# 2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represented James Madison University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by third year head coach Sean O'Regan, played their home games at the James Madison University Convocation Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 29–6, 16–1 in CAA play to win the CAA regular season title. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Hofstra. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated North Carolina A&T, South Florida, Virginia Tech in the first, second and third rounds, Georgetown in the quarterfinals before losing to Northwestern in the semifinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 3, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Post | W 95–44 | | JMU Convocation Center Harrionsburg, VA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 8, 2018* 7:00 pm | | George Washington | W 50–37 | 1–0 | JMU Convocation Center (1,898) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Nov 13, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Delaware State | W 103–57 | 2–0 | Memorial Hall (362) Dover, DE |
| Nov 16, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Georgetown | W 69–57 | 3–0 | JMU Convocation Center (1,927) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Hampton | L 65–72 | 3–1 | Hampton Convocation Center (2,123) Hampton, VA |
| Nov 25, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Winthrop | W 56–39 | 4–1 | JMU Convocation Center (1,844) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Liberty | W 74–53 | 5–1 | Vines Center (1,217) Lynchburg, VA |
| Dec 3, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Dayton | W 68–55 | 6–1 | JMU Convocation Center (1,829) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Dec 8, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at No. 7 Maryland | L 63–87 | 6–2 | Xfinity Center (4,357) College Park, MD |
| Dec 17, 2018* 11:00 am, ACCNE | | at Wake Forest | L 49–50 | 6–3 | LJVM Coliseum (9,786) Winston-Salem, NC |
| Dec 21, 2018* 2:00 pm | | St. John's | W 64–51 | 7–3 | JMU Convocation Center (2,154) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Dec 30, 2018* 12:00 pm | | at Robert Morris | W 59–36 | 8–3 | North Athletic Complex (418) Moon Township, PA |
| CAA regular season ||||||
| Jan 4, 2019 7:00 pm, NBCSWA | | at Delaware | W 68–43 | 9–3 (1–0) | Bob Carpenter Center (1,172) Newark, DE |
| Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Drexel | W 51–35 | 10–3 (2–0) | Daskalakis Athletic Center (629) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 11, 2019 7:00 pm | | Hofstra | W 77–54 | 11–3 (3–0) | JMU Convocation Center (1,922) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Jan 13, 2019 2:00 pm | | Northeastern | W 84–49 | 12–3 (4–0) | JMU Convocation Center (1,840) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Jan 18, 2019 7:00 pm | | at UNC Wilmington | L 63–66 | 12–4 (4–1) | Trask Coliseum (973) Wilmington, NC |
| Jan 20, 2019 2:00 pm | | at College of Charleston | W 91–50 | 13–4 (5–1) | TD Arena (350) Charleston, SC |
| Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm | | William & Mary | W 65–48 | 14–4 (6–1) | JMU Convocation Center (2,234) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm | | Elon | W 82–30 | 15–4 (7–1) | JMU Convocation Center (3,648) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm | | Towson | W 71–59 | 16–4 (8–1) | JMU Convocation Center (2,406) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Feb 8, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Northeastern | W 58–51 | 17–4 (9–1) | Cabot Center (495) Boston, MA |
| Feb 10, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Hofstra | W 59–44 | 18–4 (10–1) | Hofstra Arena (1,022) Hempstead, NY |
| Feb 15, 2019 12:00 pm | | College of Charleston | W 76–35 | 19–4 (11–1) | JMU Convocation Center (1,819) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Feb 17, 2019 2:00 pm | | UNC Wilmington | W 58–51 | 20–4 (12–1) | JMU Convocation Center (2,453) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Feb 22, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Elon | W 74–46 | 21–4 (13–1) | Schar Center (479) Elon, NC |
| Feb 24, 2019 2:00 pm | | at William & Mary | W 78–65 | 22–4 (14–1) | Kaplan Arena (744) Williamsburg, VA |
| Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm | | at Towson | W 63–56 | 23–4 (15–1) | SECU Arena (752) Towson, MD |
| Mar 7, 2019 7:00 pm | | Drexel | W 58–47 | 24–4 (16–1) | JMU Convocation Center (2,097) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Mar 9, 2019 2:00 pm | | Delaware | W 56–51 | 25–4 (17–1) | JMU Convocation Center (3,091) Harrisonburg, VA |
| CAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 14, 2019 12:00 pm, CAA.tv | (1) | vs. (9) Hofstra Quarterfinals | L 50–57 | 25–5 | Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 22, 2019* 7:00 pm | | North Carolina A&T First Round | W 48–37 | 26–5 | JMU Convocation Center (1,120) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Mar 24, 2019* 6:00 pm | | South Florida Second Round | W 71–54 | 27–5 | JMU Convocation Center (986) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Mar 28, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Virginia Tech Third Round | W 70–66 | 28–5 | JMU Convocation Center (2,872) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Mar 31, 2019* 2:00 pm | | Georgetown Quarterfinals | W 54–44 | 29–5 | JMU Convocation Center (2,074) Harrisonburg, VA |
| Apr 3, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Northwestern Semifinals | L 69–74 | 29–6 | JMU Convocation Center (1,992) Harrisonburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |