2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by sixth year head coach Bob Boldon, played its home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
2018–19 Ohio Bobcats women's basketball | |
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MAC East Division Champions | |
WNIT, Quarterfinals | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
2018–19 record | 30–6 (14–4 MAC) |
Head coach | Bob Boldon (6th season) |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 30 | – | 6 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Central Michigan | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 MAC Tournament winner |
They finished the season 30–6, 14–2 in MAC play to win MAC East Division. They advanced to the championship game of the MAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Buffalo. They received an automatic to the WNIT where defeated High Point, Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky in the first, second and third rounds before losing to Northwestern in the quarterfinals. With 30 wins, they finish with the most wins in school history.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 3, 2018* 1:00 pm |
Walsh | W 90–62 | Convocation Center Athens, OH | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 11, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Wilmington | W 95–72 | 1–0 |
Convocation Center (449) Athens, OH | |||||||
Nov 15, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
Binghamton | W 86–49 | 2–0 |
Convocation Center (2,167) Athens, OH | |||||||
Nov 18, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Eastern Kentucky | W 100–60 | 3–0 |
Convocation Center (414) Athens, OH | |||||||
Nov 23, 2018* 3:00 pm |
vs. St. Bonaventure Denver Thanksgiving Classic |
W 76–62 | 4–0 |
Hamilton Gymnasium Denver, CO | |||||||
Nov 24, 2018* 3:00 pm |
vs. Lamar Denver Thanksgiving Classic |
W 87–62 | 5–0 |
Hamilton Gymnasium Denver, CO | |||||||
Dec 1, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Cleveland State | W 72–64 | 6–0 |
Convocation Center (548) Athens, OH | |||||||
Dec 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Purdue | W 80–73 | 7–0 |
Convocation Center (591) Athens, OH | |||||||
Dec 8, 2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Coppin State | W 87–62 | 8–0 |
Convocation Center (404) Athens, OH | |||||||
Dec 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at IUPUI | W 73–66 | 9–0 |
The Jungle (311) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
Dec 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Richmond | W 109–58 | 10–0 |
Robins Center (505) Richmond, VA | |||||||
Dec 29, 2018* 2:00 pm |
at American | W 77–67 | 11–0 |
Bender Arena (334) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
MAC regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 5, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Buffalo | W 74–71 OT | 12–0 (1–0) |
Alumni Arena (2,116) Amherst, NY | |||||||
Jan 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Central Michigan | L 70–88 | 12–1 (1–1) |
Convocation Center (866) Athens, OH | |||||||
Jan 12, 2019 2:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Ball State | W 90–75 | 13–1 (2–1) |
Worthen Arena (4,076) Muncie, IN | |||||||
Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Kent State | W 83–81 | 14–1 (3–1) |
Convocation Center (450) Athens, OH | |||||||
Jan 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Eastern Michigan | W 85–44 | 15–1 (4–1) |
Convocation Center (648) Athens, OH | |||||||
Jan 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Northern Illinois | W 69–53 | 16–1 (5–1) |
Convocation Center (269) DeKalb, IL | |||||||
Jan 26, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Bowling Green | W 82–79 | 17–1 (6–1) |
Stroh Center (1,435) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Miami (OH) | L 61–67 | 17–2 (6–2) |
Convocation Center (446) Athens, OH | |||||||
Feb 2, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Ball State | W 94–62 | 18–2 (7–2) |
Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||
Feb 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Akron | W 92–70 | 19–2 (8–2) |
Convocation Center (379) Athens, OH | |||||||
Feb 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Central Michigan | W 78–75 | 20–2 (9–2) |
McGuirk Arena (2,152) Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
Feb 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Toledo | L 50–76 | 20–3 (9–3) |
Savage Arena (3,364) Toledo, OH | |||||||
Feb 16, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Western Michigan | W 70–56 | 21–3 (10–3) |
Convocation Center (729) Athens, OH | |||||||
Feb 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Kent State | W 69–67 | 22–3 (11–3) |
MAC Center (1,208) Kent, OH | |||||||
Feb 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Buffalo | L 43–73 | 22–4 (11–4) |
Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||
Mar 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Akron | W 81–71 | 23–4 (12–4) |
James A. Rhodes Arena (570) Akron, OH | |||||||
Mar 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Miami (OH) | W 70–66 | 24–4 (13–4) |
Millett Hall (622) Oxford, OH | |||||||
Mar 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Bowling Green | W 76–68 | 25–4 (14–4) |
Convocation Center (648) Athens, OH | |||||||
MAC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 13, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (7) Northern Illinois Quarterfinals |
W 72–56 | 26–4 |
Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH | ||||||
Mar 15, 2019 1:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(2) | vs. (3) Miami (OH) Semifinals |
W 74–48 | 27–4 |
Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH | ||||||
Mar 16, 2019 11:00 am, CBSSN |
(2) | vs. (4) Buffalo Championship Game |
L 61–77 | 27–5 |
Quicken Loans Arena (2,765) Cleveland, OH | ||||||
WNIT | |||||||||||
Mar 21, 2019* 7:00 pm |
High Point First Round |
W 81–74 | 28–5 |
Convocation Center (567) Athens, OH | |||||||
Mar 24, 2019* 2:00 pm |
Middle Tennessee Second Round |
W 59–57 | 29–5 |
Convocation Center (867) Athens, OH | |||||||
Mar 28, 2019* 7:00 pm |
Western Kentucky Third Round |
W 68–60 | 30–5 |
Convocation Center (1,491) Athens, OH | |||||||
Mar 30, 2019* 7:00 pm |
at Northwestern Quarterfinals |
L 58–61 | 30–6 |
Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,031) Evanston, IL | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Coaches | RV |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
(NR) | Not Ranked |
References
- "2018-19 Ohio Women's Basketball Schedule - Ohio University". Ohiobobcats.com.