Ball State Cardinals women's basketball

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Ball State Cardinals women's basketball
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University Ball State University
Head coach Brady Sallee (13th season)
Conference Mid-American
Location Muncie, Indiana
Arena Worthen Arena
(capacity: 11,500)
Nickname Cardinals
ColorsCardinal and white [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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NCAA tournament second round
2009
NCAA tournament appearances
2009
Conference tournament champions
2009
Conference regular season champions
2002, 2003
Conference division season champions
2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015

The Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represents the Ball State University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Mid-American Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Cardinals play home basketball games at Worthen Arena on the Ball State campus in Muncie, Indiana. [2]

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Season-by-season record

As of the 2022–23 season, the Cardinals have a 637–702 record, with a 339–367 record in the Mid-American Conference. [3] [4] [5] Ball State has won the Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament once, in 2009, while finishing as runner-up in 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2014. In their lone appearance in the Tournament, the Cardinals (ranked as a 12 seed) beat the 5th seeded Tennessee Lady Volunteers 71–55, the first ever loss for the Lady Vols in the first round. They lost in the second round to Iowa State 71–57. [6]

They have won the MAC West Division in 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015 while finishing as regular season champions in 2002 and 2003. They have made 11 appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (2002, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,2022, and 2023), with a WNIT Final 16 appearance in 2013 and a Second Round appearance in 2016, 2018, and 2023. [7] [8] On December 21, 2017, the Cardinals defeated Western Kentucky and remained undefeated in non-conference play for the first time in school history. [9]

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SeasonRecordConference recordCoach
1974–7517–6n/aRosalie DiBrezzo
1975–7613–6n/aRosalie DiBrezzo
1976–775–8n/aDebbie Powers
1977–787–6n/aSue Tussey
1978–795–11n/aDebbie Powers
1979–806–13n/aDebbie Powers
1980–819–14n/aDebbie Powers
1981–828–143–4Debbie Powers
1982–837–175–13Karen Fitzpatrick
1983–844–212–16Karen Fitzpatrick
1984–856–214–14Karen Fitzpatrick
1985–8613–149–9 Marsha Reall
1986–874–232–14Ethel Gregory
1987–886–214–12Ethel Gregory
1988–8912–157–9Ethel Gregory
1989–9017–119–7Ethel Gregory
1990–917–203–13Ethel Gregory
1991–925–223–13Ethel Gregory
1992–933–233–15Robyn Markey
1993–946–204–14Robyn Markey
1994–957–183–15Robyn Markey
1995–966–203–15Robyn Markey
1996–9713–1311–7Robyn Markey
1997–9810–167–11Robyn Markey
1998–999–176–10Robyn Markey
1999-0016–138–8Brenda Oldfield
2000–0119–911–5Brenda Oldfield
2001–0224–813–3Tracy Roller
2002–0321–1012–4Tracy Roller
2003–0413–167–9Tracy Roller
2004–0516–1311–5Tracy Roller
2005–0617–129–7Tracy Roller
2006–0724–713–3Tracy Roller
2007–0815–1511–5Tracy Roller (3–7) and Lisa McDonald (12–8)
2008–0926–914–2Kelly Packard
2009–1014–177–9Kelly Packard
2010–119–214–12Kelly Packard
2011–129–214–12Kelly Packard
2012–1317–1612–4 Brady Sallee
2013–1418–179–9Brady Sallee
2014–1517–1413–5Brady Sallee
2015–1622–1013–5Brady Sallee
2016–1721–1114–4Brady Sallee
2017–1825–713–5Brady Sallee
2018–198–233–15Brady Sallee
2019–2021–1013–5Brady Sallee
2020–2114–1112–8Brady Sallee
2021–2220–1311–8Brady Sallee
2022–2326–914–4Brady Sallee
2023–2428–616–2Brady Sallee
Overall665–708355–369

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I Tournament appearances

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2009 #12First Round
Second Round
#5 Tennessee
#4 Iowa State
W 71–55
L 57–71

WNIT

Source [10] [11]

*- Overtime game

YearRoundOpponentResult
2002First Louisville W 95–84
Second Valparaiso 77–69
2003 FirstIndiana StateW 91–87 *
SecondMissouriL 88–77
2007 Round 2KentuckyL 85–82
2013 FirstMinnesotaW 54–51
SecondNorthern IowaW 53–48
ThirdKansas StateL 60–48
2014 Round 1NorthwesternL 69–65
2015 Round 1Middle TennesseeL 69–58
2016 Round 1IowaW 77–72
Round 2St. LouisL 59–57
2017 Round 1IndianaL 71–58
2018 Round 1Middle TennesseeW 69–60
Round 2PurdueL 77–72
2022 Round 1MarquetteL 93–70
2023 Round 1 Belmont W 101–86
Round 2 Memphis L 79–62

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