Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball

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Saint Louis Billikens
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University Saint Louis University
Head coach Rebecca Tillett (3rd season)
Conference Atlantic 10
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Arena Chaifetz Arena
(capacity: 10,600)
Nickname Billikens
Student sectionSLUnatics
ColorsSLU blue and white [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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NCAA tournament appearances
2023
Conference tournament champions
2023
Conference regular season champions
2016

The Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team is a college basketball program representing Saint Louis University. They compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference. [2]

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History

As of the end of the 2021–22 season, the Bilikens had an all-time record of 552–734. They have made appearances in the WNIT in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2024. They were the 2024 WNIT champions . [3] [4]

SeasonRecordCoach
1975–768–6Thad Strobach (8–6)
1976–776–8John O’Brien (176–147)
1977–7815–8
1978–7918–7
1979–8018–6
1980–8115–13
1981–8211–11
1982–8314–14
1983–8416–9
1984–8516–10
1985–8616–10
1986–8712–16
1987–8811–16
1988–898–19
1989–903–24Steve Cochran (3–50)
1990–910–26
1991–922–25Sharon Allen (17–90)
1992–935–21
1993–946–21
1994–954–23
1995–966–21Jill Pizzotti (113–167)
1996–9710–18
1997–9813–14
1998–9916–12
1999-0011–17
2000–0114–14
2001–0214–15
2002–0317–14
2003–048–19
2004–054–23
2005–067–20Shimmy Gray-Miller (71–136)
2006–0713–17
2007–0810–20
2008–0912–18
2009–1011–19
2010–117–22
2011–1211–20
2012–1312–19 Lisa Stone (164–138)
2013–1412–18
2014–15 15–16
2015–16 26–8
2016–17 25–9
2017–18 17–16
2018–19 15–16
2019–2019–13
2020–2114–5
2021–229–18
2022–2317–17Rebecca Tillett (39–35)
2023-2422–18

NCAA tournament appearances

The Billikens have made 1 appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Their combined record is 0–1.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2023 #13First Round(4) TennesseeL 50–95

WNIT

The Saint Louis Billkens have made 5 appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. Their combined record is 11-4. They were WNIT champions in 2024.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2016 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Arkansas–Little Rock
Ball State
Western Kentucky
W 70–69
W 59–57
L 76–78OT
2017 First Round
Second Round
IUPUI
Indiana
W 62–57
L 53–71
2018 First RoundKansas StateL 61–75
2021 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
DePaul
Milwaukee
Northern Iowa
W 74–72
W 64–44
L 50–58
2024 First Round
Second Round
Super 16
Great 8
Semifinals
Championship
Central Arkansas
Northern Iowa
Purdue Ft. Wayne
Wisconsin
Vermont
Minnesota
W 66-61
W 68–64
W 82–78
W 65-60
W 57-54
W 69-50

Notable players

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References

  1. "Colors and Fonts" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. "Women's Basketball - News - SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University". SLUBillikens.com. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  3. "Saint Louis University Billikens 2016-17 - Women's basketball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19.
  4. "2016-17 Women's basketball record book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19.