# 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-third year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament by defeating Oregon and earned an automatic the NCAA women's tournament. They defeated UC Davis and BYU in the first and second rounds, Missouri State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 7 | Vanguard | W 87–36 | | Maples Pavilion (1,882) Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/07/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 7 | UC Davis | W 71–43 | 1–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,471) Stanford, CA |
| 11/11/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 7 | Idaho | W 115–71 | 2–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,582) Stanford, CA |
| 11/15/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 7 | San Francisco | W 96–62 | 3–0 | Maples Pavilion (2,077) Stanford, CA |
| 11/18/2018* 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | Ohio State | Cancelled | Cancelled | Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA |
| 11/23/2018* 6:30 pm | No. 8 | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Rainbow Wahine Shootout | W 88–65 | 4–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 11/24/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 8 | vs. American Rainbow Wahine Shootout | W 71–49 | 5–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 11/25/2018* 4:30 pm | No. 8 | at Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Shootout | W 81–59 | 6–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (1,383) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 8 | at Gonzaga | L 73–79 | 6–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| 12/15/2018* 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | No. 3 Baylor | W 68–63 | 7–1 | Maples Pavilion (3,440) Stanford, CA |
| 12/18/2018* 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 8 | at No. 9 Tennessee Rivalry | W 95–85 | 8–1 | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,051) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/21/2018* 9:00 am, ESPN+ | No. 8 | at Buffalo | W 62–55 | 9–1 | Alumni Arena (3,412) Amherst, NY |
| 12/29/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 6 | Cal State Northridge | W 69–43 | 10–1 | Maples Pavilion (2,520) Stanford, CA |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | USC | W 72–64 | 11–1 (1–0) | Maples Pavilion (2,557) Stanford, CA |
| 01/06/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | UCLA | W 86–80 | 12–1 (2–0) | Maples Pavilion (3,231) Stanford, CA |
| 01/11/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at No. 19 Arizona State | W 72–65 | 13–1 (3–0) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,728) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/13/2019 11:00 am, P12N | No. 6 | at Arizona | W 78–48 | 14–1 (4–0) | McKale Center (2,686) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/18/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | Washington | W 91–54 | 15–1 (5–0) | Maples Pavilion (2,535) Stanford, CA |
| 01/20/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | Washington State | W 85–64 | 16–1 (6–0) | Maples Pavilion (2,908) Stanford, CA |
| 01/25/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 6 | at Colorado | W 80–69 | 17–1 (7–0) | CU Events Center (2,373) Boulder, CO |
| 01/27/2019 11:00 am | No. 6 | at No. 21 Utah | L 68–75 | 17–2 (7–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,983) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/31/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at California | L 80–81 | 17–3 (7–2) | Haas Pavilion (3,117) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/02/2019 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | California | W 75–50 | 18–3 (8–2) | Maples Pavilion (4,066) Stanford, CA |
| 02/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | No. 7 Oregon State | W 61–44 | 19–3 (9–2) | Maples Pavilion (2,840) Stanford, CA |
| 02/10/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 11 | No. 3 Oregon | L 48–88 | 19–4 (9–3) | Maples Pavilion (5,250) Stanford, CA |
| 02/15/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at UCLA | W 65–51 | 20–4 (10–3) | Pauley Pavilion (2,479) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at USC | W 69–67 | 21–4 (11–3) | Galen Center (922) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/22/2019 7:00 pm | No. 7 | Arizona | W 56–54 | 22–4 (12–3) | Maples Pavilion (3,569) Stanford, CA |
| 02/24/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | No. 17 Arizona State | W 71–50 | 23–4 (13–3) | Maples Pavilion (3,057) Stanford, CA |
| 03/01/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at Washington State | W 67–42 | 24–4 (14–3) | Beasley Coliseum (833) Pullman, WA |
| 03/03/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | at Washington | W 72–53 | 25–4 (15–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,760) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | (2) No. 7 | vs. (7) California Quarterfinals | W 72–54 | 26–4 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,489) Paradise, NV |
| 03/09/2019 8:30 pm, P12N | (2) No. 7 | vs. (11) Washington Semifinals | W 72–61 | 27–4 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,189) Paradise, NV |
| 03/10/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2) No. 7 | vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Championship Game | W 64–57 | 28–4 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (5,023) Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 C) No. 7 | (15 C) UC Davis First Round | W 79–54 | 29–4 | Maples Pavilion (3,456) Stanford, CA |
| 03/25/2019* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 C) No. 7 | (7 C) BYU Second Round | W 72–63 | 30–4 | Maples Pavilion (2,450) Stanford, CA |
| 03/30/2019* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | (2 C) No. 7 | vs. (11 C) Missouri State Sweet Sixteen | W 55–46 | 31–4 | Wintrust Arena (7,714) Chicago, IL |
| 04/01/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 C) No. 7 | vs. (1 C) No. 3 Notre Dame Elite Eight | L 68–84 | 31–5 | Wintrust Arena (5,555) Chicago, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||
* The game between Stanford and Ohio State had been originally scheduled for November 18, 2018, but was cancelled due to wildfires.

## 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 |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.