene, OR | |||||||
01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N |
USC | W 71–68 | 14–5 (4–4) |
McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
01/27/2019 2:00 pm, P12N |
UCLA | L 93–98 3OT | 14–6 (4–5) |
McKale Center (2,327) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
02/01/2019 6:00 pm, P12N |
at No. 21 Arizona State | L 47–60 | 14–7 (4–6) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,686) Tempe, AZ | |||||||
02/07/2019 8:00 pm, P12N |
at Washington | W 69–59 | 15–7 (5–6) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,444) Seattle, WA | |||||||
02/09/2019 1:00 pm, P12N |
at Washington State | L 88–90 | 15–8 (5–7) |
Beasley Coliseum (711) Pullman, WA | |||||||
02/15/2019 6:00 pm |
Utah | W 66–55 | 16–8 (6–7) |
McKale Center (2,002) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N |
Colorado | W 63–51 | 17–8 (7–7) |
McKale Center (2,321) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
02/22/2019 8:00 pm |
at Stanford | L 54–56 | 17–9 (7–8) |
Maples Pavilion (3,569) Stanford, CA | |||||||
02/24/2019 3:00 pm |
at California | L 76–82 OT | 17–10 (7–9) |
Haas Pavilion (2,432) Berkeley, CA | |||||||
03/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N |
No. 6 Oregon | L 54–83 | 17–11 (7–10) |
McKale Center (2,517) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
03/03/2019 3:00 pm, P12N |
No. 9 Oregon State | L 60–65 2OT | 17–12 (7–11) |
McKale Center (2,119) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/07/2019 3:00 pm, P12N |
(8) | vs. (9) USC First Round |
W 76–48 | 18–12 |
MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,012) Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/08/2019 3:00 pm, P12N |
(8) | vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Quarterfinals |
L 63–77 | 18–13 |
MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531) Paradise, NV | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
03/21/2019* 6:30 pm |
Idaho State First Round |
W 66–56 | 19–13 |
McKale Center (3,265) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
03/24/2019* 3:00 pm |
Pacific Second Round |
W 64–48 | 20–13 |
McKale Center (3,534) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
03/28/2019* 6:30 pm |
Idaho Third Round |
W 68–60 | 21–13 |
McKale Center (6,307) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
03/31/2019* 2:00 pm |
Wyoming Quarterfinals |
W 67–45 | 22–13 |
McKale Center (7,717) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
04/03/2019* 6:00 pm |
TCU Semifinals |
W 59–53 | 23–13 |
McKale Center (10,135) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
04/06/2019* 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
Northwestern Championship |
W 56–42 | 24–13 |
McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. |
Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV |
See also
2018–19 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team