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 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
Recruiting class
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Roster
Rankings
+ Regular season ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.Poll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final 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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!colspan=9 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament
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