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2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

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2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record21–11 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2018–19 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Maryland 15 3   .833 29 5   .853
No. 8 Iowa 14 4   .778 29 7   .806
Rutgers 13 5   .722 22 10   .688
Michigan 11 7   .611 22 12   .647
Ohio State 10 8   .556 14 15   .483
Minnesota 9 9   .500 21 11   .656
Michigan State 9 9   .500 21 12   .636
Northwestern 9 9   .500 21 15   .583
Nebraska 9 9   .500 14 16   .467
Indiana 8 10   .444 21 13   .618
Purdue 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Penn State 5 13   .278 12 18   .400
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 15 18   .455
Illinois 2 16   .111 10 20   .333
2019 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Indiana. They received at-large bid of the WNIT. There they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the second round.

Roster

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2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F/C 2 Barbora Tomancova 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr SGLD Brno Brno, Czech Republic
G/F 3 Destiny Pitts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Detroit Country Day Detroit, MI
F 5 Taiye Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Southfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
F 11 Delaynie Byrne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Ralston Valley HS Arvada, CO
G 12 Mercedes Staples 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Viewmont HS Centerville, UT
F 20 Kehinde Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Southfield-Lathrup HS Southfield, MI
G 21 Jasmine Brunson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mary Louis Academy Queens, NY
G 23 Kenisha Bell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Sr Kennedy HS
Marquettte
Minneapolis, MN
F 25 Palma Kaposi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr None Pécs, Hungary
F 31 Irene Garrido Perez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Wyoming CC Granada, Spain
G 34 Gadiva Hubbard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Princess Anne HS Virginia Beach, VA
C 41 Annalese Lamke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS Milwaukee, WI
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018*
8:00 pm
New Hampshire W 70–47  1–0
Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
11/14/2018*
6:00 pm
No. 25 at Xavier W 78–53  2–0
Cintas Center (831)
Cincinnati, OH
11/17/2018*
7:30 pm
No. 25 San Diego W 53–48  3–0
Williams Arena (3,626)
Minneapolis, MN
11/20/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 23 Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 84–42  4–0
Williams Arena (3,007)
Minneapolis, MN
11/23/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 23 Cornell W 65–45  5–0
Williams Arena (4,339)
Minneapolis, MN
11/29/2018*
7:30 pm, BTN
No. 20 No. 12 Syracuse
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 72–68  6–0
Williams Arena (4,178)
Minneapolis, MN
12/02/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 20 Air Force W 67–50  7–0
Williams Arena (3,642)
Minneapolis, MN
12/05/2018*
12:00 pm
No. 14 Incarnate Word W 75–39  8–0
Williams Arena (7,835)
Minneapolis, MN
12/09/2018*
1:00 pm
No. 14 at Boston College W 77–69  9–0
Conte Forum (1,417)
Chestnut Hill, MA
12/12/2018*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Coppin State W 84–52  10–0
Williams Arena (3,583)
Minneapolis, MN
12/22/2018*
3:00 pm
No. 13 Rhode Island W 91–71  11–0
Williams Arena (5,224)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten conference season
12/28/2018
8:00 pm, BTN
No. 12 Wisconsin W 74–56  12–0
(1–0)
Williams Arena (7,918)
Minneapolis, MN
12/31/2018
1:00 pm
No. 12 at Michigan L 60–76  12–1
(1–1)
Crisler Center (4,506)
Ann Arbor, MI
01/06/2019
3:00 pm
No. 12 Illinois L 62–66  12–2
(1–2)
Williams Arena (6,622)
Minneapolis, MN
01/09/2019
6:00 pm
No. 18 at No. 23 Michigan State L 68–86  12–3
(1–3)
Breslin Center (5,018)
East Lansing, MI
01/14/2019
6:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 No. 22 Iowa L 63–81  12–4
(1–4)
Williams Arena (5,439)
Minneapolis, MN
01/17/2019
7:00 pm
No. 23 at Wisconsin W 78–50  13–4
(2–4)
Kohl Center (3,137)
Madison, WI
01/20/2019
5:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 23 at Nebraska L 57–63  13–5
(2–5)
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,072)
Lincoln, NE
01/24/2019
7:00 pm
Purdue L 53–64  13–6
(2–6)
Williams Arena (5,572)
Minneapolis, MN
01/28/2019
6:30 pm, BTN
Ohio State L 55–65  13–7
(2–7)
Williams Arena (3,470)
Minneapolis, MN
01/31/2019
7:00 pm
at Northwestern W 61–54  14–7
(3–7)
Welsh–Ryan Arena (606)
Evanston, IL
02/03/2019
3:00 pm
No. 17 Rutgers W 60–46  15–7
(4–7)
Williams Arena (4,888)
Minneapolis, MN
02/06/2019
6:00 pm
at Indiana W 65–61  16–7
(5–7)
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,398)
Bloomington, IN
02/10/2019
1:00 pm, BTN
Northwestern W 73–64  17–7
(6–7)
Williams Arena (5,475)
Minneapolis, MN
02/14/2019
5:00 pm, BTN
at Purdue W 65–45  18–7
(7–7)
Mackey Arena (6,126)
West Lafayette, IN
02/17/2019
1:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 97–67  19–7
(8–7)
Williams Arena (5,869)
Minneapolis, MN
02/21/2019
6:00 pm
at No. 8 Maryland L 69–71  19–8
(8–8)
Xfinity Center (5,116)
College Park, MD
02/28/2019
6:00 pm, BTN
at Rutgers L 54–60  19–9
(8–9)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,852)
Piscataway, NJ
03/03/2019
3:00 pm
Michigan State W 81–63  20–9
(9–9)
Williams Arena (7,707)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten Women's Tournament
03/07/2019
5:30 pm, BTN
(7) vs. (10) Indiana
Second Round
L 58–66  20–10
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
WNIT
03/22/2019*
6:30 pm
Northern Iowa
First Round
W 91–75  21–10
Williams Arena (2,549)
Minneapolis, MN
03/24/2019*
2:00 pm
at Cincinnati
Second Round
L 65–72  21–11
Fifth Third Arena (1,945)
Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[1]

Rankings

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Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
Week
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4
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18
Week
19
Final
AP RV 25 23 20 14 13-T 13 12 12 18 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A
Coaches RV RV^ RV RV 18 16-T 16 15 13 20 25 RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

See also

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2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "2018–2019 Schedule". GOPHERSPORTS.COM.