The 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-third year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They won the Pac-12 women's tournament by defeating Oregon and earned an automatic the NCAA women's tournament. They defeated UC Davis and BYU in the first and second rounds, Missouri State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Notre Dame in the elite eight.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
The game between Stanford and Ohio State had been originally scheduled for November 18, 2018, but was cancelled due to wildfires.
Rankings 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 7 7 8 8 11 11 8 6 6 6 6 6 8 11 10 7 7 7 6 N/A Coaches 7 7^ 7 7 11 11 9 8 8 7 7 7 8 11 10 7 7 7 6 7 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes (NR) Not Ranked
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
See also 2018–19 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
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