BYU women's basketball

The Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars Women's basketball program was established in 1971 and is coached by Jeff Judkins. The cougars play in the BYU Marriott Center and are part of the Mountain West Conference in NCAA Division I.

History

Brigham Young University’s (BYU) Women’s Basketball team began in the 1971-1972 season. Home games are played in BYU’s basketball arena, the Marriott Center, consisting of 22,700 seats to accommodate the large number of attendees. The Lady-Cougars played their first game in the Marriott stadium on December 3, 1971. In the 1981-1982 season, the BYU Women’s basketball team beat Oregon State when it made it to the post-season, but then it lost to University of Hawaii in the second round. BYU went to the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2002, and lost to University of Tennessee. [ [http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/faq.jsp BYUCougars.com - BYU Women's Basketball FAQ ] ]

Notable Players

Tina Anne Gunn Robison
She came to BYU and began playing women’s basketball in 1976 and played for the cougars all four years of her college career. During her senior year, she earned the Kodak All-America First Team award and she was also named to the American Women's Sports Federation First Team and the National Scouting Association All-America Team. She graduated from BYU in 1980 with a degree in chemical engineering but still holds many records within the university, putting her among the best Women’s basketball players to have ever played for BYU [http://www.cougarclub.com/hall_of_fame/robison_t.jsp BYU Cougar Club - Hall of Fame - Tina Anne Gunn Robison ] ] . She still holds the records for: [ [http://www.byucougars.com/Schedule.jsp?SP=112&YR=2006 BYUCougars.com - 2006-2007 Women's Basketball Schedule and Results ] ]

ee also

* [http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_w/ Women's Basketball Homepage]
* [http://themwc.cstv.com/ Mountain West Conference Homepage]

References