The 2018–19 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team represented University of South Dakota in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Coyotes, led by third-year head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, competed in the Summit League. They played home games in Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion, South Dakota.
The Coyotes went 28–6 overall and 14–2 in Summit League play. At one point during the season, South Dakota were ranked for the first time in school history. In the Summit League tournament the Coyotes reached the championship game for the sixth time in the past seven years, and again faced South Dakota State for the fifth time in those six years. The Coyotes reached the NCAA tournament, after the Summit League tournament loss to South Dakota State with an at-large bid to the Portland Regional as a number 8 seed. They faced off against Clemson, but lost.
Previous season In the 2017–18 season, the Coyotes went 29–7 overall and 14–0 in conference play, finishing first in the Summit League. They lost in the championship game of the 2018 Summit League tournament to South Dakota State.
With the loss to South Dakota State in the conference tournament, the Coyotes automatically qualified to the 2018 WNIT. They won their first three games against Houston, Colorado State and Michigan State, but lost to TCU in the quarterfinals.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Summit League regular season
!colspan=9 style=| The Summit League women's tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA women's tournament
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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 NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 RV RV RV N/A Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 25 25 25 NR + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
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