UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball

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UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball
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University University of Tennessee at Martin
Head coach Kevin McMillan (16th season)
Conference Ohio Valley
Location Martin, Tennessee
Arena Skyhawk Arena
(capacity: 4,300)
Nickname Skyhawks
ColorsNavy blue, orange, and white [1]
     
Uniforms
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NCAA tournament appearances
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2024
AIAW tournament Elite Eight
1972
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
1972
AIAW tournament appearances
1972
Conference tournament champions
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Conference regular season champions
1999, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021

The UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team is the team that represents the University of Tennessee at Martin in Martin, Tennessee, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. [2]

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History

Since beginning play in 1969, the Skyhawks have an all-time record of 578–687, per the end of the 2015–16 season. They appeared in the inaugural AIAW women's basketball tournament in 1972, beating Long Beach State 53–43 in the First Round before losing to Mississippi University for Women state college 43–25. Since 1999, the Skyhawks have won the Ohio Valley Conference season title five times while also winning the tournament four times, two of them being both in the same year. They have also made three appearances in the WNIT (1999, 2015, 2016). [3] [4] [5]

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2011 #15First Round#2 DukeL 45–90
2012 #15First Round#2 TennesseeL 49–72
2013 #16First Round#1 Notre DameL 64–97
2014 #13First Round#4 North CarolinaL 58–60

AIAW Division I

The Skyhawks made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1972 First Round
Quarterfinals
Long Beach State
Mississippi State for Women
W, 53–43
L, 25–43

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The 2013–14 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by fifth year head coach Jason James, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–23, 3–13 in OVC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They failed to qualify for the Ohio Valley Tournament.

The 2014–15 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by first-year head coach Heath Schroyer, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–6 in OVC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the OVC tournament to Morehead State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Northwestern State in the first round, USC Upstate in the second round, and Eastern Kentucky in the quarterfinals. In the CIT semifinals, they lost to Evansville.

The 2015–16 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second year head coach Heath Schroyer, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena and were members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 20–15, 10–6 in OVC play to share the West Division championship with Murray State. They defeated Morehead State to advance to the championship game of the OVC tournament where they lost to Austin Peay. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Central Michigan in the first round before losing in the second round to Ball State.

The 2016–17 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by first-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the West Division of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 22–13, 10–6 in OVC play to win the West Division championship. As the No. 2 seed in the OVC tournament, they defeated Murray State before losing to Jacksonville State in the championship game. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing in the second round to Campbell.

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Anthony W. Stewart was an American college basketball coach. His last position was as head coach of the UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team. Since Stewart joined the Skyhawks program as the associate head coach under Heath Schroyer in 2014, the team won 94 games, the most in a six-year period since they became part of Division I. Stewart was responsible of the team's three straight 20-win campaigns from 2014 to 2017, a first for the UT team. Also in that span, the Skyhawks won five postseason games and was the only Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) school to win at least one postseason game in each of the last three seasons. Stewart had gone on to coach over 15 professional players during his coaching career.

The 2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 10–21, 5–13 in OVC play, to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.

The 2016–17 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represented University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by eighth year head coach Kevin McMillan, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). The team finished the season with a 12–19 overall, 8–8 OVC record in a fourth-place tie.

The 2017–18 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represent University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by ninth year head coach Kevin McMillan, play their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. (OVC)

The 2019–20 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by fourth-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 9–20, 5–13 in OVC play to finish in a tie for 10th place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.

The 2021–22 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by first-year head coach Ryan Ridder, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 8–22, 4–14 in OVC play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.

The 2022–23 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by second-year head coach Ryan Ridder, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 10–8 in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 3 seed in the OVC tournament, they defeated SIU Edwardsville before losing Tennessee Tech in the semifinals.

The 2023-24 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by third-year head coach Ryan Ridder, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena located in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

The 2023–24 UT Martin Skyhawks women's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by 15th-year head coach Kevin McMillan, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena located in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

The 2024-25 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by first-year head coach Jeremy Shulman, play their home games at Skyhawk Arena located in Martin, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

References

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  2. "UTM Sports". www.utmsports.com.
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  4. "2016–17 UT Martin Women's Basketball Media Guide".
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2017-02-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)