Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball

The Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma (OU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.

Oklahoma Sooners
2018–19 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Oklahoma
Head coachSherri Coale (20th season)
ConferenceBig 12
LocationNorman, Oklahoma
ArenaLloyd Noble Center
(Capacity: 12,000)
NicknameSooners
ColorsCrimson and Cream[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Runner-up
2002
NCAA Tournament Final Four
2002, 2009, 2010
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
2002, 2009,2010
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1986, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013
NCAA Tournament Second round
1995, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1986, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions
2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Conference Regular Season Champions
2001, 2002, 2006

History

OU women's basketball began during the 1974–75 academic year. In March 1990, Oklahoma officials released a statement saying that the women's basketball program was to be dropped, after many years of sub-par performance and low attendance. Many people voiced their complaints and eight days later, OU reinstated the program.[2] At the time, the average attendance per game was 65 people. In 1996, Oklahoma hired former Norman High School women's basketball coach Sherri Coale to the same position at the university. The Sooner women's basketball team developed in years since to status as a leader in attendance across the nation. The Sooners averaged attendance of 6,851 in 2011–12 at home games, and the support for the sport led to Oklahoma hosting first and second-round games in the Women's NCAA Basketball Championships at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. The Sooners also set a record on February 2, 2009, when they played host to the number 13 Tennessee Lady Volunteers, led by coach Pat Summit, who was trying to get career victory 1,000, something that no other coach had done before. The attendance for that game, which was held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, was close to 13,000 as well as setting a record for the most watched women's basketball game in history. The Sooners led the Big 12 conference in attendance as well. As with the men's team, they call Lloyd Noble Center home.

The program gained national prominence during the 2002 post-season when they advanced to the national title game and lost to the University of Connecticut Huskies. In the 2005–06 season, the Sooners were led by their coach Sherri Coale and the nationally known sophomore twins Courtney and Ashley Paris, daughters of former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Bubba Paris, to the third round of the national tournament. The team also won the Big 12 regular-season championship (with a 16–0 conference record) and the Big 12 Tournament. They became the first Big 12 women's basketball team to remain undefeated throughout conference play.

In the 2008–09 season, the Sooners made it to the Final Four of the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. They advanced through the Oklahoma City Regional, where they enjoyed considerable home court advantage, as Norman and Oklahoma City are separated by fewer than 20 miles.

The 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons failed to result in regional championships and NCAA Final Four appearances. Playing through rigorous non-conference schedules and a rugged Big 12 slate, the Sooners received No. 6 seeds each of the two years. The 10–11 team advanced through the Charlottesville, Virginia, first and second round site with a win over nearby James Madison University and an upset win over the University of Miami Hurricanes. The season came to an abrupt halt in Dayton, Ohio, in the Sweet Sixteen, with the team falling to No. 2 seed Notre Dame, which steamrolled to a national championship appearance that year. The 11–12 team failed to make it past the No. 3 seed St. John's Red Storm in a 74–70 defeat in front of several thousand Sooner fans in Norman, Oklahoma. St. Johns lost in the Sweet Sixteen to the Duke Blue Devils in Fresno, California.

Oklahoma City hosted an NCAA regional in March 2013.[3]

The 2012–13 Sooners missed graduating senior Jelena Serena, but retained the rest of the team. Adding to the corps were two National Top 20 recruits, Maddie Manning and Nicole Kornet, and Sooners Jasmine Hartman and Lyndsey Cloman rejoined the active roster. Both Hartman and Cloman sat out the entire 2011–12 season with injuries.

Conferences

Oklahoma has played in the Big 8 and the Big 12 conferences. The Sooners joined the Big 12 in 1996 when the Big 8 merged with four former members of the defunct Southwest Conference.

Coaches

Sooners head women's basketball coach is Sherri Coale, who entered her 18th season at Oklahoma in 2013–14.

NCAA Tournament history

The Sooners reached the NCAA tournament and Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 1986. In 1995, Oklahoma made their second trip to the tourney, falling in the second round.

After another break, the Sooners made their third appearance in the 1999–2000 season, and have become a mainstay in the tournament since then, entering the field of 64 every year since. In that time period, the Sooners have reached three Final Four appearances, which is tied for 9th in NCAA Women's Basketball History. Since 2002, the Sooners' first appearance, their three appearances ties them for fifth, behind Tennessee (6), Connecticut (5), Stanford (5) and Louisiana State (5).

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source [4]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Coaches' poll AP poll
Amy Dahl (Independent) (1974–1975)
1974–75 Amy Dahl 2–14OAIAW
Amy Dahl: 2–14
Cathie Schweitzer (Independent) (1976–1979)
1975–76 Cathie Schweitzer 3–14OAIAW
1976–77 Cathie Schweitzer 4–20OAIAW
1977–78 Cathie Schweitzer 20–12SWAIAW
Cathie Schweitzer: 27–46
Doyle Parrick (Independent) (1979–1981)
1978–79 Doyle Parrick 13–16SWAIAW
1979–80 Doyle Parrick 17–16OAIAW
Doyle Parrick: 30–32
Maura McHugh (Independent, Big 8) (1980–1987)
1980–81 Maura McHugh 21–11SWAIAW
1981–82 Maura McHugh 17–14
Big Eight Conference
1982–83 Maura McHugh 17–117–7
1983–84 Maura McHugh 22–108–6NWIT Sixth Place
1984–85 Maura McHugh 23–710–4
1985–86 Maura McHugh 24–710–41stNCAA Sweet Sixteen1819
1986–87 Maura McHugh 18–106–8
Maura McHugh: 142–7041–29
Valerie Goodwin-Colbert (Big 8) (1988–1991)
1987–88 Valerie Goodwin-Colbert 14–137–7
1988–89 Valerie Goodwin-Colbert 11–164–10
1989–90 Valerie Goodwin-Colbert 7–222–12
Valerie Goodwin-Colbert: 32–5113–29
Gary Hudson (Big 8) (1990–1993)
1990–91 Gary Hudson 10–184–9
1991–92 Gary Hudson 17–127–7
1992–93 Gary Hudson 12–156–8
Gary Hudson: 39–4517–24
Burl Plunkett (Big 8) (1993–1996)
1993–94 Burl Plunkett 18–127–7NWIT Champions
1994–95 Burl Plunkett 22–911–3NCAA Second Round
1995–96 Burl Plunkett 12–154–10
Burl Plunkett: 52–3622–20
Big 12 Conference
Sherri Coale (Big 12) (1996–present)
1996–97 Sherri Coale 5–221–1512th
1997–98 Sherri Coale 8–194–12T-9th
1998–99 Sherri Coale 15–148–8T-5thWNIT Sixteen
1999–2000 Sherri Coale 25–813–3T-1stNCAA Sweet Sixteen1318
2000–01 Sherri Coale 28–615–11stNCAA Sweet Sixteen107
2001–02 Sherri Coale 32–414–21st#NCAA Finals22
2002–03 Sherri Coale 19–139–7T-5thNCAA First Round
2003–04 Sherri Coale 24–99–76th#NCAA Second Round1811
2004–05 Sherri Coale 17–138–8T-6thNCAA First Round
2005–06 Sherri Coale 31–516–01st#NCAA Sweet Sixteen87
2006–07 Sherri Coale 28–513–3T-1st#NCAA Sweet Sixteen99
2007–08 Sherri Coale 22–911–5T-3rdNCAA Second Round1914
2008–09 Sherri Coale 32–515–11stNCAA Semifinals44
2009–10 Sherri Coale 27–1111–5T-2ndNCAA Semifinals312
2010–11 Sherri Coale 23–1210–6T-3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen1521
2011–12 Sherri Coale 21–1311–7T-2ndNCAA Second Round
2012–13 Sherri Coale 24–1111–7T-3rdNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2013–14 Sherri Coale 18–159–9T-5thNCAA First Round
2014–15 Sherri Coale 21–1213–52ndNCAA Second Round
2015–16 Sherri Coale 22–1111–7T-4thNCAA Second Round
2016–17 Sherri Coale 23–1013–53rdNCAA Second Round
2017–18 Sherri Coale 16–1511–7T-3rdNCAA First Round
2018–19 Sherri Coale 8-224–14T-8th
Sherri Coale: 489–264240–144
Total:813–558

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA Tournament results

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1986 #4Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#5 Vanderbilt
#1 Texas
W 86–67
L 59−85
1995 #7First Round
Second Round
#10 Loyola (MD)
#2 Louisiana Tech
W 90−55
L 36–48
2000 #5First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#12 BYU
#4 Purdue
#1 Connecticut
W 86–81
W 76–74
L 80–102
2001 #2First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 Oral Roberts
#10 Stanford
#6 Washington
W 70–64
W 67–50
L 67–84
2002 #1First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
Title Game
#16 Hartford
#9 Villanova
#4 Texas Tech
#3 Colorado
#1 Duke
#1 Connecticut
W 84–52
W 66–53
W 72–62
W 94–60
W 86–71
L 70–82
2003 #10First Round#7 George WashingtonL 61–71
2004 #3First Round
Second Round
#14 Marist
#6 Stanford
W 58−45
L 43–68
2005 #8First Round#9 ArizonaL 69–72
2006 #2First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 Pepperdine
#7 BYU
#3 Stanford
W 78–66
W 86–70
L 74–88
2007 #3First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#14 SE Missouri State
#6 Marquette
#7 Ole Miss
W 74–60
W 78–47
L 82–90
2008 #4First Round
Second Round
#13 Illinois State
#5 Notre Dame
W 69−61
L 75–79 (OT)
2009 #1First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
#16 Prairie View A&M
#9 Georgia Tech
#4 Pittsburgh
#6 Purdue
#3 Louisville
W 76–47
W 69–50
W 70–59
W 74–68
L 59–61
2010 #3First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
#14 South Dakota State
#11 Arkansas–Little Rock
#2 Notre Dame
#4 Kentucky
#1 Stanford
W 68–57
W 60–44
W 77–72 (OT)
W 88–68
L 66–73
2011 #6First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#11 James Madison
#3 Miami (FL)
#2 Notre Dame
W 86–72
W 88–83
L 53–78
2012 #6First Round
Second Round
#11 Michigan
#3 St. John's
W 88−67
L 70–74
2013 #6First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#11 Central Michigan
#3 UCLA
#2 Tennessee
W 78–73
W 85–72
L 59–74
2014 #10First Round#7 DePaulL 100–104
2015 #5First Round
Second Round
#12 Quinnipiac
#4 Stanford
W 111−84
L 76–86
2016 #6First Round
Second Round
#11 Purdue
#3 Kentucky
W 61−45
L 58–79
2017 #6First Round
Second Round
#11 Gonzaga
#3 Washington
W 75−62
L 82–108
2018 #12First Round#5 DePaulL 79–90

References

  1. "Colors – OU Brand Guide". April 20, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. SoonerSports.com. When It Was Dropped. OU Women's Basketball 2006 Media Guide. University of Oklahoma. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  3. "2016–18 regional hosts". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  4. "Media Guide". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 10 Aug 2013.
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