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2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

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2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
ACC regular season co-champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 5
Record32–4 (14–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
Seasons
2018–19 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Notre Dame 14 2   .875 35 4   .897
No. 5 Louisville 14 2   .875 32 4   .889
No. 10 NC State 12 4   .750 28 6   .824
No. 19 Miami (FL) 12 4   .750 25 9   .735
No. 12 Syracuse 11 5   .688 25 9   .735
No. 25 Florida State 10 6   .625 24 9   .727
Clemson 9 7   .563 20 13   .606
North Carolina 8 8   .500 18 15   .545
Georgia Tech 7 9   .438 17 13   .567
Virginia Tech 6 10   .375 22 12   .647
Duke 6 10   .375 15 15   .500
Virginia 5 11   .313 12 19   .387
Boston College 3 13   .188 14 16   .467
Pittsburgh 2 14   .125 11 20   .355
Wake Forest 1 15   .063 10 20   .333
2019 ACC tournament winner
As of March 7, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 12th-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their fifth year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 32–4, 14–2 in ACC play to win a share of the regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received the at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 1 seed in the Albany region where they defeated Robert Morris and Michigan in the first and second rounds, Oregon State in the sweet sixteen before losing to Connecticut in the elite eight.

Previous season

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The Cardinals finished the 2017–18 season at 36–3, 15–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. They won the ACC women's tournament. They received an automatic bid for the NCAA women's tournament as a number one seed. In the tournament, they advanced to the Final Four where they lost to Mississippi State.

Off-season

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Recruiting Class

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Source:[1]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Mykasa Robinson
G
Ashland, KY Ashland Blazer 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 97
Seygan Robins
G
Harrodsburg, KY Mercer County 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 97
Molly Lockhart
F
Louisville, KY Butler 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Roster

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2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Dana Evans 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So West Side Leadership Academy Gary, IN
G 2 Yacine Diop Injured 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Sr Seton-La Salle
Pittsburgh
Dakar, Senegal
F 3 Sam Fuehring 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Immaculate Conception Wanaque, NJ
G 4 Seygan Robins 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Mercer County Harrodsburg, KY
G 5 Mykasa Robinson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Ashland Blazer Ashland, KY
G 11 Arica Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Lloyd C. Bird Long Beach, CA
G 12 Lindsey Duvall 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Fr Bullitt East Mount Washington, KY
F 21 Kylee Shook 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Mesa Ridge Colorado Springs, CO
G 23 Jazmine Jones 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Florida A&M Developmental Tallahassee, FL
G 24 Jessica Laemmle 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Jr Mercy Academy Louisville, KY
G 25 Asia Durr 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr St. Pius X Catholic Douglasville, GA
F 30 Molly Lockhart 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Butler Louisville, KY
F 33 Bionca Dunham 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Imhotep Institute Charter Philadelphia, PA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 18, 2018

Rankings

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Regular season ranking movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.
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AP 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 2 (10) 4 4 3 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 4 3 3 5 N/A
Coaches 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 (9) 4 4 3 2 (3) 2 (2) 4-T 3 3 5 6

Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and AP does not release a final poll.

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
November 6, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 5 at Western Kentucky W 102–80  1–0
E. A. Diddle Arena (3,476)
Bowling Green, KY
November 9, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 5 at Chattanooga W 75–49  2–0
McKenzie Arena (1,147)
Chattanooga, TN
November 19, 2018*
9:00 pm
No. 5 at Boise State W 74–55  3–0
Taco Bell Arena (4,125)
Boise, ID
November 23, 2018*
5:30 pm
No. 5 vs. No. 19 Arizona State
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 58–56  4–0
South Point Arena (1,276)
Enterprise, NV
November 24, 2018*
3:00 pm
No. 5 vs. Hartford
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 86–69  5–0
South Point Arena (989)
Enterprise, NV
November 26, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 5 Miami (OH) W 95–73  6–0
KFC Yum! Center (7,544)
Louisville, KY
November 29, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 5 Nebraska
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 85–68  7–0
KFC Yum! Center (7,363)
Louisville, KY
December 2, 2018*
2:00 pm
No. 5 Tennessee State W 107–52  8–0
KFC Yum! Center (7,762)
Louisville, KY
December 4, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 5 UT Martin W 102–62  9–0
KFC Yum! Center (7,004)
Louisville, KY
December 9, 2018*
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 5 No. 19 Kentucky
Battle for the Bluegrass
W 80–75  10–0
KFC Yum! Center (13,786)
Louisville, KY
December 15, 2018*
11:30 am
No. 4 Northern Kentucky W 92–59  11–0
KFC Yum! Center (7,781)
Louisville, KY
December 20, 2018*
7:00 pm
No. 3 at Central Michigan W 72–68  12–0
McGuirk Arena (2,833)
Mount Pleasant, MI
January 3, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 North Carolina W 73–66  13–0
(1–0)
KFC Yum! Center (8,506)
Louisville, KY
January 6, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 at Duke W 73–51  14–0
(2–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,148)
Durham, NC
January 10, 2019
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 2 at No. 1 Notre Dame L 68–82  14–1
(2–1)
Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149)
Notre Dame, IN
January 13, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 2 Georgia Tech W 61–44  15–1
(3–1)
KFC Yum! Center (10,514)
Louisville, KY
January 17, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 4 Virginia W 91–43  16–1
(4–1)
KFC Yum! Center (7,834)
Louisville, KY
January 20, 2019
1:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 4 at Wake Forest W 73–49  17–1
(5–1)
LJVM Coliseum (1,193)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 24, 2019
7:00 pm, RSN
No. 4 at No. 22 Florida State W 68–49  18–1
(6–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,446)
Tallahassee, FL
January 27, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 4 Pittsburgh W 70–42  19–1
(7–1)
KFC Yum! Center (10,067)
Louisville, KY
January 31, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN
No. 3 No. 2 Connecticut W 78–69  20–1
KFC Yum! Center (17,023)
Louisville, KY
February 2, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 at Clemson W 76–44  21–1
(8–1)
Littlejohn Coliseum (1,537)
Clemson, SC
February 7, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 2 No. 15 Syracuse W 76–51  22–1
(9–1)
KFC Yum! Center (8,521)
Louisville, KY
February 10, 2019
12:00 pm, RSN
No. 2 at Virginia Tech W 72–63  23–1
(10–1)
Cassell Coliseum (2,006)
Blacksburg, VA
February 17, 2019
3:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 2 No. 20 Miami (FL) L 73–79  23–2
(10–2)
KFC Yum! Center (12,193)
Louisville, KY
February 21, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 4 at Virginia W 71–49  24–2
(11–2)
John Paul Jones Arena (2,588)
Charlottesville, VA
February 24, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 4 Boston College W 87–51  25–2
(12–2)
KFC Yum! Center (11,132)
Louisville, KY
February 28, 2019
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 No. 10 NC State W 92–62  26–2
(13–2)
KFC Yum! Center (10,602)
Louisville, KY
March 3, 2019
2:00 pm, ACCN Extra
No. 3 at Pittsburgh W 67–40  27–2
(14–2)
Petersen Events Center (1,381)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Women's Tournament
March 8, 2019
7:00 pm, RSN
(2) No. 3 vs. (7) Clemson
Quarterfinals
W 75–67  28–2
Greensboro Coliseum (5,646)
Greensboro, NC
March 9, 2019
2:30 pm, ESPNU
(2) No. 3 vs. (3) No. 9 NC State
Semifinals
W 78–68  29–2
Greensboro Coliseum (6,943)
Greensboro, NC
March 10, 2019
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) No. 3 vs. (2) No. 4 Notre Dame
Championship Game
L 79–99  29–3
Greensboro Coliseum (10,104)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 22, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(1 A) No. 5 (16 A) Robert Morris
First Round
W 69–34  30–3
KFC Yum! Center (6,593)
Louisville, KY
March 24, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(1 A) No. 5 (8 A) Michigan
Second Round
W 71–50  31–3
KFC Yum! Center (7,725)
Louisville, KY
March 29, 2019*
9:30 pm, ESPN
(1 A) No. 5 vs. (4 A) No. 11 Oregon State
Sweet Sixteen
W 61–44  32–3
Times Union Center (8,765)
Albany, NY
March 31, 2019*
12:00 pm, ESPN
(1 A) No. 5 vs. (2 A) No. 2 Connecticut
Elite Eight
L 73–80  32–4
Times Union Center (9,204)
Albany, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Louisville Cardinals". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018–19 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 19, 2019.