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2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	21–11 (9–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lindsay Whalen (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Danielle O'Banion; Carly Thibault-DuDonis; Kelly Roysland;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

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.

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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.

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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	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

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v t e	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