Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball

Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas Jayhawks
	2023–24 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team
University	University of Kansas
First season	1903 (club); 1968 (varsity)
All-time record	865–696 (.554) (Varsity-only record)
Athletic director	Travis Goff
Head coach	Brandon Schneider (8th season)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Lawrence, Kansas
Arena	Allen Fieldhouse ; (Capacity: 16,300)
Nickname	Jayhawks
Colors	Crimson and blue;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1996, 1998, 2012, 2013
NCAA tournament second round
	1987, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
	1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2024
AIAW tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1980
AIAW tournament appearances
	1979, 1980, 1981
Conference tournament champions
	1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1993
Conference regular season champions
	1987, 1992, 1996, 1997

Last updated March 25, 2024

The Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are coached by Brandon Schneider. The Jayhawks have failed to match the success of the men's team, only qualifying for 14 NCAA Tournaments and never making it past the Sweet Sixteen. They have, however, won one Women's NIT championship which they won in 2023. Despite the lack of success on the court, the Jayhawks have produced one Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, Lynette Woodard

History

Kansas first fielded a women's basketball team in 1903. The 1903 team posted a 6-2 record. The team competed as a non-varsity independent squad. In 1912, female students at the University of Kansas launched the Women’s Athletic Association (WAA) with the assistance of physical education instructor Hazel Pratt. Under the WAA, KU women competed against other colleges and universities as a non-varsity club sport. ^[2]

Kansas first officially fielded a varsity women's basketball team during the 1968–1969 season,^[3] though club level women's teams had been fielded as early as 1903. For 31 seasons (1973–2004) the women's team was coached by Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances and three AIAW tournament appearances. The team's best post-season result was appearing in the Sweet Sixteen, which they have done five times, most recently in 2013.

Notable players

The Jayhawks have produced one Hall of Fame player. As of April 2, 2023, Kansas has no players on WNBA rosters but has produced WNBA players in the past.

Hall of Famers

Lynette Woodard, inducted as a player, also a former coach

Former WNBA players

Angela Aycock, Forward, Seattle Storm
Tamecka Dixon, Guard, Los Angeles Sparks
Angel Goodrich, Guard, Tulsa Shock
Jaclyn Johnson, Forward, Orlando Miracle
Danielle McCray, Guard/Forward, Connecticut Sun
Lynn Pride, Guard/Forward, Minnesota Lynx
Charisse Sampson, Guard, Seattle Storm

Conferences

The Jayhawks and the rest of the Big 8, along with four former members of the defunct Southwest Conference, joined and created the Big 12 conference in 1996.

Coaches

Kansas first fielded a women's basketball team in 1903. The Jayhawks, at this time, were coached by the inventor of the game James Naismith. After the 1903 season, and until becoming a varsity team in 1968, the Jayhawks did not officially have a coach, and instead had "player-coaches" on their rosters. ^[4] The Jayhawks have had 6 coaches since they began Varsity play in 1968. Marian Washington is all-time leader for the program in years coached, wins, tournament appearances, tournament wins, and win percentage.

Coach	Years Coached	Wins	Losses	Win %	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Appearances	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Wins	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Losses	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Win %
Marlene Mawson	1968–1971	19	16	.543	N/A*
Debbie Artman	1971–1972	9	8	.529	0	0	0	—
Sharon Drysdale	1972–1973	9	8	.529	0	0	0	—
Marian Washington	1973–2004	560	365	.605	14	10	14	.417
Bonnie Henrickson	2004–2015	186	171	.521	2	4	2	.667
Brandon Schneider	2015–present	107	136	.440	1	1	1	.500

* Women's college post-season tournaments did not begin until 1969, with a CIAW invitational tournament. Kansas appeared in the 1971 CIAW post-season qualification tournament with a record of 2-2.^[5]^: 141

NCAA/AIAW Tournament history

The Jayhawks have appeared in 17 NCAA/AIAW Tournaments. Their combined record is 13–16.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1979	—	First Round	Louisiana Tech	L 61–100
1980	—	First Round Second Round	Cheyney State Louisiana Tech	W 75–66 L 73–81
1981	—	Second Round	UCLA	L 71–73
1987	7	First Round Second Round	(10) NE Louisiana (2) Georgia	W 78–72 L 51–82
1988	7	First Round Second Round	(10) Middle Tennessee St. (2) Louisiana Tech	W 81–75 L 50–89
1992	9	First Round	(8) Missouri St.	L 59–75
1993	8	First Round	(9) California	L 47–62
1994	9	First Round Second Round	(8) Stephen F. Austin (1) Penn State	W 72–67 L 68–85
1995	7	First Round	(10) Wisconsin	L 72–73
1996	4	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(13) Middle Tennessee St. (5) Texas (1) Tennessee	W 72–57 W 70–77 L 71–92
1997	3	First Round Second Round	(14) Detroit (6) Vanderbilt	W 81–67 L 44–51
1998	5	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(12) Tulane (4) Iowa (9) Arkansas	W 72–68 W 62–58 L 63–79
1999	9	First Round Second Round	(8) Marquette (1) Purdue	W 64–58 L 41–55
2000	8	First Round	(9) Vanderbilt	L 69–71 ^{2 OT}
2012	11	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(6) Nebraska (3) Delaware (2) Tennessee	W 57–49 W 70–64 L 73–84
2013	12	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(5) Colorado (4) South Carolina (1) Notre Dame	W 67–52 W 75–69 L 63–93
2022	8	First Round Second Round	(9) Georgia Tech (1) Stanford	W 77–58 L 65–91

Women's NIT

The Jayhawks have appeared in six NIT tournaments. Their combined record is 15–5. They won the 2023 Tournament.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2006	First round Second round	Northern Iowa Ole Miss	W 59–49 L 76–78
2008	Second round Third round	Evansville Michigan State	W 82–60 L 54–58
2009	Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship	Creighton Arkansas New Mexico Illinois State South Florida	W 79–64 W 75–59 W 78–69 W 75–72 L 71–75
2010	First round Second round Regional Semifinals	Prairie View A&M Creighton Illinois State	W 82–72 W 71–68 L 51–71
2011	First round Second round	Wichita State Duquesne	W 79–58 L 63–80
2023	First round Second round Super 16 Great 8 Fab 4 Championship	Western Kentucky Missouri Nebraska Arkansas Washington Columbia	W 86–72 W 75–47 W 64–55 W 78–64 W 61–36 W 66–59

Year by year results

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Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Marlene Mawson (CIAW)(1968–1971)
1968–69	Marlene Mawson	5–4	–
1969–70	Marlene Mawson	7–4	–
1970–71	Marlene Mawson	7–8	–		CIAW Tenth Place
Marlene Mawson:		19–16	–
Debbie Artman (Independent)(1971–1972)
1971–72	Debbie Artman	9–8	–
Debbie Artman:		9–8	–
Sharon Drysdale (Independent)(1972–1973)
1972–73	Sharon Drysdale	9–8	–
Sharon Drysdale:		9–8	–
Marion Washington (Independent, Big 8, Big 12)(1973–2004)
1973–74	Marion Washington	11–8	–
1974–75	Marion Washington	7–17	–
1975–76	Marion Washington	13–14	–
1976–77	Marion Washington	11–15	–
1977–78	Marion Washington	22–11	–		NWIT Sixth Place
1978–79	Marion Washington	30–8	–		AIAW Sectional		14
1979–80	Marion Washington	29–8	–		AIAW Sectional		11
1980–81	Marion Washington	27–5	–		AIAW Sectional		10
1981–82	Marion Washington	16–14	–
Big Eight Conference
1982–83	Marion Washington	13–15	9–5	(Big 8) 3rd
1983–84	Marion Washington	11–16	7–7	5th
1984–85	Marion Washington	19–10	9–5	3rd
1985–86	Marion Washington	18–10	9–5	T–2nd
1986–87	Marion Washington	20–13	9–5	T–1st#	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)
1987–88	Marion Washington	22–10	8–6	T–3rd	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)
1988–89	Marion Washington	13–14	5–9	T–6th
1989–90	Marion Washington	20–9	9–5	T–4th
1990–91	Marion Washington	20–13	7–7	5th	NWIT Third Place
1991–92	Marion Washington	25–6	12–2	1st	NCAA First Round	25	17
1992–93	Marion Washington	21–9	9–5	T–3rd	NCAA First Round		24
1993–94	Marion Washington	22–6	11–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round	17	15
1994–95	Marion Washington	20–11	8–6	3rd	NCAA First Round	23	23
1995–96	Marion Washington	22–10	11–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	20
Big 12 Conference
1996–97	Marion Washington	25–6	14–2	1st (Big 12)	NCAA Second Round	16	11
1997–98	Marion Washington	23–9	11–5	T–3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	22
1998–99	Marion Washington	23–10	11–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round
1999–2000	Marion Washington	20–10	11–5	4th	NCAA First Round
2000–01	Marion Washington	12–17	5–11	9th
2001–02	Marion Washington	5–25	0–16	12th
2002–03	Marion Washington	11–18	3–13	T–9th
2003–04	Marion Washington	9–18	2–12	T–11th
Marion Washington:		560–365	180–142
Lynette Woodward (Big 12)(2004)
2004	Lynette Woodward	0–3	0–2
Lynette Woodward:		0–3	0–2
Bonnie Henrickson (Big 12)(2004–2015)
2004–05	Bonnie Henrickson	12–16	5–11	8th
2005–06	Bonnie Henrickson	17–13	5–11	10th	WNIT First Round (Play-in)
2006–07	Bonnie Henrickson	11–20	4–11	T–11th
2007–08	Bonnie Henrickson	17–16	4–12	T–10th	WNIT Second Round (bye)
2008–09	Bonnie Henrickson	22–14	6–10	T–7th	WNIT Finals
2009–10	Bonnie Henrickson	17–16	5–11	T–8th	WNIT Third Round
2010–11	Bonnie Henrickson	21–13	6–10	T–8th	WNIT Second Round
2011–12	Bonnie Henrickson	21–13	8–10	T–6th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	25
2012–13	Bonnie Henrickson	20–14	8–10	7th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2013–14	Bonnie Henrickson	13–19	5–13	T–8th
2014–15	Bonnie Henrickson	15–17	6–12	9th
Bonnie Henrickson:		186–171	62–121
Brandon Schneider (Big 12)(2015–present)
2015–16	Brandon Schneider	6–25	0–18	10th
2016–17	Brandon Schneider	8–22	2–16	10th
2017–18	Brandon Schneider	12–18	3–15	9th
2018–19	Brandon Schneider	13–18	2–16	10th
2019–20	Brandon Schneider	15–14	4–14	10th
2020–21	Brandon Schneider	7–18	3–15	T-9th
2021–22	Brandon Schneider	21–10	11–7	5th	NCAA Second Round
2022–23	Brandon Schneider	25–11	9–9	7th	WNIT Champions
Brandon Schneider:		107–136	34–110
Total:		890–705
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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↑ "Women's Debut to Basketball".
↑ "2011-12 Kansas Women's Basketball Media Guide". Issuu. November 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
↑ "Women's Debut to Basketball".
1 2 "Media Guide" (PDF). University of Kansas. Retrieved 10 Aug 2013.

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[1] "Color | Brand Center" . Retrieved May 19, 2017.

[2] "Women's Debut to Basketball".

[3] "2011-12 Kansas Women's Basketball Media Guide". Issuu. November 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

[4] "Women's Debut to Basketball".

[Media_Guide-5] 1 2 "Media Guide" (PDF). University of Kansas. Retrieved 10 Aug 2013.

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Venues	Allen Fieldhouse (1968–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri (dormant)
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Big 12 Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Baylor Bears BYU Cougars Cincinnati Bearcats Houston Cougars Iowa State Cyclones Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildcats Oklahoma Sooners (leaving in 2024) Oklahoma State Cowgirls TCU Horned Frogs Texas Longhorns (leaving in 2024) Texas Tech Lady Raiders UCF Knights West Virginia Mountaineers
Future teams	Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils Colorado Buffaloes Utah Utes (all joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24