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Rice Owls women's basketball
2024–25 Rice Owls women's basketball team
UniversityRice University
All-time record698–625 (.528)
Head coachLindsay Edmonds (4th season)
ConferenceAAC
LocationHouston, Texas
ArenaTudor Fieldhouse
(capacity: 5,000)
NicknameOwls
ColorsBlue and gray[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament second round
2000
NCAA tournament appearances
2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference tournament champions
2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference regular season champions
2005, 2019, 2020, 2021
Conference division season champions
2021

The Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Owls play home basketball games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas.[2]

History

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Members of the Rice Owls women's basketball team during a game at Tudor Fieldhouse in 2023

They played in the Southwest Conference from 1982 to 1995 and the Western Athletic Conference from 1996 to 2004 before joining Conference USA in 2005. As of the end of the 2020–21 season, they have a 659–601 all-time record. They were champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2017.[3][4] They were champions of the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2021.[5]

Season Coach Record Conference Record
1978–79 Linda Tucker 12–16 n/a
1979–80 Linda Tucker 15–14 n/a
1980–81 Linda Tucker 16–12 n/a
1981–82 Linda Tucker 21–8 n/a
1982–83 Linda Tucker 8–18 1–6
1983–84 Linda Tucker 9–16 3–13
1984–85 Linda Tucker 5–21 2–14
1985–86 Linda Tucker 6–19 2–14
1986–87 Linda Tucker 15–13 6–9
1987–88 Linda Tucker 11–14 5–11
1988–89 Linda Tucker 14–13 5–11
1989–90 Mike Dunavant 6–21 3–13
1990–91 Mike Dunavant 10–18 4–12
1991–92 Mike Dunavant 13–15 5–9
1992–93 Mike Dunavant 13–14 3–11
1993–94 Cristy McKinney 13–14 5–9
1994–95 Cristy McKinney 11–16 6–6
1995–96 Cristy McKinney 13–14 6–8
1996–97 Cristy McKinney 16–11 11–5
1997–98 Cristy McKinney 21–9 11–3
1998–99 Cristy McKinney 20–12 9–5
1999-00 Cristy McKinney 22–10 10–4
2000–01 Cristy McKinney 18–12 9–6
2001–02 Cristy McKinney 21–9 14–4
2002–03 Cristy McKinney 15–12 12–6
2003–04 Cristy McKinney 22–10 16–2
2004–05 Cristy McKinney 24–9 14–4
2005–06 Greg Williams 18–14 11–5
2006–07 Greg Williams 19–14 10–6
2007–08 Greg Williams 14–18 6–10
2008–09 Greg Williams 6–23 2–14
2009–10 Greg Williams 13–16 6–9
2010–11 Greg Williams 18–14 10–6
2011–12 Greg Williams 16–16 9–6
2012–13 Greg Williams 14 16 6–10
2013–14 Greg Williams 13–16 6–10
2014–15 Greg Williams 9–21 4–14
2015–16 Tina Langley 9–22 6–11
2016–17 Tina Langley 22–13 8–10
2017–18 Tina Langley 23–10 10–6
2018–19 Tina Langley 28–4 16–0
2019–20 Tina Langley 21–8 16–2
2020–21 Tina Langley 22–4 12–2
2021–22 Lindsay Edmonds 14–13 8–9
2022–23 Lindsay Edmonds 23–9 13–7
2023–24 Lindsay Edmonds 19–15 9–9

NCAA tournament results

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Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2000 #13 First Round
Second Round		 #4 UC Santa Barbara
#5 UNC		 W 67–64
L 50–83
2005 #11 First Round #6 Georgia L 49–75
2019 #12 First Round #5 Marquette L 54–58 (OT)
2024 #14 First Round #3 LSU L 60–70

References

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  1. ^ Rice Athletics Branding Guidelines, Rules, & Regulations (PDF). August 19, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "- Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site – Women's Basketball".
  3. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/201617_WBB_Fact_Book.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ Thompson, Khari. "Ole Miss women's basketball loses to Rice in WNIT championship game". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
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