2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 12th-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their fifth year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–4, 14–2 in ACC play to win a share of the regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received the at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 1 seed in the Albany region where they defeated Robert Morris and Michigan in the first and second rounds, Oregon State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.

2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
ACC regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 5
Record	32–4 (14–2 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Norman Samantha Williams Sam Purcell
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center
Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame†	14	–	2		.875			35	–	4		.897
No. 5 Louisville	14	–	2		.875			32	–	4		.889
No. 10 NC State	12	–	4		.750			28	–	6		.824
No. 19 Miami (FL)	12	–	4		.750			25	–	9		.735
No. 12 Syracuse	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
No. 25 Florida State	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
Clemson	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
North Carolina	8	–	8		.500			18	–	15		.545
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			17	–	13		.567
Virginia Tech	6	–	10		.375			22	–	12		.647
Duke	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Virginia	5	–	11		.313			12	–	19		.387
Boston College	3	–	13		.188			14	–	16		.467
Pittsburgh	2	–	14		.125			11	–	20		.355
Wake Forest	1	–	15		.063			10	–	20		.333
† 2019 ACC tournament winner As of March 7, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season at 36–3, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. They won the ACC women's tournament. They received an automatic bid for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed. In the tournament, they advanced to the Final Four where they lost to Mississippi State.

Off-season

Recruiting Class

Source:^[1]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mykasa Robinson G	Ashland, KY	Ashland Blazer	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 97
Seygan Robins G	Harrodsburg, KY	Mercer County	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 97
Molly Lockhart F	Louisville, KY	Butler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:    ESPN grade: 90
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:

Roster

2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Dana Evans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So West Side Leadership Academy Gary, IN G 2 Yacine Diop   5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Seton-La Salle Pittsburgh Dakar, Senegal F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Immaculate Conception Wanaque, NJ G 4 Seygan Robins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mercer County Harrodsburg, KY G 5 Mykasa Robinson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ashland Blazer Ashland, KY G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Lloyd C. Bird Long Beach, CA G 12 Lindsey Duvall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Bullitt East Mount Washington, KY F 21 Kylee Shook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Mesa Ridge Colorado Springs, CO G 23 Jazmine Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Florida A&M Developmental Tallahassee, FL G 24 Jessica Laemmle 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Jr Mercy Academy Louisville, KY G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr St. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, GA F 30 Molly Lockhart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Butler Louisville, KY F 33 Bionca Dunham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Imhotep Institute Charter Philadelphia, PA	Head coach Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky) Assistant coach(es) Stephanie Norman (Arizona State) Samantha Williams (Auburn) Sam Purcell (Auburn) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 18, 2018

Rankings

Main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular season ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	2 (10)	4	4	3 (2)	2 (3)	2 (3)	4	3	3	5	N/A
Coaches	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2 (9)	4	4	3	2 (3)	2 (2)	4-T	3	3	5	6

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at Western Kentucky	W 102–80	1–0	E. A. Diddle Arena (3,476) Bowling Green, KY
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at Chattanooga	W 75–49	2–0	McKenzie Arena (1,147) Chattanooga, TN
November 19, 2018* 9:00 pm	No. 5	at Boise State	W 74–55	3–0	Taco Bell Arena (4,125) Boise, ID
November 23, 2018* 5:30 pm	No. 5	vs. No. 19 Arizona State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 58–56	4–0	South Point Arena (1,276) Enterprise, NV
November 24, 2018* 3:00 pm	No. 5	vs. Hartford South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 86–69	5–0	South Point Arena (989) Enterprise, NV
November 26, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Miami (OH)	W 95–73	6–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,544) Louisville, KY
November 29, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Nebraska ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 85–68	7–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,363) Louisville, KY
December 2, 2018* 2:00 pm	No. 5	Tennessee State	W 107–52	8–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,762) Louisville, KY
December 4, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 5	UT Martin	W 102–62	9–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,004) Louisville, KY
December 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 5	No. 19 Kentucky Battle for the Bluegrass	W 80–75	10–0	KFC Yum! Center (13,786) Louisville, KY
December 15, 2018* 11:30 am	No. 4	Northern Kentucky	W 92–59	11–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,781) Louisville, KY
December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at Central Michigan	W 72–68	12–0	McGuirk Arena (2,833) Mount Pleasant, MI
January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 3	North Carolina	W 73–66	13–0 (1–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,506) Louisville, KY
January 6, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 3	at Duke	W 73–51	14–0 (2–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,148) Durham, NC
January 10, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	at No. 1 Notre Dame	L 68–82	14–1 (2–1)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) Notre Dame, IN
January 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 2	Georgia Tech	W 61–44	15–1 (3–1)	KFC Yum! Center (10,514) Louisville, KY
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	Virginia	W 91–43	16–1 (4–1)	KFC Yum! Center (7,834) Louisville, KY
January 20, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 73–49	17–1 (5–1)	LJVM Coliseum (1,193) Winston-Salem, NC
January 24, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 4	at No. 22 Florida State	W 68–49	18–1 (6–1)	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,446) Tallahassee, FL
January 27, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	Pittsburgh	W 70–42	19–1 (7–1)	KFC Yum! Center (10,067) Louisville, KY
January 31, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 3	No. 2 Connecticut	W 78–69	20–1	KFC Yum! Center (17,023) Louisville, KY
February 2, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 3	at Clemson	W 76–44	21–1 (8–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum (1,537) Clemson, SC
February 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 2	No. 15 Syracuse	W 76–51	22–1 (9–1)	KFC Yum! Center (8,521) Louisville, KY
February 10, 2019 12:00 pm, RSN	No. 2	at Virginia Tech	W 72–63	23–1 (10–1)	Cassell Coliseum (2,006) Blacksburg, VA
February 17, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	No. 20 Miami (FL)	L 73–79	23–2 (10–2)	KFC Yum! Center (12,193) Louisville, KY
February 21, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	at Virginia	W 71–49	24–2 (11–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,588) Charlottesville, VA
February 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	Boston College	W 87–51	25–2 (12–2)	KFC Yum! Center (11,132) Louisville, KY
February 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 3	No. 10 NC State	W 92–62	26–2 (13–2)	KFC Yum! Center (10,602) Louisville, KY
March 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 3	at Pittsburgh	W 67–40	27–2 (14–2)	Petersen Events Center (1,381) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 8, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN	(2) No. 3	vs. (7) Clemson Quarterfinals	W 75–67	28–2	Greensboro Coliseum (5,646) Greensboro, NC
March 9, 2019 2:30 pm, ESPNU	(2) No. 3	vs. (3) No. 9 NC State Semifinals	W 78–68	29–2	Greensboro Coliseum (6,943) Greensboro, NC
March 10, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(1) No. 3	vs. (2) No. 4 Notre Dame Championship Game	L 79–99	29–3	Greensboro Coliseum (10,104) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 22, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(1 A) No. 5	(16 A) Robert Morris First Round	W 69–34	30–3	KFC Yum! Center (6,593) Louisville, KY
March 24, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(1 A) No. 5	(8 A) Michigan Second Round	W 71–50	31–3	KFC Yum! Center (7,725) Louisville, KY
March 29, 2019* 9:30 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 5	vs. (4 A) No. 11 Oregon State Sweet Sixteen	W 61–44	32–3	Times Union Center (8,765) Albany, NY
March 31, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN	(1 A) No. 5	vs. (2 A) No. 2 Connecticut Elite Eight	L 73–80	32–4	Times Union Center (9,204) Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[2]

References

1. "Louisville Cardinals". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
2. "2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 19, 2019.