2018–19 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Bucknell Bison women's basketball team represents Bucknell University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, led by eighth year head coach Aaron Roussell, play their home games at Sojka Pavilion and are members of the Patriot League. Bucknell won the Patriot Conference Tournament championship game over American, 66–54 to earn an automatic trip to NCAA Women's Tournament. They lost in the first round to Florida State. They finished the season 28–5, 16–2 in Patriot League play to share the Patriot League regular season title with American. With 28 wins, they finish with the most wins in program history.
2018–19 Bucknell Bison women's basketball | |
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Brown University Turkey Tip-Off Champions Patriot League regular season co-champions and tournament champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Patriot League |
2018–19 record | 28–6 (16–2 Patriot) |
Head coach | Aaron Roussell (7th season) |
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Home arena | Sojka Pavilion |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola (MD) | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 Patriot League Tournament winner As of March 22, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll |
At the conclusion of the season, head coach Aaron Roussell left the team to take the coaching job at the University of Richmond. The school went to the Division III ranks for its new hire, naming Scranton's Trevor Woodruff as their new coach on April 26.[1]
Roster
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Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 6, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Monmouth | W 70–32 | 1–0 |
OceanFirst Bank Center (815) West Long Branch, NJ | |||||||
Nov 11, 2018* 4:00 pm |
Quinnipiac | W 75–58 | 2–0 |
Sojka Pavilion (1,215) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Nov 15, 2018* 7:00 pm |
at Drexel | L 42–64 | 2–1 |
Daskalakis Athletic Center (359) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
Nov 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCNE |
at Syracuse | L 56–70 | 2–2 |
Carrier Dome (1,409) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
Nov 23, 2018* 6:00 pm |
vs. Massachusetts Brown University Turkey Tip-Off |
W 77–58 | 3–2 |
Pizzitola Sports Center (436) Providence, RI | |||||||
Nov 24, 2018* 4:00 pm |
vs. Fairfield Brown University Turkey Tip-Off |
W 77–54 | 4–2 |
Pizzitola Sports Center (344) Providence, RI | |||||||
Nov 25, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Brown Brown University Turkey Tip-Off |
W 91–78 | 5–2 |
Pizzitola Sports Center (927) Providence, RI | |||||||
Nov 29, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at St. Bonaventure | W 77–46 | 6–2 |
Reilly Center (486) Olean, NY | |||||||
Dec 2, 2018* 2:00 pm |
Iona | W 81–43 | 7–2 |
Sojka Pavilion (659) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Dec 15, 2018* 2:00 pm |
Rider | W 80–59 | 8–2 |
Sojka Pavilion (825) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Dec 18, 2018* 11:00 am |
Youngstown State | W 73–68 | 9–2 |
Sojka Pavilion (1,990) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm |
at Iowa State | L 61–86 | 9–3 |
Hilton Coliseum (10,261) Ames, IA | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 3, 2019 6:00 pm |
American | W 71–56 | 10–3 (1–0) |
Sojka Pavilion (836) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Jan 6, 2019 2:00 pm |
Boston University | L 62–70 | 10–4 (1–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (1,452) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm |
at Army | W 66–52 | 11–4 (2–1) |
Christl Arena (522) West Point, NY | |||||||
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 pm |
at Lafayette | W 56–47 | 12–4 (3–1) |
Kirby Sports Center (584) Easton, PA | |||||||
Jan 16, 2019 6:00 pm |
Lehigh | W 71–53 | 13–4 (4–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (1,033) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Jan 19, 2019 12:00 pm |
at Colgate | W 90–62 | 14–4 (5–1) |
Cotterell Court (263) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 pm |
at Loyola (MD) | W 75–57 | 15–4 (6–1) |
Reitz Arena (273) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
Jan 26, 2019 6:00 pm |
Holy Cross | W 75–71 | 16–4 (7–1) |
Sjoka Pavilion (1,321) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm |
at Navy | W 77–43 | 17–4 (8–1) |
Alumni Hall (1,072) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
Feb 2, 2019 2:00 pm |
at Boston University | W 62–58 | 18–4 (9–1) |
Case Gym (538) Boston, MA | |||||||
Feb 9, 2019 2:30 pm |
Lafayette | W 75–43 | 19–4 (10–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (1,282) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Feb 13, 2019 6:00 pm |
Lehigh | W 73–68 | 20–4 (11–1) |
Stabler Arena (616) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
Feb 16, 2019 2:00 pm |
Colgate | W 76–58 | 21–4 (12–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (850) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Feb 20, 2019 6:00 pm |
Loyola (MD) | W 87–55 | 22–4 (13–1) |
Sojka Pavilion (836) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Feb 23, 2019 1:00 pm |
at Holy Cross | L 60–61 | 22–5 (13–2) |
Hart Center (1,005) Worcester, MA | |||||||
Feb 27, 2019 6:00 pm |
Navy | W 90–48 | 23–5 (14–2) |
Sjoka Pavilion (616) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Mar 2, 2019 2:00 pm |
at American | W 65–64 | 24–5 (15–2) |
Bender Arena (770) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
Mar 6, 2019 6:00 pm |
Army | W 84–66 | 25–5 (16–2) |
Sojka Pavilion (705) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Patriot League Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 2019 6:00 pm |
(1) | (9) Loyola (MD) Quarterfinals |
W 88–63 | 26–5 |
Sojka Pavilion (846) Lewisburg, PA | ||||||
Mar 14, 2019 6:00 pm |
(1) | (5) Holy Cross Semifinals |
W 66–31 | 27–5 |
Sojka Pavilion (855) Lewisburg, PA | ||||||
Mar 17, 2019 12:00 pm, CBSSN |
(1) | (2) American Championship Game |
W 66–54 | 28–5 |
Sojka Pavilion (1,672) Lewisburg, PA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 22, 2019* 4:15 pm, ESPN2 |
(12 G) | vs. (5 G) No. 25 Florida State First Round |
L 67–70 | 28–6 |
Dale F. Halton Arena (1,750) Charlotte, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- "Trevor Woodruff named Bucknell head women's basketball coach". patriotleague.org. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
- "Women's Basketball - Schedule - Bucknell University". Bucknellbison.com.