Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball

Binghamton Bearcats
Binghamton Bearcats
	2025–26 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team
University	Binghamton University
Head coach	Mary Grimes (2nd season)
Conference	America East
Location	Vestal, New York
Arena	Binghamton University Events Center ; (capacity: 5,322)
Nickname	Bearcats
Colors	Dark green, white, and black;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament appearances
	Division III: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998; Division II: 1999

Last updated November 11, 2025

The Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represents Binghamton University and is located in Vestal, New York. The team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at the Binghamton University Events Center. The Bearcats have not made an appearance in the Division I tournament since joining it in 2001, but they did make appearances in the Division III Tournament from 1995 to 1998 and Division II in 1999.^[2]^[3]

Postseason

NCAA Division II

The Bearcats made one appearance in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1999	First Round	Stonehill	L, 64–54

NCAA Division III

The Bearcats appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament four times, with a combined record of 0–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	Play-In	St. John Fisher	L, 55–79
1996	First Round	SUNY Geneseo	L, 66–71
1997	First Round	Ithaca	L, 66–73
1998	Second Round	Elmira	L, 73–82

Year by year results

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Laurie Kelly (America East)(2001–2003)
2001–02	Laurie Kelly	19–9	10–6	T-2nd
2002–03	Laurie Kelly	10–17	6–10	T-6th
Laurie Kelly:		29–26	16–16
Rich Conover (America East)(2003–2008)
2003–04	Rich Conover
2004–05	Rich Conover
2005–06	Rich Conover	17–12	9–7
2006–07	Rich Conover	12–19	7–9
2007–08	Rich Conover
Rich Conover:
Nicole Scholl (America East)(2008–2014)
2008–09	Nicole Scholl
2009–10	Nicole Scholl
2010–11	Nicole Scholl	19–12	11–5
2011–12	Nicole Scholl	13–18	6–10
2012–13	Nicole Scholl	6–24	5–11
2013–14	Nicole Scholl	5–25	2–14
Nicole Scholl:
Linda Cimino (America East)(2014–2017)
2014–15	Linda Cimino	4–26	2–14
2015–16	Linda Cimino	14–17	8–8
2016–17	Linda Cimino	13–17	8–8
Linda Cimino:		31–60	18–30
Bethann Shapiro Ord (America East)(2017–present)
2017–18	Bethann Shapiro Ord	20–12	10–6
2018–19	Bethann Shapiro Ord	12–18	7–9
2019–20	Bethann Shapiro Ord	22–9	10–6
2020–21	Bethann Shapiro Ord	5–11	5–9
2021–22	Bethann Shapiro Ord	9–20	5–13
2022–23	Bethann Shapiro Ord	13–17	6–10
Bethann Shapiro Ord:		81–87	43–53
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Athletics Brand Colors – Binghamton University" . Retrieved April 5, 2017.
↑ "Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics – 2015–16 Women's Basketball Media Guide". bubearcats.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
↑ "The Official Website of Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics". bubearcats.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

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[1] "Athletics Brand Colors – Binghamton University" . Retrieved April 5, 2017.

[bubearcats-2] "Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics – 2015–16 Women's Basketball Media Guide". bubearcats.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

[bubearcats2-3] "The Official Website of Binghamton University Bearcats Athletics". bubearcats.com. Retrieved February 17, 2017.

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v t e Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball
Venues	Events Center (2004–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	List of seasons 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e America East Conference women's basketball
Teams	Albany Great Danes Binghamton Bearcats Bryant Bulldogs Maine Black Bears UMBC Retrievers UMass Lowell River Hawks New Hampshire Wildcats NJIT Highlanders Vermont Catamounts
Championships & awards	America East Conference women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Binghamton University
Athletics	Binghamton Bearcats Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's lacrosse Wrestling Binghamton Baseball Complex Events Center
Campus	City of Binghamton Town of Vestal Cider Mill Playhouse Fernand Braudel Center Harpur Palate OCC Transport
People	Harvey G. Stenger (President) Honorary degree recipients
Student life	Binghamton Crosbys BTV Harpur Harpeggios Pipe Dream WHRW Radio