# 2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by third year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State.
JR Payne's 2018–19 Colorado team started the Pac-12 conference season 0–11, the worst start to conference competition in program history, before finally winning its first conference game against USC on February 10, 2019. The previous worst conference start in program history was 9 losses to start conference play. Linda Lappe's 2015–16 Colorado team is the only other Colorado team to ever start 0–9 in conference. Lappe was fired at the end of that season.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2018* 7:00 pm | | Southern Nazarene | W 93–43 | | CU Events Center (388) Boulder, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 77–69 | 1–0 | CU Events Center (1,384) Boulder, CO |
| 11/14/2018* 7:00 pm | | Colorado State | W 59–40 | 2–0 | CU Events Center (1,394) Boulder, CO |
| 11/18/2018* 1:00 pm | | North Carolina | W 86–74 | 3–0 | CU Events Center (1,739) Boulder, CO |
| 11/23/2018* 3:00 pm | | at Nevada Nugget Classic | W 65–52 | 4–0 | Lawlor Events Center (1,070) Reno, NV |
| 11/25/2018* 12:00 pm | | vs. Utah State Nugget Classic | W 78–68 | 5–0 | Lawlor Events Center (137) Reno, NV |
| 11/27/2018* 7:00 pm | | Pepperdine | W 80–65 | 6–0 | CU Events Center (1,319) Boulder, CO |
| 12/02/2018* 11:00 am | | at Miami (FL) | L 58–73 | 6–1 | Watsco Center (896) Coral Gables, FL |
| 12/06/2018* 7:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 76–64 | 7–1 | CU Events Center (1,238) Boulder, CO |
| 12/09/2018* 1:00 pm | | Navy | W 59–43 | 8–1 | CU Events Center (1,668) Boulder, CO |
| 12/12/2018* 7:00 pm | | Prairie View A&M | W 79–38 | 9–1 | CU Events Center (1,302) Boulder, CO |
| 12/20/2018* 7:00 pm | | Samford | W 81–39 | 10–1 | CU Events Center (1,530) Boulder, CO |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2018 1:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | L 61–76 | 10–2 (0–1) | CU Events Center (2,277) Boulder, CO |
| 01/04/2019 7:00 pm | | Arizona | L 67–69 | 10–3 (0–2) | CU Events Center (1,673) Boulder, CO |
| 01/06/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | | No. 22 Arizona State | L 70–76 | 10–4 (0–3) | CU Events Center (2,024) Boulder, CO |
| 01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | L 58–68 | 10–5 (0–4) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,634) Seattle, WA |
| 01/13/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | L 48–74 | 10–6 (0–5) | Beasley Coliseum (647) Pullman, WA |
| 01/18/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 59–78 | 10–7 (0–6) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,045) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 6 Stanford | L 69–80 | 10–8 (0–7) | CU Events Center (2,373) Boulder, CO |
| 01/27/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | California | L 60–80 | 10–9 (0–8) | CU Events Center (2,303) Boulder, CO |
| 02/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 65–89 | 10–10 (0–9) | Gill Coliseum (4,600) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/03/2019 1:00 pm | | at No. 4 Oregon | L 43–102 | 10–11 (0–10) | Matthew Knight Arena (6,350) Eugene, OR |
| 02/08/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | UCLA | L 60–64 | 10–12 (0–11) | CU Events Center (2,261) Boulder, CO |
| 02/10/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 81–76 | 11–12 (1–11) | CU Events Center (2,215) Boulder, CO |
| 02/15/2019 7:00 pm | | at No. 19 Arizona State | L 49–66 | 11–13 (1–12) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,554) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona | L 51–63 | 11–14 (1–13) | McKale Center (2,321) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/22/2019 7:00 pm | | Washington State | W 72–61 | 12–14 (2–13) | CU Events Center (1,925) Boulder, CO |
| 02/24/2019 1:00 pm | | Washington | L 46–60 | 12–15 (2–14) | CU Events Center (3,698) Boulder, CO |
| 03/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 77–84 | 12–16 (2–15) | Galen Center (376) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/03/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 25 UCLA | L 50–84 | 12–17 (2–16) | Pauley Pavilion (2,411) Los Angeles, CA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | (12) | vs. (5) No. 20 Arizona State First Round | L 49–66 | 12–18 | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |