North Texas Mean Green women's basketball

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North Texas Mean Green
women's basketball
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University University of North Texas
Head coachJason Burton (2nd season)
Conference American Athletic Conference
Location Denton, Texas
Arena The Super Pit
(capacity: 9,797)
Nickname Mean Green
ColorsGreen and white [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away


NCAA tournament appearances
1986
Conference regular season champions
1986, 2024
Conference division season champions
1999, 2000, 2002, 2006

The North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in NCAA Division I college basketball, competing as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Since their 1976 inception, the team has played its home games at the Super Pit.

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Season-by season record

Tina Slinker has the most wins as coach of the Mean Green, with 241 (along with 287 losses), in 19 seasons as coach. Of the 10 winning seasons in school history, she had coached six of them. The Mean Green played in the Southland Conference from 1983 to 1996, the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2000, the Sun Belt Conference from 2000 to 2013 before joining Conference USA in 2013. [2]

SeasonCoachRecordConference Record
1976–77Cherri Rapp11–13n/a
1977–78Cherri Rapp16–14n/a
1978–79Cherri Rapp16–15n/a
1979–80Denise Smith4–20n/a
1980–81Denise Smith9–19n/a
1981–82Denise Smith14–14n/a
1982–83Denise Smith6–19n/a
1983–84Judy Nelson2–250–12
1984–85Judy Nelson4–221–11
1985–86Judy Nelson20–10 [3] 7–3
1986–87Judy Nelson15–136–6
1987–88Judy Nelson14–147–7
1988–89Judy Nelson11–154–10
1989–90Tina Slinker16–117–7
1990–91Tina Slinker6–204–10
1991–92Tina Slinker8–185–13
1992–93Tina Slinker9–176–12
1993–94Tina Slinker10–177–11
1994–95Tina Slinker10–1710–8
1995–96Tina Slinker11–169–9
1996–97Tina Slinker5–212–12
1997–98Tina Slinker10–174–10
1998–99Tina Slinker20–811–3
1999-00Tina Slinker17–118–6
2000–01Tina Slinker19–1110–6
2001–02Tina Slinker21–912–3
2002–03Tina Slinker12–166–9
2003–04Tina Slinker11–177–8
2004–05Tina Slinker14–149–6
2005–06Tina Slinker19–99–6
2006–07Tina Slinker9–206–12
2007–08Tina Slinker14–188–10
2008–09 Shanice Stephens 11–206–12
2009–10Shanice Stephens9–225–13
2010–11Shanice Stephens5–252–14
2011–12 Karen Aston 15–167–9
2012–13 Mike Petersen 11–1910–10
2013–14Mike Petersen12–186–10
2014–15Mike Petersen5–244–14
2015–16Jalie Mitchell11–195–13
2016–17Jalie Mitchell12–198–10
2017–18Jalie Mitchell17–146–10
2018–19Jalie Mitchell18–167–9
2019–20Jalie Mitchell12–196–12
2020–21 Jalie Mitchell13–710–4
2021–22 Jalie Mitchell17–1310–7
2022–23 Jalie Mitchell11–198–12
2023–24 Jason Burton23–713–5 (T–1st)
2023–24 Jason Burton24–815–3 (2nd)

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the NCAA tournament once.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1986 First RoundWashingtonL 54–69

WNIT Tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament three times. Their record is 0–3.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2001First RoundOklahoma StateL 79–67
2002First RoundWashingtonL 82–61
2022First RoundTulsaL 75–62

WBI results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) once. Their record is 3–1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2019 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
UT-Rio Grande Valley
Utah State
North Alabama
Appalachian State
W 56–42
W 56–54
W 56–53
L 76–59

Broadcasts

North Texas games are broadcast on the radio by the Mean Green Sports Network, part of the Learfield family. While games were previously on 88.1 KNTU, broadcasts are now streamed only on The Varsity Network app. Zac Babb handles play-by-play duties, while Michelle Brooks serves as a color commentator for home games and select road contests.

Television broadcasts are carried by ESPN+, ESPN3, and C-USA TV.

References

  1. "UNT Colors" . Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  2. "Records book" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  3. @ZacBabb (January 25, 2021). "Took North Texas from a 2–25 record in 1984 to 20–10 and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1986. Remains the only a…" (Tweet) via Twitter.