# 2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season of 24–13, 7–11 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 Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.

## Previous season

They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Arizona State.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Kat Wright | F | 6'0" | RS Senior | Woodland Hills, CA | Graduated |
| JaLea Bennett | F | 6'0" | Senior | Grand Prairie, TX | Graduated |
| Sammy Fatkin | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Snohomish, WA | Elected to transfer to Montana |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes |

### Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Cate Reese F | Cypress, TX | Cypress Woods HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Semaj Smith PG | Long Beach, CA | St. Anthony HS | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Valeria Trucco F/C | Turin, Italy | Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA) | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Shalyse Smith G/F | Tacoma, WA | Bellarmine Prep | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 90 ||||||
| Bryce Nixon PG | Phoenix, AZ | Arcadia HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 89 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2018 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016. ||||||

### 2020 recruiting class
## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2018* 6:30 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 88–31 | | McKale Center (1,303) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/05/2018* 6:30 pm | | Western New Mexico | W 78–41 | | McKale Center (1,149) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2018* 6:30 pm | | Idaho State | W 71–46 | 1–0 | McKale Center (1,226) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/13/2018* 6:30 pm | | Loyola Marymount | L 64–66 | 1–1 | McKale Center (852) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/16/2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. Seattle Bank of Hawaii Classic | W 84–54 | 2–1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 11/18/2018* 3:00 pm | | vs. Portland Bank of Hawaii Classic | W 92–70 | 3–1 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| 11/23/2018* 6:30 pm | | South Carolina State | W 73–32 | 4–1 | McKale Center (1,247) Tucson, AZ |
| 11/27/2018* 6:30 pm | | Incarnate Word | W 84–42 | 5–1 | McKale Center (1,059) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/02/2018* 2:00 pm | | at San Diego State | W 69–60 | 6–1 | Viejas Arena (1,900) San Diego, CA |
| 12/05/2018* 11:00 am | | Montana | W 100–51 | 7–1 | McKale Center (4,703) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/09/2018* 3:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | W 70–43 | 8–1 | Walter Pyramid (616) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/17/2018* 6:30 pm | | UTEP | W 62–40 | 9–1 | McKale Center (1,076) Tucson, AZ |
| 12/21/2018* 6:30 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 71–47 | 10–1 | McKale Center (1,866) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2018 5:00 pm, P12N | | No. 17 Arizona State | W 51–39 | 11–1 (1–0) | McKale Center (5,006) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/04/2019 7:00 pm | | at Colorado | W 69–67 | 12–1 (2–0) | CU Events Center (1,673) Boulder, CO |
| 01/06/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 64–80 | 12–2 (2–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,089) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 24 California | W 60–55 | 13–2 (3–1) | McKale Center (2,557) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/13/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | No. 6 Stanford | L 48–78 | 13–3 (3–2) | McKale Center (2,686) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/18/2019 8:00 pm | | at No. 10 Oregon State | L 64–86 | 13–4 (3–3) | Gill Coliseum (5,061) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/20/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 5 Oregon | L 60–93 | 13–5 (3–4) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,062) Eugene, OR |
| 01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 71–68 | 14–5 (4–4) | McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/27/2019 2:00 pm, P12N | | UCLA | L 93–98 $^{3OT}$ | 14–6 (4–5) | McKale Center (2,327) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/01/2019 6:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 21 Arizona State | L 47–60 | 14–7 (4–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,686) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/07/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | W 69–59 | 15–7 (5–6) | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,444) Seattle, WA |
| 02/09/2019 1:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | L 88–90 | 15–8 (5–7) | Beasley Coliseum (711) Pullman, WA |
| 02/15/2019 6:00 pm | | Utah | W 66–55 | 16–8 (6–7) | McKale Center (2,002) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 63–51 | 17–8 (7–7) | McKale Center (2,321) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/22/2019 8:00 pm | | at Stanford | L 54–56 | 17–9 (7–8) | Maples Pavilion (3,569) Stanford, CA |
| 02/24/2019 3:00 pm | | at California | L 76–82 $^{OT}$ | 17–10 (7–9) | Haas Pavilion (2,432) Berkeley, CA |
| 03/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 6 Oregon | L 54–83 | 17–11 (7–10) | McKale Center (2,517) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/03/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | | No. 9 Oregon State | L 60–65 $^{2OT}$ | 17–12 (7–11) | McKale Center (2,119) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | (8) | vs. (9) USC First Round | W 76–48 | 18–12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,012) Paradise, NV |
| 03/08/2019 3:00 pm, P12N | (8) | vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Quarterfinals | L 63–77 | 18–13 | MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531) Paradise, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/21/2019* 6:30 pm | | Idaho State First Round | W 66–56 | 19–13 | McKale Center (3,265) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/24/2019* 3:00 pm | | Pacific Second Round | W 64–48 | 20–13 | McKale Center (3,534) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/28/2019* 6:30 pm | | Idaho Third Round | W 68–60 | 21–13 | McKale Center (6,307) Tucson, AZ |
| 03/31/2019* 2:00 pm | | Wyoming Quarterfinals | W 67–45 | 22–13 | McKale Center (7,717) Tucson, AZ |
| 04/03/2019* 6:00 pm | | TCU Semifinals | W 59–53 | 23–13 | McKale Center (10,135) Tucson, AZ |
| 04/06/2019* 12:00 pm, CBSSN | | Northwestern Championship | W 56–42 | 24–13 | McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain 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 | | | | | | | | | RV | | RV | | | | | | | | | N/A |
| Coaches | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | RV |