Maine Black Bears women's basketball

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Maine Black Bears women's basketball
Basketball current event.svg 2025–26 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
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University University of Maine
Head coach Amy Vachon (9th season)
Conference America East
Location Orono, Maine
Arena Cross Insurance Center/Memorial Gym
(capacity: 6,674/5,712)
Nickname Black Bears
ColorsMaine blue, white, and navy [1]
     
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
NCAA tournament round of 32
1999
NCAA tournament appearances
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2024
Conference regular-season champions
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024

The Maine Black Bears women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Maine in Orono, Maine, United States. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference. [2]

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History

From 1985 to 2004, the Black Bears went to 15 North Atlantic Conference/America East Conference tournament championships, winning seven of them and finishing as runner-up in the other eight. [3] During the 2017–18 and 2018–19 season Maine has won back to back America East regular season and conference tournament championships. [4]

Postseason

NCAA Division I

Maine has made 10 appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The combined record of the Black Bears is 1–10.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1995 #16First Round #1 Connecticut L 75−105
1996 #11First Round #6 George Washington L 67−83
1997 #13First Round #4 LSU L 79−88
1998 #13First Round#4 NC StateL 64−89
1999 #10First Round
Second Round		#7 Stanford
#2 Old Dominion		W 60−58
L 62−72
2000 #12First Round#5 North CarolinaL 57−62
2004 #13First Round#4 Texas TechL 50−60
2018 #15First Round #2 Texas L 54−83
2019 #14First Round #3 NC State L 51−63
2024 #15First Round #15 Ohio State L 57–80

WNIT

Maine has made five appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. the combined record of the Black Bears is 0–5. [5] [6]

YearRoundOpponentResult
2003 First RoundCreightonL 74–67
2005 First RoundWest VirginiaL 74–59
2015 First RoundVillanovaL 71–60
2016 First RoundQuinnipiacL 90–43
2022 First RoundBoston CollegeL 69–44

Year by year results

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonCoaches' pollAP poll
Peter Gavett (NAC)(1983–1988)
1983–84Peter Gavett 16–11
1984–85Peter Gavett 21–93–2
1985–86Peter Gavett 22–79–3
1986–87Peter Gavett 24–411–3
1987–88Peter Gavett 23–612–2
Peter Gavett:106–37 (.741)35–10 (.778)
Trish Roberts (NAC)(1988–1992)
1988–89Trish Roberts 19–813–1
1989–90Trish Roberts 23–711–1
1990–91Trish Roberts 20–89–1
1991–92Trish Roberts 20–911–2
Trish Roberts:82–32 (.719)44–5 (.898)
Joanne Palombo-McCallie (America East/NAC)(1992–2000)
1992–93Joanne Palombo-McCallie 9–204-10
1993–94Joanne Palombo-McCallie 20–712-2
1994–95Joanne Palombo-McCallie 24–614-2 NCAA First Round
1995–96Joanne Palombo-McCallie 27–518-0 NCAA First Round
1996–97Joanne Palombo-McCallie 22–817-1 NCAA First Round
1997–98Joanne Palombo-McCallie 21–913-5 NCAA First Round
1998–99Joanne Palombo-McCallie 24–717-11st NCAA Second Round
1999–00Joanne Palombo-McCallie 20–1114-4 NCAA First Round
Joanne Palombo-McCallie:167–73 (.696)109–25 (.813)
Sharon Versyp (America East)(2000–2005)
2000–01Sharon Versyp 12–169-9
2001–02Sharon Versyp 16–129-7
2002–03Sharon Versyp 25–616-01st
2003–04Sharon Versyp 25–717-11st NCAA First Round
2004–05Sharon Versyp 20–1016-21st
Sharon Versyp:98–51 (.658)67–19 (.779)
Ann McInerney (America East)(2005–2007)
2005–06Ann McInerney 10–195-117th
2006–07Ann McInerney 13–157-95th
Ann McInerney:23–34 (.404)12–20 (.375)
Cindy Blodgett (America East)(2007–2011)
2007–08Cindy Blodgett 7–234-128th
2008–09Cindy Blodgett 5–253-139th
2009–10Cindy Blodgett 8–214-128th
2010–11Cindy Blodgett 4–252-159th
Cindy Blodgett:24–94 (.203)13–52 (.200)
Richard Barron (America East)(2011–2017)
2011–12Richard Barron 8–234-128th
2012–13Richard Barron 4–243-129th
2013–14Richard Barron 17–1510-64th
2014–15 Richard Barron 23–914-2T-1st WNIT First Round
2015–16 Richard Barron 26–915-1T-1st WNIT First Round
2016–17 Richard Barron 18–169-74th
Richard Barron:96–96 (.500)55–40 (.579)
Amy Vachon (America East)(2017–present)
2017–18 Amy Vachon 23–913–3T–1st NCAA First Round
2018–19 Amy Vachon 25–815–11st NCAA First Round
2019–20 Amy Vachon 18–1412–42nd
2020–21 Amy Vachon 17–313–21st
2021–22 Amy Vachon 20–1215–31st WNIT First Round
2022–23 Amy Vachon 14–1310–53rd
2023–24 Amy Vachon 24-1014-21st NCAA First Round
Amy Vachon:117–59 (.665)78–18 (.813)
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      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

  1. ↑ Colors – Branding Toolbox – University of Maine . Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "University of Maine Athletics". goblackbears.com.
  3. ↑ "2016-17 EBB Quick Facts" (PDF). University of Maine Athletics.
  4. ↑ "Maine wins American East, 1st NCAA Tourney bid since 2004". Associated Press. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Archived Fields (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2003 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
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