# 2018–19 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team represented Rutgers University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Scarlet Knights, led by 24th year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 22–10, 13–5 in Big Ten play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Iowa. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament in the 7th seed in the Albany Regional, where they got upset by Buffalo in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 6, 2018* 7:00 pm | | St. Francis (PA) | W 96–52 | 1–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,415) Piscataway, NJ |
| Nov 9, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Stony Brook | W 61–47 | 2–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,187) Piscataway, NJ |
| Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, BTN | | Central Connecticut State | W 73–44 | 3–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,583) Piscataway, NJ |
| Nov 16, 2018* 5:00 pm | | at Charlotte | Postponed | Postponed | Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC |
| Nov 18, 2018* 4:00 pm | | Albany | W 65–39 | 4–0 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,625) Piscataway, NJ |
| Nov 22, 2018* 5:30 pm | | vs. Drake Vancouver Showcase Quarterfinals | L 59–69 | 4–1 | Vancouver Convention Centre (383) Vancouver, BC |
| Nov 23, 2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. Gonzaga Vancouver Showcase Consolation 2nd round | L 40–57 | 4–2 | Vancouver Convention Centre (1,022) Vancouver, BC |
| Nov 24, 2018* 2:00 pm | | vs. East Tennessee State Vancouver Showcase 7th place game | W 68–44 | 5–2 | Vancouver Convention Centre (722) Vancouver, BC |
| Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Virginia Tech ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 51–67 | 5–3 | Cassell Coliseum (966) Blacksburg, VA |
| Dec 8, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Harvard | W 60–49 | 6–3 | Lavietes Pavilion (783) Cambridge, MA |
| Dec 15, 2018* 4:00 pm, BTN | | LSU | W 57–43 | 7–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,726) Piscataway, NJ |
| Dec 28, 2018 4:00 pm | | Northwestern | W 45–41 | 8–3 (1–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,952) Piscataway, NJ |
| Dec 31, 2018 12:00 pm | | at No. 4 Maryland | W 73–65 | 9–3 (2–0) | Xfinity Center (5,892) College Park, MD |
| Jan 4, 2019* 4:00 pm | | Brown | W 73–52 | 10–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,449) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 6, 2019 4:00 pm | | Penn State | W 74–61 | 11–3 (3–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,868) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 9, 2019 8:00 pm | | at Illinois | W 71–60 | 12–3 (4–0) | State Farm Center (1,150) Champaign, IL |
| Jan 13, 2019 3:00 pm, BTN | | at Nebraska | W 62–56 | 13–3 (5–0) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,222) Lincoln, NE |
| Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm | No. 20 | Purdue | W 65–63 $^{OT}$ | 14–3 (6–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,419) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm | No. 20 | No. 17 Michigan State | W 76–62 | 15–3 (7–0) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,539) Piscataway, NJ |
| Jan 23, 2019 8:00 pm | No. 14 | at No. 17 Iowa | L 66–72 | 15–4 (7–1) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,035) Iowa City, IA |
| Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm | No. 14 | at Penn State | W 69–61 | 16–4 (8–1) | Bryce Jordan Center (2,463) University Park, PA |
| Jan 31, 2019 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Indiana | W 69–64 | 17–4 (9–1) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,776) Piscataway, NJ |
| Feb 3, 2019 4:00 pm | No. 17 | at Minnesota | L 46–60 | 17–5 (9–2) | Williams Arena (4,888) Minneapolis, MN |
| Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm | No. 20 | No. 10 Maryland | L 48–62 | 17–6 (9–3) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (4,573) Piscataway, NJ |
| Feb 14, 2019 4:00 pm | No. 23 | Ohio State | L 39–59 | 17–7 (9–4) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,849) Piscataway, NJ |
| Feb 18, 2019 7:00 pm, BTN | | at Indiana | W 69–61 | 18–7 (10–4) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (3,324) Bloomington, IN |
| Feb 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Michigan | L 76–86 | 18–8 (10–5) | Crisler Center (2,508) Ann Arbor, MI |
| Feb 25, 2019 7:00 pm | | Wisconsin | W 73–53 | 19–8 (11–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,154) Piscataway, NJ |
| Feb 28, 2019 6:30 pm, BTN | | Minnesota | W 60–54 | 20–8 (12–5) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,852) Piscataway, NJ |
| Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, BTN | | at Ohio State | W 66–56 | 21–8 (13–5) | Value City Arena (5,030) Columbus, OH |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 2019 9:00 pm, BTN | (3) | vs. (11) Purdue Quarterfinals | W 64–49 | 22–8 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,325) Indianapolis, IN |
| Mar 9, 2019 7:30 pm, BTN | (3) | vs. (2) No. 10 Iowa Semifinals | L 67–72 | 22–9 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,415) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 22, 2019* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | (7 A) | vs. (10 A) Buffalo First Round | L 71–82 | 22–10 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| 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 |
| AP | | | | | | | | | | RV | 20-T | 14 | 17 | 20-T | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A |
| Coaches | | | | | | | | | | RV | 23 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |