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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball

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UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
2024–25 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Head coachRenee Jimenez (1st season)
ConferenceBig West
LocationSanta Barbara, California
ArenaUC Santa Barbara Events Center
(capacity: 5,600)
NicknameGauchos
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
2004
NCAA tournament round of 32
1992, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
NCAA tournament appearances
1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012
Conference regular season champions
1992, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference.[2]

History

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As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Gauchos have an all-time record of 699–581. They previously played in the SCWIAC from 1972–1976, the SCAA from 1976–1981, Independent status from 1981–1983, and the PCAA from 1983–1987 before it rebranded as the Big West Conference in 1987. UCSB has the most Big West Conference tournament titles with 14, with 11 regular season titles in addition. advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 2004 after beating Colorado 76–49 and Houston 56–52. They lost 63–57 to Connecticut to end their run.[3]

Year by Year Records

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Season Record Conference record Coach
2018–19 0–0 0–0 Bonnie Henrickson

NCAA tournament results

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Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1992 #9 First Round
Second Round
#8 Houston
#1 Stanford
W 80−69
L 73–82
1993 #5 First Round
Second Round
#12 BYU
#4 Colorado
W 88−79
L 54–81
1997 #13 First Round #4 Tulane L 69–72
1998 #11 First Round
Second Round
#6 Vanderbilt
#3 Illinois
W 76−71
L 65–69
1999 #10 First Round #7 SW Missouri State L 70–72
2000 #4 First Round #13 Rice L 64–67
2001 #14 First Round #3 Purdue L 62–75
2002 #12 First Round
Second Round
#5 Louisiana Tech
#4 Texas
W 57−56
L 60–76
2003 #7 First Round
Second Round
#10 Xavier
#2 Texas Tech
W 71−62
L 48–71
2004 #11 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#6 Colorado
#3 Houston
#2 Connecticut
W 76−49
W 56–52
L 57–63
2005 #13 First Round #4 Notre Dame L 51–61
2008 #13 First Round #4 Virginia L 52–86
2009 #15 First Round #2 Stanford L 39–74
2012 #16 First Round #1 Baylor L 40–81

References

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  1. ^ "UCSB Color". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "UC Santa Barbara". UC Santa Barbara.
  3. ^ "UC Santa Barbara" (PDF). UC Santa Barbara.
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