Texas Longhorns women's basketball

Infobox CBB Team
name = Texas Longhorns

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university = The University of Texas at Austin
conference = Big 12 Conference
conference_short = Big 12
division = South
city = Austin
stateabb = TX
state = Texas
coach = Gail Goestenkors
tenure = 1st
arena = Frank Erwin Center
capacity = 16,755
nickname = Longhorns
color1 = Burnt Orange
color2 = White
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NCAAchampion = 1986
NCAAfinalfour = 1986, 1987, 2003
conference_tournament = Southwest Conference: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994
Big 12 Conference: 2003
conference_season = Southwest Conference: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996
Big 12 Conference: 2003, 2004

The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin and competes in the Big 12 Conference.

The team has long been a national power in women's basketball. Under head coach Jody Conradt, the second NCAA Division I basketball coach to win 900 career games (after Tennessee's Pat Summitt), the Longhorns won the 1986 national championship. Conradt retired after the 2006-07 season, and was replaced by Duke head coach Gail Goestenkors.

Since 1977, Texas women's basketball has played its home games in the Frank Erwin Special Events Center, where the team has compiled a 399-76 (.840) record as of March 5, 2008.

History

The University of Texas began varsity intercollegiate competition in women's basketball in 1974. The Longhorns rank fifth in both total victories and all-time win percentage among all NCAA Division I women's college basketball programs, with an all-time win-loss record of 843-275 (.754).cite web |url=http://texassports.com/doc_lib/wbb_quick_facts.pdf | title=Texas Longhorns Women's Basketball Quick Facts | work=texassports.com | accessdate=2008-03-18] cite web |url=http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/basketball/w_basketball_records_book/2008/2008_w_basketball_records.pdf | title=NCAA 2008 Women's Basketball Record Book | work=ncaasports.com | accessdate=2008-03-18]

The Longhorns have won 22 total conference championships (12 regular-season conference titles and 10 conference tournament titles) in women's basketball and have made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament (32-21 overall record), reaching the NCAA Final Four three times (1986, 1987, 2003) and the NCAA Regional Finals (Elite Eight) eight times. Texas won the 1986 NCAA Championship to finish the 1985-86 season with a win-loss record of 34-0. As of April 2007, Texas ranks eleventh with Virginia for all-time NCAA Tournament victories (32), trailing Tennessee (104), Connecticut (65), Louisiana Tech (65), Stanford (52), Georgia (48), Duke (39), North Carolina (38), Purdue (38), Old Dominion (34), and Vanderbilt (34).

Rod Page years (1974-1976)

Rod Page served as head coach during The University of Texas' first two seasons of varsity intercollegiate competition in women's basketball (1974-75 and 1975-76). During Page's two seasons as head coach, his teams compiled records of 17-10 and 21-7, placing sixth and third, respectively, in Texas AIAW Tournament play. Page was succeeded in his position by Jody Conradt.

Jody Conradt era (1976-2007)

Gail Goestenkors era (2007-present)

National honors and awards

Facilities

Gregory Gymnasium

Frank Erwin Center

Denton A. Cooley Pavilion

All-time season results (1974-2008)

Texas Year-by-Year Resultscite web |url=http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/0607mg-83-100.pdf | title=Big 12 Women's Basketball Media Guide | work=big12sports.com | accessdate=2007-04-18]

All-time series records against Big 12 members

Texas vs. the Big 12^*

Rivalries

Texas Tech

Baylor

Oklahoma

Texas A&M

Notable players

ee also

* Texas Longhorns men's basketball

References

External links

* [http://www.texassports.com/ Texas Athletics website]