| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2018–19 |
| Team: | Louisville Cardinals |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 6 |
| Aprank: | 5 |
| Record: | 32–4 |
| Conf Record: | 14–2 |
| Hc Year: | 12th |
| Asst Coach1: | Stephanie Norman |
| Asst Coach2: | Samantha Williams |
| Champion: | ACC regular season co-champions |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
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.
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.
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See main article: 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
| + Regular season ranking movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes. | т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol --> | 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 | 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.
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