The 2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fifth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in Big East in Big East play to win the Big East regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Rice in the first round before losing to Texas A&M in the second round.
On April 3, Kieger left her alma mater after five seasons, the last three of which ended in NCAA tournament appearances, for the Penn State opening. She finished with a 5 year record of 99–64.
Previous season They finished the 2017–18 season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East play to share the regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 19 19 22 22 18 19 19 22 20 15 14 10 10 8 8 11 13 17 13-T N/A Coaches 19 19^ 19 17 15 16-T 17 19 16 14 13 9 9 7 7 11 12 17 13 19 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
See also 2018–19 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team
References