BYU Cougars women's basketball

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BYU Cougars women's basketball
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
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University Brigham Young University
First season1977–78
All-time record934–557 (.626)
Athletic director Tom Holmoe
Head coach Lee Cummard (1st season)
Conference Big 12 Conference
Location Provo, Utah
Arena Marriott Center
(capacity: 19,000)
Nickname Cougars
Student sectionThe ROC
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away


NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2002, 2014
NCAA tournament second round
2002, 2006, 2014, 2019, 2021
NCAA tournament appearances
1984, 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
1980
AIAW tournament appearances
1978, 1979, 1980
Conference tournament champions
Western Athletic Conference
1993
Mountain West Conference
2002
West Coast Conference
2012, 2015, 2019
Conference regular season champions
Intermountain Athletic Conference
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

The BYU Cougars women's basketball team represents Brigham Young University in NCAA Division I competition. The Cougars, which compete in the Big 12 Conference, play their home games in the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. BYU officially joined the Big 12 Conference on July 1, 2023. As of the end of the 2023–24 regular season, the Cougars have an all-time record of 934 wins and 557 losses. [2]

Contents

History

Records have been kept since the 1972–73 season. [3] In the 1981–82 season, the BYU women's basketball team beat Oregon State when it made it to the post-season, but then it lost to University of Hawaii in the second round. BYU went to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2002, [4] and lost to University of Tennessee. [5] [6]

Coaches

NameSeasonsRecord
Elaine Michaelis1972–7748–28
Courtney Leishman1977–89219–124
Jeanie Wilson1989–9479–63
Soni Adams1994–9728–55
Trent Shippen1997–200172–49
Jeff Judkins 2001–2022351–162
Amber Whiting 2022–202545–51
Lee Cummard 2025–

Results by season

Season Results
YearCoachOverall RecordConference RecordConference StandingPostseason
1972–73 [3] Elaine Michaelis9–39–32nd—
1973–74Elaine Michaelis9–55–32nd—
(Intermountain Athletic Conference)(1974–1982)
1974–75Elaine Michaelis7–67–55th—
1975–76Elaine Michaelis11–610–32nd—
1976–77Elaine Michaelis12–810–32nd—
1977–78Courtney Leishman22–613–01st AIAW First Round
1978–79Courtney Leishman21–711–21st AIAW First Round
1979–80Courtney Leishman24–98–21st AIAW Second Round
1980–81Courtney Leishman21–89–11st—
1981–82Courtney Leishman24–137–31stWNIT Third Round
(High Country Athletic Conference)(1982–1990)
1982–83Courtney Leishman17–88–22nd—
1983–84Courtney Leishman18–89–11st NCAA first round
1984–85Courtney Leishman19–911–11st NCAA first round
1985–86Courtney Leishman16–119–32nd—
1986–87Courtney Leishman17–118–43rd—
1987–88Courtney Leishman12–154–63rd—
1988–89Courtney Leishman8–193–74th—
1989–90Jeanie Wilson10–172–85th—
(Western Athletic Conference)(1990–1999)
1990–91Jeanie Wilson8–213–95th—
1991–92Jeanie Wilson21–812–22nd—
1992–93Jeanie Wilson24–513–11st NCAA first round
1993–94Jeanie Wilson16–1210–42nd—
1994–95Soni Adams8–194–107th—
1995–96Soni Adams9–183–117th—
1996–97Soni Adams11–187–95th—
1997–98Trent Shippen15–146–85th—
1998–99Trent Shippen16–139–53rdWNIT First Round
( Mountain West Conference )(1999–2011)
1999-00Trent Shippen22–910–42nd NCAA first round
2000–01Trent Shippen19–138–63rdWNIT Second Round
2001–02 Jeff Judkins 24–910–43rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–03Jeff Judkins19–128–63rd NCAA first round
2003–04Jeff Judkins15–145–96th—
2004–05Jeff Judkins19–119–53rdWNIT First Round
2005–06Jeff Judkins26–613–31st NCAA second round
2006–07Jeff Judkins23–1012–41st NCAA first round
2007–08Jeff Judkins13–167–95th—
2008–09Jeff Judkins18–118–85th—
2009–10Jeff Judkins23–1011–52nd WNIT Elite Eight
2010–11Jeff Judkins25–915–11st WNIT Sweet Sixteen
(West Coast Conference)(2011–2023)
2011–12 Jeff Judkins26–712–42nd NCAA first round
2012–13 Jeff Judkins23–1111–53rd WNIT Sweet Sixteen
2013–14 Jeff Judkins28–714–42nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2014–15 Jeff Judkins23–1012–65th NCAA first round
2015–16 Jeff Judkins26–716–21st NCAA first round
2016–17 Jeff Judkins20–1213–52nd WNIT First Round
2017–18 Jeff Judkins16–1411–73rd—
2018–19 Jeff Judkins26–715–32nd NCAA second round
2019–20 Jeff Judkins14–99–42ndPostseason not held
2020–21 Jeff Judkins19–613–32nd NCAA second round
2021–22 Jeff Judkins26–415–11st NCAA first round
2022–23 Amber Whiting 16–179–9T-4th WNIT First Round
( Big 12 Conference )(2023–present)
2023–24 Amber Whiting16–176–12T–9th WBIT
2024–25 Amber Whiting13–174–14T–12th—
Totals 53 Years
7 Coaches		13 Conf. Championships28 Postseason Appearances

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1984 #8First Round#1 USCL 72–97
1985 #8First Round#1 Long Beach StateL 85–112
1993 #12First Round#5 UC Santa BarbaraL 79–88
2000 #12First Round#5 OklahomaL 81–86
2002 #11First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		#6 Florida
#3 Iowa State
#2 Tennessee		W 90–52
W 75–69
L 57–68
2003 #11First Round#6 ColoradoL 45–84
2006 #7First Round
Second Round		#10 Iowa
#2 Oklahoma		W 67–62
L 70–86
2007 #11First Round#6 LouisvilleL 54–80
2012 #10First Round#7 DePaulL 55–59
2014 #12First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		#5 NC State
#4 Nebraska
#1 Connecticut		W 72–57
W 80–76
L 51–70
2015 #14First Round#3 LouisvilleL 53–86
2016 #7First Round#10 MissouriL 69–78
2019 #7First Round
Second Round		#10 Auburn
#2 Stanford		W 73–64
L 63–72
2021 #11First Round
Second Round		#6 Rutgers
#3 Arizona		W 69–66
L 46–52
2022 #6First Round#11 VillanovaL 57–61

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Colors". Brigham Young University Publications and Graphics. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ "BYU Women's Basketball All-Time Series Records". BYU Athletics. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "BYU Womens Basketball all time results". Brigham Young University Athletics. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
  4. ↑ "BYU women make it to NCAA 'Sweet 16'". Church News. March 30, 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  5. ↑ BYUCougars.com – BYU Women's Basketball FAQ
  6. ↑ "Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to Do | Cincinnati Enquirer". The Enquirer. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
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