Rice Owls women's basketball

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

Rice Owls women's basketball
2022–23 Rice Owls women's basketball team
UniversityRice University
All-time record659–601 (.523)
Head coachLindsay Edmonds (1st season)
ConferenceC-USA
West Division
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
Conference tournament champions
2000, 2005, 2019
Conference regular season champions
2005, 2019, 2020, 2021
Conference division season champions
2021

History

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
1978–79Linda Tucker12–16n/a
1979–80Linda Tucker15–14n/a
1980–81Linda Tucker16–12n/a
1981–82Linda Tucker21–8n/a
1982–83Linda Tucker8–181–6
1983–84Linda Tucker9–163–13
1984–85Linda Tucker5–212–14
1985–86Linda Tucker6–192–14
1986–87Linda Tucker15–136–9
1987–88Linda Tucker11–145–11
1988–89Linda Tucker14–135–11
1989–90Mike Dunavant6–213–13
1990–91Mike Dunavant10–184–12
1991–92Mike Dunavant13–155–9
1992–93Mike Dunavant13–143–11
1993–94Cristy McKinney13–145–9
1994–95Cristy McKinney11–166–6
1995–96Cristy McKinney13–146–8
1996–97Cristy McKinney16–1111–5
1997–98Cristy McKinney21–911–3
1998–99Cristy McKinney20–129–5
1999-00Cristy McKinney22–1010–4
2000–01Cristy McKinney18–129–6
2001–02Cristy McKinney21–914–4
2002–03Cristy McKinney15–1212–6
2003–04Cristy McKinney22–1016–2
2004–05Cristy McKinney24–914–4
2005–06Greg Williams18–1411–5
2006–07Greg Williams19–1410–6
2007–08Greg Williams14–186–10
2008–09Greg Williams6–232–14
2009–10Greg Williams13–166–9
2010–11Greg Williams18–1410–6
2011–12Greg Williams16–169–6
2012–13Greg Williams14 166–10
2013–14Greg Williams13–166–10
2014–15Greg Williams9–214–14
2015–16Tina Langley9–226–11
2016–17Tina Langley22–138–10
2017–18Tina Langley23–1010–6
2018–19Tina Langley28–416–0
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

NCAA tournament results
Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2000 #13First Round
Second Round		#4 UC Santa Barbara
#5 UNC		W 67–64
L 50–83
2005 #11First Round#6 GeorgiaL 49–75
2019 #12First Round#5 MarquetteL 54–58 (OT)

References
  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
  4. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/201617_WBB_Fact_Book.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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