# 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 41st-year head coach Harry Perretta, returned to play home games at the newly updated Finneran Pavilion after a 1-year renovation and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Georgetown. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT where they defeated Old Dominion in the first round before losing to West Virginia in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov 1, 2018* 7:00 pm | | East Stroudsburg | W 98–54 | | Finneran Pavilion Villanova, PA |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 7, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Hartford | W 59–41 | 1–0 | Finneran Pavilion (845) Villanova, PA |
| Nov 16, 2018* 6:00 pm | | at Lehigh | W 70–48 | 2–0 | Stabler Arena (957) Bethlehem, PA |
| Nov 20, 2018* 7:00 pm | | La Salle | W 81–68 | 3–0 | Finneran Pavilion (535) Villanova, PA |
| Nov 24, 2018* 12:00 pm | | vs. Virginia Tech UCF Thanksgiving Classic | L 59–61 | 3–1 | CFE Arena Orlando, FL |
| Nov 25, 2018* 1:30 pm | | at UCF UCF Thanksgiving Classic | L 56–71 | 3–2 | CFE Arena (730) Orlando, FL |
| Nov 28, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Princeton | W 67–46 | 4–2 | Finneran Pavilion (601) Villanova, PA |
| Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's Holy War | W 47–35 | 5–2 | Hagan Arena (1,138) Philadelphia, PA |
| Dec 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at George Washington | W 60–45 | 6–2 | Charles E. Smith Center (884) Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 9, 2018* 1:00 pm | | Temple | W 76–68 | 7–2 | Finneran Pavilion (761) Villanova, PA |
| Dec 14, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Georgia | W 62–56 | 8–2 | Finneran Pavilion (659) Villanova, PA |
| Dec 29, 2018 8:00 pm, FS2 | | Butler | L 55–63 | 8–3 (0–1) | Finneran Pavilion (641) Villanova, PA |
| Dec 31, 2018 1:00 pm, BEDN | | Xavier | W 75–71 | 9–3 (1–1) | Finneran Pavilion (909) Villanova, PA |
| Jan 4, 2019 8:00 pm, BEDN | | at Creighton | W 54–52 | 10–3 (2–1) | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,104) Omaha, NE |
| Jan 6, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN | | at Providence | L 61–67 | 10–4 (2–2) | Alumni Hall (512) Providence, RI |
| Jan 11, 2019 11:30 am, BEDN | | No. 15 Marquette | L 55–91 | 10–5 (2–3) | Finneran Pavilion (1,401) Villanova, PA |
| Jan 13, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN | | DePaul | L 59–66 $^{OT}$ | 10–6 (2–4) | Finneran Pavilion (819) Villanova, PA |
| Jan 16, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 58–50 | 11–6 | Palestra (621) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 19, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Georgetown | L 63–68 | 11–7 (2–5) | McDonough Gymnasium (1,297) Washington, D.C. |
| Jan 25, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | at Seton Hall | W 70–66 | 12–7 (3–5) | Walsh Gymnasium (902) South Orange, NJ |
| Jan 27, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at St. John's | W 73–57 | 13–7 (4–5) | Carnesecca Arena (754) Queens, NY |
| Feb 1, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | Providence | W 53–33 | 14–7 (5–5) | Finneran Pavilion (601) Villanova, PA |
| Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm, FS1 | | Creighton | W 67–62 $^{2OT}$ | 15–7 (6–5) | Finneran Pavilion (651) Villanova, PA |
| Feb 8, 2019 8:00 pm, BEDN | | at DePaul | L 70–93 | 15–8 (6–6) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,664) Chicago, IL |
| Feb 10, 2019 3:00 pm, BEDN | | at No. 8 Marquette | L 55–93 | 15–9 (6–7) | Al McGuire Center (2,234) Milwaukee, WI |
| Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | Georgetown | W 91–43 | 16–9 (7–7) | Finneran Pavilion (1,301) Villanova, PA |
| Feb 22, 2019 7:00 pm, BEDN | | St. John's | L 62–66 | 16–10 (7–8) | Finneran Pavilion (651) Villanova, PA |
| Feb 24, 2019 1:00 pm, BEDN | | Seton Hall | W 73–68 | 17–10 (8–8) | Finneran Pavilion (1,001) Villanova, PA |
| Mar 1, 2018 7:00 pm, FS2 | | at Xavier | W 68–63 | 18–10 (9–8) | Cintas Center (786) Cincinnati, OH |
| Mar 3, 2019 2:00 pm, BEDN | | at Butler | L 60–62 $^{OT}$ | 18–11 (9–9) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,012) Indianapolis, IN |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar 10, 2019 3:30 pm, FS2 | (5) | vs. (4) Georgetown Quarterfinals | L 67–76 | 18–12 | Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL |
| WNIT ||||||
| Mar 22, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Old Dominion First Round | W 86–81 $^{OT}$ | 19–12 | Finneran Pavilion (521) Villanova, PA |
| Mar 24, 2019* 3:00 pm | | at West Virginia Second Round | L 57–64 | 19–13 | WVU Coliseum (1,388) Morgantown, WV |
| *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 |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.