The 2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 9–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Indiana. They received an at-large bid to the WNIT. There, they defeated Northern Iowa in the first round before losing to Cincinnati in the second round.
Roster
Schedule and results
! colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
! colspan=9 style=|Big Ten conference season
! colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Women's Tournament
! colspan=9 style=|WNIT
Source
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 RV 25 23 20 14 13-T 13 12 12 18 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A Coaches RV RV^ RV RV 18 16-T 16 15 13 20 25 RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
See also 2018–19 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
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