The 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes, led by 19th year head coach Lisa Bluder, played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 29–7, 14–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. Iowa won the Big Ten Conference tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Greensboro region where they defeated Mercer and Missouri in the first and second rounds, NC State in the Sweet Sixteen to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993. They lost to eventual national champion Baylor in the Elite Eight.
Off-season Departures Name # Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure 4 F 6'3" Minneapolis, MN Completed college eligibility 14 G 6'1" Davenport, IA Left the sport 34 F 6'1" Brodhead, WI Transferred to University of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Recruits
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!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=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP 13 13 12 14 16 16 16 16 19 17 22 17 13 16 14 10 12 10 8 N/A Coaches 17 17^ 14 15 16 15 15 16 20 17 18 15 12 16 13 10 11 10 8 8
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
2019 WNBA draft
2 17 Megan Gustafson Dallas Wings
See also 2018–19 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
References