2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
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WNIT, Third Round | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 22–11 (11–7 Big 12) |
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Home arena | WVU Coliseum |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Baylor † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 37 | – | 1 | .974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Iowa State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 Texas | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1] |
The 2018–19 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team representes West Virginia University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by eighteenth-year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference.[2][3] They finished the season 22–11, 11–7, in the 'Big 12' play to finish in a tie for the fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament to Kansas State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Rider and Villanova in the first and second rounds before losing to Northwestern in the third round.
Previous season
The Mountaineers finished the season 25–12, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.
Roster
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Schedule
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Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Oct 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | West Liberty | W 88–53 | WVU Coliseum (2,089) Morgantown, WV | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | Coppin State | W 78–37 | 1–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,103) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Nov 11, 2018* 2:00 pm | NJIT | W 95–50 | 2–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,209) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Nov 15, 2018* 10:00 am | Bryant | W 94–48 | 3–0 | WVU Coliseum (9,607) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Nov 23, 2018* 5:15 pm | No. 25 | vs. No. 12 Iowa Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division semifinals | L 81–84 | 3–1 | Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
Nov 24, 2018* 4:15 pm | No. 25 | vs. Eastern Kentucky Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division 3rd place game | W 81–39 | 4–1 | Gateway Christian Academy (250) Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
Dec 2, 2018* 5:00 pm, Netstar | Missouri Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 51–68 | 4–2 | WVU Coliseum (1,273) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Dec 8, 2018* 3:00 pm | at Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl | W 77–43 | 5–2 | Peterson Events Center (674) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
Dec 15, 2018* 4:00 pm | vs. Eastern Kentucky | W 78–29 | 6–2 | Charleston Civic Center (1,856) Charleston, WV | |||||||
Dec 18, 2018* 7:00 pm | Morgan State | W 72–37 | 7–2 | WVU Coliseum (1,363) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Dec 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | Towson | W 90–43 | 8–2 | WVU Coliseum (1,108) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm | Niagara | W 84–32 | 9–2 | WVU Coliseum (2,026) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Big 12 regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 2, 2019 7:30 pm | at TCU | L 48–62 | 9–3 (0–1) | Schollmaier Arena (1,723) Fort Worth, TX | |||||||
Jan 6, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 13 Texas | L 58–70 | 9–4 (0–2) | WVU Coliseum (2,932) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, Netstar | Oklahoma State | W 67–58 | 10–4 (1–2) | WVU Coliseum (1,119) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Jan 13, 2019 3:00 pm | at Oklahoma | W 66–55 | 11–4 (2–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,171) Norman, OK | |||||||
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm | No. 18 Iowa State | W 73–64 | 12–4 (3–2) | WVU Coliseum (1,512) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Jan 20, 2019 5:00 pm, FS1 | at No. 2 Baylor | L 47–79 | 12–5 (3–3) | Ferrell Center (5,750) Waco, TX | |||||||
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 pm, FSN | Texas Tech | W 68–65 | 13–5 (4–3) | WVU Coliseum (1,436) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Jan 26, 2019 4:00 pm | Kansas State | W 60–30 | 14–5 (5–3) | WVU Coliseum (3,229) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Jan 28, 2019 8:00 pm, FS1 | at No. 12 Texas | W 64–58 | 15–5 (6–3) | Frank Erwin Center (3,052) Austin, TX | |||||||
Feb 3, 2019 3:00 pm, ATTSNPT | Kansas | W 71–50 | 16–5 (7–3) | WVU Coliseum (3,361) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Feb 9, 2019 7:00 pm | at No. 23 Iowa State | L 61–77 | 16–6 (7–4) | Hilton Coliseum (10,408) Ames, IA | |||||||
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm | at Texas Tech | W 75–72 | 17–6 (8–4) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,015) Lubbock, TX | |||||||
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, FSN | TCU | W 79–65 | 18–6 (9–4) | WVU Coliseum (6,108) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm | at Oklahoma State | W 77–64 | 19–6 (10–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,683) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
Feb 23, 2019 4:00 pm, ATTSNPT | Oklahoma | L 69–80 | 19–7 (10–5) | WVU Coliseum (4,823) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Feb 27, 2019 8:00 pm | at Kansas State | L 79–90 | 19–8 (10–6) | Bramlage Coliseum (2,814) Manhattan, KS | |||||||
Mar 2, 2019 8:00 pm | at Kansas | W 75–61 | 20–8 (11–6) | Allen Fieldhouse (2,682) Lawrence, KS | |||||||
Mar 4, 2019 7:00 pm, FS1 | No. 1 Baylor | L 57–63 | 20–9 (11–7) | WVU Coliseum (3,087) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Big 12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 9, 2019 12:00 pm, FSN | (4) | vs. (5) Kansas State Quarterfinals | L 59–72 | 20–10 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,353) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm | Rider First Round | W 83–43 | 21–10 | WVU Coliseum (1,032) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm | Villanova Second Round | W 64–57 | 22–10 | WVU Coliseum (1,388) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
Mar 27, 2019* 7:00 pm | Northwestern Third Round | L 54–56 | 22–11 | WVU Coliseum (1,314) Morgantown, WV | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | Not released |
Coaches | 25 | 25^ | 20 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | RV | — | — | — |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.
References
- ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball - Mountaineers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ West Virginia Mountaineers. "West Virginia Mountaineers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ "West Virginia Athletics". Wvusports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.