Rice Owls women's basketball

Rice Owls women's basketball
2024–25 Rice Owls women's basketball team
University	Rice University
All-time record	698–625 (.528)
Head coach	Lindsay Edmonds (4th season)
Conference	AAC
Location	Houston, Texas
Arena	Tudor Fieldhouse (capacity: 5,000)
Nickname	Owls
Colors	Blue and gray [1]
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament second round
2000
NCAA tournament appearances
2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference tournament champions
2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference regular season champions
2005, 2019, 2020, 2021
Conference division season champions
2021

The Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Owls play home basketball games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas. ^[2]

History

Members of the Rice Owls women's basketball team during a game at Tudor Fieldhouse in 2023

They played in the Southwest Conference from 1982 to 1995 and the Western Athletic Conference from 1996 to 2004 before joining Conference USA in 2005. As of the end of the 2020–21 season, they have a 659–601 all-time record. They were champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2017. ^{[3] [4]} They were champions of the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2021. ^[5]

Season	Coach	Record	Conference Record
1978–79	Linda Tucker	12–16	n/a
1979–80	Linda Tucker	15–14	n/a
1980–81	Linda Tucker	16–12	n/a
1981–82	Linda Tucker	21–8	n/a
1982–83	Linda Tucker	8–18	1–6
1983–84	Linda Tucker	9–16	3–13
1984–85	Linda Tucker	5–21	2–14
1985–86	Linda Tucker	6–19	2–14
1986–87	Linda Tucker	15–13	6–9
1987–88	Linda Tucker	11–14	5–11
1988–89	Linda Tucker	14–13	5–11
1989–90	Mike Dunavant	6–21	3–13
1990–91	Mike Dunavant	10–18	4–12
1991–92	Mike Dunavant	13–15	5–9
1992–93	Mike Dunavant	13–14	3–11
1993–94	Cristy McKinney	13–14	5–9
1994–95	Cristy McKinney	11–16	6–6
1995–96	Cristy McKinney	13–14	6–8
1996–97	Cristy McKinney	16–11	11–5
1997–98	Cristy McKinney	21–9	11–3
1998–99	Cristy McKinney	20–12	9–5
1999-00	Cristy McKinney	22–10	10–4
2000–01	Cristy McKinney	18–12	9–6
2001–02	Cristy McKinney	21–9	14–4
2002–03	Cristy McKinney	15–12	12–6
2003–04	Cristy McKinney	22–10	16–2
2004–05	Cristy McKinney	24–9	14–4
2005–06	Greg Williams	18–14	11–5
2006–07	Greg Williams	19–14	10–6
2007–08	Greg Williams	14–18	6–10
2008–09	Greg Williams	6–23	2–14
2009–10	Greg Williams	13–16	6–9
2010–11	Greg Williams	18–14	10–6
2011–12	Greg Williams	16–16	9–6
2012–13	Greg Williams	14 16	6–10
2013–14	Greg Williams	13–16	6–10
2014–15	Greg Williams	9–21	4–14
2015–16	Tina Langley	9–22	6–11
2016–17	Tina Langley	22–13	8–10
2017–18	Tina Langley	23–10	10–6
2018–19	Tina Langley	28–4	16–0
2019–20	Tina Langley	21–8	16–2
2020–21	Tina Langley	22–4	12–2
2021–22	Lindsay Edmonds	14–13	8–9
2022–23	Lindsay Edmonds	23–9	13–7
2023–24	Lindsay Edmonds	19–15	9–9

NCAA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	#13	First Round Second Round	#4 UC Santa Barbara #5 UNC	W 67–64 L 50–83
2005	#11	First Round	#6 Georgia	L 49–75
2019	#12	First Round	#5 Marquette	L 54–58 (OT)
2024	#14	First Round	#3 LSU	L 60–70

References

1. Rice Athletics Branding Guidelines, Rules, & Regulations (PDF). August 19, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
2. "Rice University Women's Basketball :: Official Athletic Site". www.riceowls.com.
3. "2016-17 Women's basketball quick facts" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017.
4. "2016-17 Fact book - Rice Owls" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017.
5. Thompson, Khari. "Ole Miss women's basketball loses to Rice in WNIT championship game". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

External links

• Official website