The 2018–19 UConn Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut (UConn) during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by Hall of Fame head coach Geno Auriemma in his 34th season at UConn, played their home games at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the XL Center and were sixth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 35–3, 16–0 in AAC play to win the AAC regular season championship. They defeated East Carolina, South Florida, and UCF to win the AAC women's tournament title. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated Towson and Buffalo to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. They defeated UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen and Louisville in the Elite Eight to reach their 20th Final Four. In the National Semifinal, they lost in the rematch of last year's national semifinal game to Notre Dame.
Media Every Connecticut women's game was televised. Excluding exhibitions, most Connecticut games aired on SNY, an ESPN network, or a CBS network. Exhibition games and games that aired on SNY were also streamed on Husky Vision. Every game was broadcast on the UConn IMG Sports Network with an extra audio broadcast available online to listen to through Husky Vision.
Off-season
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes Andra Espinoza-Hunter 2 G 5'11" Freshman Ossining, NY Transferred to Mississippi State Kia Nurse 11 G 6'0" Senior Hamilton, ON Graduated / 2018 WNBA draft Gabby Williams 15 F 5'11" Senior Reno, NV Graduated / 2018 WNBA draft Azurá Stevens 23 G/F 6'6" RS Junior Raleigh, NC Declared for 2018 WNBA draft
Recruits
Roster
Alexis Gordon was only on the roster for the fall semester, after which she transferred from UConn.
Schedule
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=""|AAC Women's tournament
!colspan=12 style=""|NCAA Women's tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Week20 Final AP 2 2 2 2 1 (31) 1 (31) 1 (31) 1 (31) 1 (31) 3 (3) 2-T (1) 3 (1) 2 (2) 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 N/A Coaches 2 (2) ^ 2 (1) 2 1 (31) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (31) 1 (31) 3 (6) 4 (4) 2 (4) 2 (11) 5 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
^ Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
Player statistics Player Games Played Minutes Field Goals Three Pointers Free Throws Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals Points DangerfieldCrystal Dangerfield 38 1327 184 82 61 125 225 2 60 511 CollierNapheesa Collier 38 1270 323 15 131 411 134 64 56 792 WilliamsCristyn Williams 38 1217 171 47 54 122 86 8 46 443 SamuelsonKatie Lou Samuelson 34 1126 207 89 127 215 132 20 41 630 WalkerMegan Walker 36 1125 168 50 49 241 68 9 37 435 Nelson-OdodaOlivia Nelson-Ododa 38 533 111 0 50 145 25 54 15 166 CoombsMikayla Coombs 31 356 9 0 9 49 25 5 22 27 IrwinKyla Irwin 30 310 19 9 1 52 22 2 9 48 BentMolly Bent 27 206 20 11 2 18 22 0 11 53 CamaraBatouly Camara 25 120 17 0 5 29 9 5 6 39 GordonAlexis Gordon 4 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1"2018-19 Women's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". uconnhuskies.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
See also 2018–19 UConn Huskies men's basketball team
References