2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Wildcats, led by third-year head coach Adia Barnes , played their home games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference . They finished the season of 24–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament , where they advanced to the finals and defeated Northwestern for the championship.
Previous season
They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in Pac-12 play to finish in eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Arizona State.
Off-season
Departures
Incoming transfers
Name
Pos.
Height
Year
Hometown
Notes
Recruits
College recruiting information
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Cate Reese F
Cypress, TX
Cypress Woods HS
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
N/A
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : ESPN grade: 98
Semaj Smith PG
Long Beach, CA
St. Anthony HS
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
N/A
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : ESPN grade: 96
Valeria Trucco F/C
Turin, Italy
Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA)
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
N/A
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : ESPN grade: 90
Shalyse Smith G/F
Tacoma, WA
Bellarmine Prep
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
N/A
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : ESPN grade: 90
Bryce Nixon PG
Phoenix, AZ
Arcadia HS
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
N/A
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : 247Sports : ESPN : ESPN grade: 89
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:
2020 recruiting class
Roster
2018–19 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
1
Shalyse Smith
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr
Bellarmine Prep
Tacoma, WA
G
2
Aari McDonald
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
RS So
Brookside Christian HS/Washington
Fresno, CA
G
4
Lucia Alonso
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
Jr
Aron Leon Cuna Del Parlamentarismo
León, Spain
G
10
Tee Tee Starks
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
RS So
Hopkins HS /Iowa State
Brooklyn Park, MN
F
14
Sam Thomas
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
So
Centennial HS
Bloomfield Hills, MI
F
20
Dominique McBryde
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
RS Jr
Bedford North Lawrence HS /Purdue
Bedford, IN
F
21
Destiny Graham
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sr
Eastside College Prep
East Palo Alto, CA
G
22
Lindsey Malecha (W)
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr
Hill-Murray HS
Mahtomedi, MN
G
24
Bryce Nixon
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Fr
Arcadia HS
Phoenix, AZ
F
25
Cate Reese
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Cypress HS
Cypress, TX
G
32
Kiana Barkhoff
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
So
Palm Harbor University HS
Kitzingen, Germany
C
34
Semaj Smith
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Fr
St. Anthony HS
Long Beach, CA
F/C
—
Valeria Trucco
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Fr
Fixi Piramis Torino (ITA)
Torino, ITL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2018 *6:30 pm
Eastern New Mexico
W 88–31
McKale Center (1,303)Tucson, AZ
11/05/2018 *6:30 pm
Western New Mexico
W 78–41
McKale Center (1,149)Tucson, AZ
Non-conference regular season
11/09/2018 *6:30 pm
Idaho State
W 71–46
1–0
McKale Center (1,226)Tucson, AZ
11/13/2018 *6:30 pm
Loyola Marymount
L 64–66
1–1
McKale Center (852)Tucson, AZ
11/16/2018 *3:00 pm
vs. Seattle Bank of Hawaii Classic
W 84–54
2–1
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/18/2018 *3:00 pm
vs. Portland Bank of Hawaii Classic
W 92–70
3–1
Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
11/23/2018 *6:30 pm
South Carolina State
W 73–32
4–1
McKale Center (1,247)Tucson, AZ
11/27/2018 *6:30 pm
Incarnate Word
W 84–42
5–1
McKale Center (1,059)Tucson, AZ
12/02/2018 *2:00 pm
at San Diego State
W 69–60
6–1
Viejas Arena (1,900)San Diego, CA
12/05/2018 *11:00 am
Montana
W 100–51
7–1
McKale Center (4,703)Tucson, AZ
12/09/2018 *3:00 pm
at Long Beach State
W 70–43
8–1
Walter Pyramid (616)Long Beach, CA
12/17/2018 *6:30 pm
UTEP
W 62–40
9–1
McKale Center (1,076)Tucson, AZ
12/21/2018 *6:30 pm
Northern Arizona
W 71–47
10–1
McKale Center (1,866)Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2018 5:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 Arizona State
W 51–39
11–1 (1–0)
McKale Center (5,006)Tucson, AZ
01/04/2019 7:00 pm
at Colorado
W 69–67
12–1 (2–0)
CU Events Center (1,673)Boulder, CO
01/06/2019 12:00 pm, P12N
at Utah
L 64–80
12–2 (2–1)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,089)Salt Lake City, UT
01/11/2019 7:00 pm, P12N
No. 24 California
W 60–55
13–2 (3–1)
McKale Center (2,557)Tucson, AZ
01/13/2019 12:00 pm, P12N
No. 6 Stanford
L 48–78
13–3 (3–2)
McKale Center (2,686)Tucson, AZ
01/18/2019 8:00 pm
at No. 10 Oregon State
L 64–86
13–4 (3–3)
Gill Coliseum (5,061)Corvallis, OR
01/20/2019 1:00 pm, P12N
at No. 5 Oregon
L 60–93
13–5 (3–4)
Matthew Knight Arena (7,062)Eugene, OR
01/25/2019 7:00 pm, P12N
USC
W 71–68
14–5 (4–4)
McKale Center (1,684)Tucson, AZ
01/27/2019 2:00 pm, P12N
UCLA
L 93–98 3OT
14–6 (4–5)
McKale Center (2,327)Tucson, AZ
02/01/2019 6:00 pm, P12N
at No. 21 Arizona State
L 47–60
14–7 (4–6)
Wells Fargo Arena (3,686)Tempe, AZ
02/07/2019 8:00 pm, P12N
at Washington
W 69–59
15–7 (5–6)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,444)Seattle, WA
02/09/2019 1:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State
L 88–90
15–8 (5–7)
Beasley Coliseum (711)Pullman, WA
02/15/2019 6:00 pm
Utah
W 66–55
16–8 (6–7)
McKale Center (2,002)Tucson, AZ
02/17/2019 12:00 pm, P12N
Colorado
W 63–51
17–8 (7–7)
McKale Center (2,321)Tucson, AZ
02/22/2019 8:00 pm
at Stanford
L 54–56
17–9 (7–8)
Maples Pavilion (3,569)Stanford, CA
02/24/2019 3:00 pm
at California
L 76–82 OT
17–10 (7–9)
Haas Pavilion (2,432)Berkeley, CA
03/01/2019 8:00 pm, P12N
No. 6 Oregon
L 54–83
17–11 (7–10)
McKale Center (2,517)Tucson, AZ
03/03/2019 3:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Oregon State
L 60–65 2OT
17–12 (7–11)
McKale Center (2,119)Tucson, AZ
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/07/2019 3:00 pm, P12N
(8)
vs. (9) USC First Round
W 76–48
18–12
MGM Grand Garden Arena (3,012)Paradise, NV
03/08/2019 3:00 pm, P12N
(8)
vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Quarterfinals
L 63–77
18–13
MGM Grand Garden Arena (4,531)Paradise, NV
WNIT
03/21/2019 *6:30 pm
Idaho State First Round
W 66–56
19–13
McKale Center (3,265)Tucson, AZ
03/24/2019 *3:00 pm
Pacific Second Round
W 64–48
20–13
McKale Center (3,534)Tucson, AZ
03/28/2019 *6:30 pm
Idaho Third Round
W 68–60
21–13
McKale Center (6,307)Tucson, AZ
03/31/2019 *2:00 pm
Wyoming Quarterfinals
W 67–45
22–13
McKale Center (7,717)Tucson, AZ
04/03/2019 *6:00 pm
TCU Semifinals
W 59–53
23–13
McKale Center (10,135)Tucson, AZ
04/06/2019 *12:00 pm, CBSSN
Northwestern Championship
W 56–42
24–13
McKale Center (14,644)Tucson, AZ
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Mountain Time .
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Rankings
Ranking MovementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Poll
Pre
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Final
AP
RV
RV
N/A
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
RV
See also
2018–19 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
References
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA Final Four appearance in italics