The 2018–19 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's seventh season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, as a 10th seed in the Portland Regional, where they lost to 7th seed Indiana in the first round.

Previous season The Longhorns finished the season 28–7, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Maine and Arizona State in the first and second rounds before losing to UCLA in the sweet sixteen.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Jordan Hosey 5 F 6'1" Junior Pearland, TX Graduate transferred Brooke McCarthy 11 G 5'4" Senior League City, TX Graduated Chasity Patterson 15 G 5'5" Sophomore Houston, TX Departed the team on November 10, 2018 having only played in the Duquesne game. Ariel Atkins 23 G 5'11" Senior Duncanville, TX Graduated Khaléann Caron-Goudreau 30 F 6'4" RS junior Gatineau, QE Graduate transferred to Laval Audrey Ann Caron-Goudreau 31 F 6'4" Senior Gatineau, QE Graduated Rellah Boothe 35 F 6'3" Freshman Ocala, FL Transferred to Middle Tennessee

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Danni Williams G 5'10" Senior Clovis, MN Transferred from Texas A&M. Was eligible to play immediately, since she graduated from Texas A&M.

Recruits

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Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 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 11 11 10 10 12 12 12 13 13 11 11 12 12 12 15 19 18 21 22 23 Coaches 8 8^ 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 13 14 15 15 19 19 22 24 NR + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

2018–19 media

Television and radio information Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9.

See also 2018–19 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

References