# 2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2018–19 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by eighth year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated North Carolina in the first round before losing to Baylor in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Westmont | W 79–62 | | Haas Pavilion (987) Berkeley, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Houston | W 80–79 | 1–0 | Haas Pavilion (1,246) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/11/2018* 11:00 am | No. 24 | at Penn State | W 75–58 | 2–0 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,406) University Park, PA |
| 11/13/2018* 3:00 pm, TheW.tv | No. 23 | at BYU | W 70–52 | 3–0 | Marriott Center (425) Provo, UT |
| 11/18/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 23 | Pacific | W 81–69 | 4–0 | Maples Pavilion (502) Stanford, CA |
| 11/23/2018* 4:00 pm | No. 18 | vs. Tulane USD Thanksgiving Tournament | W 65–57 | 5–0 | Jenny Craig Pavilion (421) San Diego, CA |
| 11/24/2018* 4:00 pm | No. 18 | at San Diego USD Thanksgiving Tournament | W 70–53 | 6–0 | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | Cal State Northridge | W 67–42 | 7–0 | Haas Pavilion (1,654) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/08/2018* 2:00 pm, TheW.tv | No. 13 | at Saint Mary's | W 81–78 $^{OT}$ | 8–0 | McKeon Pavilion (763) Moraga, CA |
| 12/16/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 13 | UC Santa Barbara | W 69–45 | 9–0 | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA |
| 12/22/2018* 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 14 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 66–76 | 9–1 | Haas Pavilion (10,818) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/30/2018* 2:00 pm | No. 14 | Harvard | L 79–85 | 9–2 | Haas Pavilion (2,319) Berkeley, CA |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | UCLA | L 79–84 $^{OT}$ | 9–3 (0–1) | Haas Pavilion (2,107) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/06/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | USC | W 66–59 | 10–3 (1–1) | Haas Pavilion (2,212) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/11/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | at Arizona | L 55–60 | 10–4 (1–2) | McKale Center (2,557) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/13/2019 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | at No. 19 Arizona State | L 61–62 | 10–5 (1–3) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,348) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/18/2019 11:30 am | | Washington State | W 77–63 | 11–5 (2–3) | Haas Pavilion (4,836) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/20/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | | Washington | W 79–70 | 12–5 (3–3) | Haas Pavilion (2,095) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/25/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 Utah | L 74–87 | 12–6 (3–4) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,071) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/27/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | W 80–60 | 13–6 (4–4) | CU Events Center (2,303) Boulder, CO |
| 01/31/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 8 Stanford | W 81–80 | 14–6 (5–4) | Haas Pavilion (3,117) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/02/2019 4:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 8 Stanford | L 50–75 | 14–7 (5–5) | Maples Pavilion (4,066) Stanford, CA |
| 02/08/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 3 Oregon | L 82–105 | 14–8 (5–6) | Haas Pavilion (2,719) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/10/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | No. 7 Oregon State | L 74–82 | 14–9 (5–7) | Haas Pavilion (3,220) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/15/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | at USC | L 76–86 | 14–10 (5–8) | Galen Center (412) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/17/2019 4:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | L 74–80 | 14–11 (5–9) | Pauley Pavilion (2,721) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/22/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 17 Arizona State | W 69–60 | 15–11 (6–9) | Haas Pavilion (1,667) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/24/2019 2:00 pm | | Arizona | W 82–76 $^{OT}$ | 16–11 (7–9) | Haas Pavilion (2,432) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/01/2019 7:00 pm | | at Washington | W 71–65 | 17–11 (8–9) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,333) Seattle, WA |
| 03/03/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | W 80–58 | 18–11 (9–9) | Beasley Coliseum (713) Pullman, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | (7) | vs. (10) Washington State First Round | W 77–58 | 19–11 | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| 03/08/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | (7) | vs. (2) No. 7 Stanford Quarterfinals | L 54–72 | 19–12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/23/2019* 12:30 pm, ESPN2 | (8 C) | vs. (9 C) North Carolina First Round | W 92–72 | 20–12 | Ferrell Center Waco, TX |
| 03/25/2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN | (8 C) | at (1 C) No. 1 Baylor Second Round | L 63–102 | 20–13 | Ferrell Center (5,367) Waco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. C=Chicago Region. All times are in Pacific 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 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13-T | 14 | 14 | 18 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | N/A |
| Coaches | RV | RV^ | 23 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.