USC Trojans Women's Basketball | ||||
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University | University of Southern California | |||
All-time record | 847–560 (.602) | |||
Head coach | Lindsay Gottlieb (4th season) | |||
Conference | Big Ten | |||
Location | Los Angeles, California | |||
Arena | Galen Center (capacity: 10,258) | |||
Nickname | Trojans Women of Troy | |||
Colors | Cardinal and gold [1] | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1983, 1984 | ||||
NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
1986 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1983, 1984, 1986 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament second round | ||||
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2024 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||||
AIAW tournament Final Four | ||||
1981 | ||||
AIAW tournament appearances | ||||
1980, 1981 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
2014, 2024 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
Pac-12: 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1994 Big Ten: 2025 |
The USC Trojans women's basketball team, or the Women of Troy, is the collegiate women's basketball team that represents the University of Southern California, in the Big Ten Conference. The team rose to prominence in 1976, at which time scholarships became available to female basketball players. They were the first Division I team to give these scholarships.
The Women of Troy made their first appearance in the Final Four in the 1981 AIAW Tournament. Following the successful 1982 season, in which USC reached the Elite Eight of the first NCAA tournament, the Trojans went on to win national championships in 1983 and 1984. The 1983 championship team included three All-Americans, Paula McGee, Cheryl Miller, and Rhonda Windham. The 1983 team went 31–2 in the regular and post-season combined. The 1983 team bested their opponent, Louisiana Tech, by a mere 2 points. The final score was 69–67. The 1984 championship team went 29–4 in the regular and post season. The 1984 team faced University of Tennessee. The victory this year came by a healthy eleven points. The final score was 72–61. USC made the National Championship again in 1986 but did not prevail. They lost to University of Texas 97–81. They since have yet to appear in the National Championship.
In 1987 and 1994 the Trojans won the Pac-10 Championship. The Trojans had begun their longest playoff drought in 1998, which was broken when the team made it to the playoff bracket in 2005. Not until 2011 did the Trojans make it to the postseason again. In 2006 USC opened the Galen Center, which was the new home of the Women of Troy. It can seat over 10,000 fans, and it was sold out in 2007 for a game between the Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. It was the first time in history that an NCAA women's basketball game was sold out. Every year since 1986, at least one member of the Trojans team has been honored in the Pac-10 awards. To date, eleven players who played for USC have won Olympic medals. [2]
Given USC's early and iconic development of women's basketball, the legacy was featured in an HBO documentary entitled "Women of Troy," which premiered on March 10, 2020. [3]
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Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Coaches' poll | AP poll | ||
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Marci Cantrell (Independent, WCAA, Pac-8)(1976–1977) | |||||||||
1976–77 | Marci Cantrell | 5–16 | 1–7 | 4th (WCAA) | |||||
Marci Cantrell: | 5–16 | 1–7 | |||||||
Linda Sharp (Independent, WCAA, Pac-10)(1977–1989) | |||||||||
1977–78 | Linda Sharp | 11–13 | 3–5 | 4th (WCAA) | |||||
1978–79 | Linda Sharp | 21–10 | 4–4 | 3rd | WAIAW | ||||
1979–80 | Linda Sharp | 22–12 | 9–3 | 3rd | AIAW First round | ||||
1980–81 | Linda Sharp | 26–8 | 9–3 | 1st | AIAW Fourth Place | 4 | |||
1981–82 | Linda Sharp | 23–4 | 9–3 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | 6 | |||
1982–83 | Linda Sharp | 31–2 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Champions | 1 | |||
1983–84 | Linda Sharp | 29–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Champions | 5 | |||
1984–85 | Linda Sharp | 21–9 | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 15 | |||
1985–86 | Linda Sharp | 31–5 | 8–0 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | 2 | 3 | ||
Pac-12 Conference | |||||||||
1986–87 | Linda Sharp | 22–8 | 15–3 | 1st (Pac-12) | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 14 | 19 | ||
1987–88 | Linda Sharp | 22–8 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 13 | 15 | ||
1988–89 | Linda Sharp | 12–16 | 8–10 | T-4th | |||||
Linda Sharp: | 271–99 | 116–40 | |||||||
Marianne Stanley (Pac-10)(1989–1993) | |||||||||
1989–90 | Marianne Stanley | 8–19 | 6–12 | 7th | |||||
1990–91 | Marianne Stanley | 18–12 | 11–7 | 3rd | NCAA Second round (Play-In) | ||||
1991–92 | Marianne Stanley | 23–8 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | 12 | 23 | ||
1992–93 | Marianne Stanley | 22–7 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 14 | 15 | ||
Marianne Stanley: | 71–46 | 45–27 | |||||||
Cheryl Miller (Pac-10)(1993–1995) | |||||||||
1993–94 | Cheryl Miller | 26–4 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | 9 | 7 | ||
1994–95 | Cheryl Miller | 18–10 | 10–8 | 5th | NCAA First round | ||||
Cheryl Miller: | 44–14 | 26–10 | |||||||
Fred Williams (Pac-10)(1995–1997) | |||||||||
1995–96 | Fred Williams | 13–14 | 8–10 | T-6th | |||||
1996–97 | Fred Williams | 20–9 | 13–5 | 3rd | NCAA Second round | ||||
Fred Williams: | 33–23 | 21–15 | |||||||
Chris Gobrecht (Pac-10)(1997–2004) | |||||||||
1997–98 | Chris Gobrecht | 12–15 | 7–11 | 6th | |||||
1998–99 | Chris Gobrecht | 7–20 | 3–15 | T-9th | |||||
1999–2000 | Chris Gobrecht | 16–14 | 10–8 | T-5th | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
2000–01 | Chris Gobrecht | 13–15 | 8–10 | T-6th | |||||
2001–02 | Chris Gobrecht | 16–14 | 11–7 | T-4th | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
2002–03 | Chris Gobrecht | 14–17 | 8–10 | T-5th | |||||
2003–04 | Chris Gobrecht | 15–13 | 11–7 | T-3rd | |||||
Chris Gobrecht: | 93–108 | 58–68 | |||||||
Mark Trakh (Pac-10)(2004–2009) | |||||||||
2004–05 | Mark Trakh | 20–11 | 12–6 | T-2nd | NCAA Second round | 22 | |||
2005–06 | Mark Trakh | 19–12 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA Second round | ||||
2006–07 | Mark Trakh | 17–13 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
2007–08 | Mark Trakh | 17–13 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
2008–09 | Mark Trakh | 17–15 | 9–9 | T-4th | |||||
Mark Trakh: | 90–64 | 52–38 | |||||||
Michael Cooper (Pac-10, Pac-12)(2009–2013) | |||||||||
2009–10 | Michael Cooper | 19–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2010–11 | Michael Cooper | 24–13 | 10–8 | 4th | WNIT Runner-up | ||||
2011–12 | Michael Cooper | 18–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | |||||
2012–13 | Michael Cooper | 11–20 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
Michael Cooper: | 72–57 | 41–31 | |||||||
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (Pac-12)(2013–2017) | |||||||||
2013–14 | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 22–13 | 11–7 | T-4th | NCAA First round | ||||
2014–15 | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 15–15 | 7–11 | T-7th | |||||
2015–16 | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 19–13 | 6–12 | 8th | |||||
2016–17 | Cynthia Cooper-Dyke | 14–16 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke: | 70–57 | 29–43 | |||||||
Mark Trakh (Pac-12)(2017–2021) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Mark Trakh | 19–10 | 9–9 | 7th | |||||
2018–19 | Mark Trakh | 17–13 | 7–11 | T-8th | |||||
2019–20 | Mark Trakh | 17–14 | 8–10 | 7th | Postseason canceled due to COVID-19; WNIT bid was expected | ||||
2020–21 | Mark Trakh | 11–12 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
Mark Trakh: | 65–50 (155–114) | 32–40 (84–78) | |||||||
Lindsay Gottlieb (Pac-12)(2021–2024) | |||||||||
2021–22 | Lindsay Gottlieb | 12–16 | 5–12 | 10th | |||||
2022–23 | Lindsay Gottlieb | 21–10 | 11–7 | T-4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
2023–24 | Lindsay Gottlieb | 29–6 | 13–5 | T-2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
Lindsay Gottlieb (Big Ten)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024–25 | Lindsay Gottlieb | 26–2 | 16–1 | 1st | |||||
Lindsay Gottlieb: | 88–34 | 45–25 | |||||||
Total: | 876–563 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1982 | #1 | First round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #8 Kent State #4 Penn State #2 Tennessee | W 99−55 W 73–70 L 90–91 (OT) |
1983 | #1 | First round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game | #8 NE Louisiana #4 Arizona State #2 Long Beach State #2 Georgia #1 Louisiana Tech | W 99−85 W 96–59 W 81–74 W 81–57 W 69–67 |
1984 | #1 | First round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game | #8 BYU #4 Montana #2 Long Beach State #1 Louisiana Tech #3 Tennessee | W 97−72 W 76–51 W 90–74 W 62–57 W 72–61 |
1985 | #4 | First round Sweet Sixteen | #5 Idaho #1 Long Beach State | W 74−51 L 72–75 |
1986 | #1 | Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game | #8 Montana #4 North Carolina #2 Louisiana Tech #4 Tennessee #1 Texas | W 81−50 W 84–70 W 80–64 W 83–59 L 81–97 |
1987 | #3 | Second round Sweet Sixteen | #6 Western Kentucky #2 Ohio State | W 81−69 L 63–74 |
1988 | #4 | Second round Sweet Sixteen | #5 Nebraska #1 Iowa | W 100−82 L 67–79 |
1991 | #5 | First round Second round | #12 Utah #4 Long Beach State | W 63−52 L 58–83 |
1992 | #3 | Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #11 Montana #2 Stephen F. Austin #1 Stanford | W 71−59 W 61–57 L 62–82 |
1993 | #3 | Second round Sweet Sixteen | #6 Nebraska #2 Texas Tech | W 78−60 L 67–87 |
1994 | #2 | First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #15 Portland #7 George Washington #3 Virginia #4 Louisiana Tech | W 77−62 W 76–72 W 85–66 L 66–75 |
1995 | #9 | First round | #8 Memphis | L 72–74 |
1997 | #6 | First round Second round | #11 San Francisco #3 Florida | W 68−55 L 78–92 |
2005 | #8 | First round Second round | #9 Louisville #1 Michigan State | W 65−49 L 59–61 |
2006 | #8 | First round Second round | #9 South Florida #1 Duke | W 67−65 L 51–85 |
2014 | #9 | First round | #8 St. John's | L 68–71 |
2023 | #8 | First round | #9 South Dakota State | L 57–62 OT |
2024 | #1 | First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #16 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi #8 Kansas #5 Baylor #3 UConn | W 84−55 W 73−55 W 74−70 L 73–80 |
2025 | #1 | First round | #16 UNC Greensboro | TBD |
The Trojans made two appearances in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 2–3.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1980 | First round | South Carolina | L, 60–81 |
1981 | Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third-place game | Oregon Cheyney State Louisiana Tech Old Dominion | W, 67–64 W, 67–58 L, 50–66 L, 65–68 |
USC Trojans retired numbers | ||||
No. | Player | Year retired | ||
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11 | Paula McGee | 2012 | ||
14 | Tina Thompson | 2019 | ||
30 | Pamela McGee | 2012 | ||
31 | Cheryl Miller | 2006 | ||
33 | Lisa Leslie | 2006 | ||
44 | Cynthia Cooper | 2019 |
Rank | Points | 3-pt FGs | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
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1. | 3,018 - Cheryl Miller 1982–86 | 292 - Ashley Corral 2009–12 | 1,534 - Cheryl Miller 1982–86 | 735 - Rhonda Windham 1983–87 | 462 - Cheryl Miller 1982–86 | 321 - Lisa Leslie 1990–94 |
2. | 2,474 - Cherie Nelson 1986–88 | 213 - Courtney Jaco 2014–17 | 1,255 -Pam McGee 1981-84 | 473 -Thera Smith 1979–82 | 309 - Tammy Story 1998-2002 | 320 - Cheryl Miller 1982–86 |
3. | 2,414 - Lisa Leslie 1990–94 | 183 - Brynn Cameron 2004–09 | 1,232 - Cherie Nelson 1986-89 | 466 -Camille Lenoir 2004–09 | 256 - Cynthia Cooper 1982-86 | 190 - Paula McGee 1981-84 |
4. | 2,346 - Paula McGee 1981-84 | 181 - Eshaya Murphy 2004–07 | 1,214 - Lisa Leslie 1990–94 | 466 - Ashley Corral 2009-12 | 249 - Ebony Hoffman 2001–04 | 168 - Briana Gilbreath 2009-12 |
5. | 2,248 -Tina Thompson 1993-97 | 177 - Aliyah Mazyck 2015–2019 | 1,168 - Tina Thompson 1993-97 | 450 - Minyon Moore 2016–19 | 248 - Paula McGee 1981–84 | 162 - Michelle Campbell 1993-97 |
6. | 2,214 - Pam McGee 1981–84 | 154 - Camille Lenoir 2004–09 | 1,155 - Paula McGee 1981–84 | 422 - Tammy Story 1989–92 | 241 - Briana Gilbreath 2009-–12 | 139 - Chloe Kerr 2004-07 |
7. | 1,832 - Cassie Harberts 2011–14 | 138 - Ariya Crook 2012–14 | 1,003 - Ebony Hoffman 2001–04 | 417 - Jamie Hagiya 2004–07 | 234 -Eshaya Murphy 2004–07 | 122 - Ebony Hoffman 2001-04 |
8. | 1,797- Kathy Hammond 1978-81 | 132 - Jamie Hagiya 2004–07 | 925- Cassie Harberts 2011–14 | 414 - Cheryl Miller 1982–86 | 228 - Lisa Leslie 1990-94 | 119 -Pam McGee 1982-84 |
9. | 1,687 - Ebony Hoffman 2001–04 | 118- Heather Oliver 2007-10 | 917- Kristen Simon 2014-18 | 395 - Brianna Barrett 2013-16 | 221-Minyon Moore 2016-19 | 110 - Nadia Parker 2006-09 |
10. | 1,608 - Briana Gilbreath 2009–12 | 110 - Tammy Story 1989-92 | 813 - Briana Gilbreath 2009–12 | 381 - Cynthia Cooper 1982-86 | 218-Karon Howell 1986-89 | 109 - Cherie Nelson 1986-99 |