The 2018–19 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Tina Langley, played their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 28–4, 16–0 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season championship. They also won the C-USA women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, which was their first trip since 2005. They lost in the first round to Marquette in an overtime thriller. They finished the season with 28 wins, the most in school history.
On February 18, 2019, the Owls entered the AP Top 25 at No. 25. This was their' first time being ranked in the AP Poll in program history. Rice won the Conference USA tournament championship game over Middle Tennessee, 69–54. Nancy Mulkey was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Conference USA regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Conference USA Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 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 RV RV RV 25 24 24 24 21 Coaches RV RV RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2018–19 Rice Owls men's basketball team
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