# 2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Hartford Hawks women's basketball team represented the University of Hartford during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawks, led by third-year head coach Kim McNeill, played their home games in the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 14–2 in American East play, to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Maine. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Providence in the first round.

## Media

All home games and conference road games were streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games were streamed on the opponents' websites. All games were broadcast on the radio on WWUH.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Villanova | L 41–59 | 0–1 | Finneran Pavilion (845) Villanova, PA |
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Morgan State Preseason WNIT first round | W 80–59 | 1–1 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (665) West Hartford, CT |
| November 11, 2018* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 25 Miami (FL) Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | L 62–75 | 1–2 | Watsco Center (783) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 18, 2018* 4:00 p.m. | | at New Mexico Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 65–72 | 1–3 | Dreamstyle Arena (4,330) Albuquerque, NM |
| November 21, 2018* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 73–60 | 2–3 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (478) West Hartford, CT |
| November 23, 2018* 3:00 p.m. | | vs. Southern Illinois South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 50–72 | 2–4 | South Point Arena (586) Enterprise, NV |
| November 24, 2018* 3:00 p.m. | | vs. No. 5 Louisville South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 69–86 | 2–5 | South Point Arena (989) Enterprise, NV |
| November 30, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | William & Mary | W 50–45 | 3–5 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (649) West Hartford, CT |
| December 9, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Bryant | W 67–57 | 4–5 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (676) West Hartford, CT |
| December 11, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Rhode Island | W 65–51 | 5–5 | Ryan Center (287) Kingston, RI |
| December 16, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 23 Michigan State | L 66–74 $^{OT}$ | 5–6 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,179) West Hartford, CT |
| December 21, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Princeton | L 38–75 | 5–7 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (546) West Hartford, CT |
| December 28, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Central Connecticut Rivalry | W 54–52 | 6–7 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (417) New Britain, CT |
| December 30, 2018* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at NJIT | W 84–53 | 7–7 | Wellness and Events Center (402) Newark, NJ |
| America East regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | W 64–36 | 8–7 (1–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (205) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 9, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UMBC | W 66–52 | 9–7 (2–0) | UMBC Event Center (426) Catonsville, MD |
| January 12, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 62–31 | 10–7 (3–0) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (562) West Hartford, CT |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Maine | W 49–46 | 11–7 (4–0) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (566) West Hartford, CT |
| January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | W 66–44 | 12–7 (5–0) | Costello Athletic Center (384) Lowell, MA |
| January 23, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 66–48 | 13–7 (6–0) | Lundholm Gym (273) Durham, NH |
| January 26, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Albany | W 82–35 | 14–7 (7–0) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (702) West Hartford, CT |
| January 30, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | L 62–73 | 14–8 (7–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,101) Vestal, NY |
| February 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | W 73–62 | 15–8 (8–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (858) West Hartford, CT |
| February 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 92–47 | 16–8 (9–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (554) West Hartford, CT |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Maine | L 58–78 | 16–9 (9–2) | Cross Insurance Center (1,443) Bangor, ME |
| February 16, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Vermont | W 76–48 | 17–9 (10–2) | Patrick Gym (589) Burlington, VT |
| February 20, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | W 56–49 | 18–9 (11–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (522) West Hartford, CT |
| February 23, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 69–45 | 19–9 (12–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (820) West Hartford, CT |
| February 27, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 63–50 | 20–9 (13–2) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (589) West Hartford, CT |
| March 2, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Albany | W 68–56 | 21–9 (14–2) | SEFCU Arena (996) Albany, NY |
| America East women's tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2019 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (7) UMBC Quarterfinals | W 65–48 | 22–9 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (523) West Hartford, CT |
| March 10, 2019 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (3) Stony Brook Semifinals | W 64–59 | 23–9 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (742) West Hartford, CT |
| March 15, 2019 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) | at (1) Maine Championship game | L 48–68 | 23–10 | Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME |
| WNIT ||||||
| March 21, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Providence First round | L 54–71 | 23–11 | Alumni Hall (368) Providence, RI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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