The 2018–19 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Orange were led by twelfth year head coach Quentin Hillsman. The Orange were sixth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. They finished the season 25–9, 11–5 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, receiving a No. 3 seed in the Portland regional, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before being upset by South Dakota State in the second round.
Previous season For the 2017–18 season, the Orange finished 10–6 in ACC play and 22–9 overall. Their record achieved a tie for sixth in the ACC. Syracuse was eliminated in the second round of the ACC tournament by Virginia Tech. The Orange received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as an eight-seed, they lost in the first round to Oklahoma State.
Off-season
Recruiting class
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Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#D44500; color:#212B6D;"| ACC 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 18 18 14 12 15 15 15 15 14 12 12 13 18 15 16 18 17 18 15 N/A Coaches 18 15 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 12 12 14 16 14 16 18 17 16 14 16 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.
See also 2018–19 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
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