Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball

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Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball
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University University of Tulsa
Head coach Angie Nelp (4th season)
Conference The American
Location Tulsa, Oklahoma
Arena Reynolds Center
(capacity: 8,355)
Nickname Golden Hurricane
ColorsOld gold, royal blue, and crimson [1]
     
Uniforms
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NCAA tournament second round
2006
NCAA tournament appearances
2006, 2013
Conference tournament champions
2006, 2013
Conference regular season champions
2006, 2024
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2016–17 Tulsa team playing against SMU at Moody Coliseum

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's basketball team represents the University of Tulsa in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Golden Hurricane play home basketball games at the Reynolds Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [2]

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History

The Tulsa women's basketball program was discontinued in 1987 and was reinstated in 1996. [3] [4] [5]

As of the 2015–16 season, the Golden Hurricane have a 316–523 record in 31 seasons of play. They have made appearances in the NCAA tournament in 2006 and 2013, with a win in the first round in 2006 before a Second Round loss. They have made four appearances in the WNIT (2004, 2005, 2015 and 2022), with an appearance in the second round in the latter year. [6]

Season-by-season record

SeasonCoachRecordConference Record
1976–77Bob Okresik2–10n/a
1977–78Mike Seifreid1–19n/a
1978–79Mike Seifreid6–14n/a
1979–80Bill Biggs3–18n/a
1980–81Bill Biggs7–21n/a
1981–82Bill Biggs7–18n/a
1982–83Joyce Plagens8–15n/a
1983–84Joyce Plagens16–11n/a
1984–85Katie Fisher5–21n/a
1985–86Mark Schmidt2–23n/a
1986–87Mark Schmidt3–22n/a
1996–97Marla Odom5–211–15 (WAC, 8th in Mountain)
1997–98Marla Odom9–185–9 (WAC, 5th in Pacific)
1998–99Marla Odom7–205–9 (WAC, 6th in Mountain)
1999–2000Kathy McConnell-Miller14–159–5 (WAC, 4th place)
2000–01Kathy McConnell-Miller8–214–12 (WAC, 7th place)
2001–02Kathy McConnell-Miller17–1311–7 (WAC, 4th place)
2002–03Kathy McConnell-Miller14–169–9 (WAC, 4th place)
2003–04Kathy McConnell-Miller19–1211–7 (WAC, 3rd place)
2004–05Kathy McConnell-Miller19–1111–7 (WAC, 3rd place)
2005–06 Charlene Thomas-Swinson 26–613–3 (C-USA, 1st place)
2006–07Charlene Thomas-Swinson11–195–11 (C-USA, 9th place)
2007–08Charlene Thomas-Swinson11–206–10 (C-USA, 11th place)
2008–09Charlene Thomas-Swinson7–223–13 (C-USA, 11th place)
2009–10Charlene Thomas-Swinson12–166–10 (C-USA, 11th place)
2010–11Charlene Thomas-Swinson5–201–15 (C-USA, 12th place)
2011–12 Matilda Mossman 13–158–8 (C-USA, 6th place)
2012–13Matilda Mossman17–178–8 (C-USA, 6th place)
2013–14Matilda Mossman12–166–10 (C-USA, 10th place)
2014–15Matilda Mossman18–1412–6 (The American, 3rd place)
2015–16Matilda Mossman12–198–10 (The American, 6th place)
2016–17Matilda Mossman10–215–11 (The American, 9th place)
2017–18Matilda Mossman10–213–13 (The American, T-11th place)
2018–19Matilda Mossman13–186–10 (The American, 7th place)
2019–20Matilda Mossman9–214–12 (The American, 12th place)
2020–21Matilda Mossman5–144–13 (The American, 12th place)
2021–22 Angie Nelp 17–105–8 (The American, 8th place)
2022–23Angie Nelp17–137–9 (The American, 7th place)
2023–24Angie Nelp23–813–5 (The American, T-1st place)

NCAA tournament results

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2006 12First Round
Second Round
(5) NC State
(4) DePaul
W 71–61
L 67–71
2013 16First Round(1) Stanford L 56–72

NCAA tournament seeding history

Years → '06 '13
Seeds →1216

References

  1. Tulsa Brand Guide (PDF). February 1, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. "Official Athletics Site of the University of Tulsa". Tulsahurricane.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. Morgan, Rhett. "Odom 'Right Fit' For TU". Tulsa World.
  4. Morgan, Rhett. "TU to Name Odom Women's Coach". Tulsa World.
  5. Ferguson, John D. "TU Women Open New Era Against Nicholls". Tulsa World.
  6. "University of Tulsa Athletics - 2016_17_WBB_Guide_FULL.pdf" (PDF). Tulsahurricane.com. June 16, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2017.