The 2018–19 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by ninth-year head coach Robin Pingeton. They played their games at Mizzou Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Drake in the first round before losing to Iowa in the second round.
Previous season The Tigers began the 2017–18 season ranked #16 in both the AP and Coaches Polls. They finished the season 24–8, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. Ranked 14th nationally, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to 19th-ranked Georgia.No. 19 Georgia women upset No. 14 Missouri at SEC tourney They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were upset by Florida Gulf Coast in the first round.Florida Gulf Coast women pull off upset of Missouri 80-70
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SEC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SEC 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 Final AP 16 16 21 RV 23 22 RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A Coaches 14 14^ 18 RV 25 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
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