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2020–21 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Season
The 2020–21 Big Ten women's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2020. The regular season will end in March, 2021. The Big Ten tournament will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ... in March 2021. Head coaches Coaches ''Notes:'' * All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. * Year at school includes 2020–21 season. * Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season. * Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15. * Stringer's Big East and American con ...
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NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Division II and Division III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition. This level was previously called the University Division of the NCAA, in contrast to the lower-level College Division; these terms were replaced with numeric divisions in 1973. The University Division was renamed Division I, while the College Division was split in two; the College Division members that offered scholarships or wanted to compete against those who did became Division II, while those who did not want to offer scholarships became Division III. For college football only, D-I schools are further divided into the ...
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Indiana State Sycamores Women's Basketball
The Indiana State Sycamores basketball team is an NCAA Division I women's basketball program of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Sycamores compete in the Missouri Valley Conference. Sycamore basketball history In 1971, women's basketball became an intercollegiate sport at Indiana State University. In 1982, the sport was elevated to revenue status, which meant more money was available. Under Coach Edith Godleski, Indiana State qualified for its first WNIT Tournament game in 1976. The Sycamores were a charter member of the Gateway Conference in 1983, maintaining membership until the Gateway merged with the Missouri Valley Conference in 1992. In 1989, Indiana State won its first regular season championship. They won Missouri Valley titles in 2003 and 2006, though they failed to win the tournament title. Season-by-season results Postseason history Indiana State basketball is rich in history, with 17 post-season appearances (6 WNIT appearances, 5 MAIAW Reg ...
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George Washington Colonials Women's Basketball
The George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball team represents George Washington University, located in Washington, D.C. It plays its home games in the Charles E. Smith Center, which is also the venue for other George Washington Revolutionaries athletic programs. The team competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference The Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I. The A-10's member schools are located most .... History George Washington began play in 1975. They joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1983. Since joining the conference, they have won the regular season title 16 times, winning it in 1994 (shared), 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 (West), 2002, 2003, 2004 (West), 2005 (West), 2006 (shared), 2007, 2008 (shared), 2015, 2016, and 2017 (shared). They have also won the A-10 Tournament in 1992, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2015, 2016 ...
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Joe McKeown
Joseph McKeown ( ; born May 12, 1956) is a retired United States, American basketball coach and former player who currently serves as the head Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball, women's basketball coach at Northwestern University. McKeown previously served as head coach at New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball, New Mexico State and George Washington University until joining Northwestern in 2008. He is the father of former Northwestern women's basketball player and current commentator Meghan McKeown. Playing career McKeown attended Mercer County Community College and then was a star basketball player at Kent State University, Kent State, and was named co-captain during his senior season. After graduating, McKeown became an assistant at Kent State and then Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma. Coaching career He has over 750 wins as of March 5, 2024. He won the Atlantic 10 Conference's coach of the year award a record 5 times during his tenure at George Washington Colonials wome ...
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South Dakota Coyotes Women's Basketball
The South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team represents the University of South Dakota in NCAA Division I basketball. They are currently members of the Summit League. History As of the end of the 2022–23 season the Coyotes have a 890–559 all-time record, with play beginning in 1971. They won the North Central Conference regular season title in 1983, 1984, 1985, 2003, and finishing their time in NCC with a regular season and conference tournament win in 2008. South Dakota then made the transition from Division II to Division I with stops with the NCAA I Independents and the Great West Conference before settling in the Summit League. The Coyotes in the Summit League have won the regular season five times (2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022) then also have won the Summit League tournament four times (2014, 2020, 2021, 2022). South Dakota made the NCAA tournament 10 times since joining the Division I. The NCAA four times (2014, 2019, 2019, 2022), the WNIT five times (2012, 2015, 2016 ...
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Amy Williams (basketball)
Amy Michelle Williams (née Gusso; born March 22, 1976) is the current head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball, Nebraska women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach at the University of South Dakota, and led the Coyotes to the 2016 Women's National Invitation Tournament, 2016 WNIT championship. Early life and education Born Amy Michelle Gusso in Spearfish, South Dakota, Williams graduated from Spearfish High School in 1993 and played 57 games as a reserve guard (basketball), guard for the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln from 1994 to 1998. Williams graduated from Nebraska in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in biology and mathematics. Coaching career From 1998 to 2000, Williams was a graduate assistant for the University of Nebraska at Kearney women's basketball team while studying for her master's degree in sports administration, which she completed in 2002. Williams was an assistant coach at UTSA ...
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Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team won the WNBA title in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Founded prior to the 1999 WNBA season, 1999 season, the team was owned by Glen Taylor, who was also the majority owner of the Lynx' NBA counterpart, the Minnesota Timberwolves, from 1999 to 2025. The current owners of the Lynx are Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore. The franchise has been home to players such as Katie Smith, Seimone Augustus, native Minnesotan Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson, and Sylvia Fowles. The Lynx have qualified for the WNBA playoffs in 15 of their 26 years. History Joining the league (1998–2004) On April 22, 1998, the WNBA announced they would add two expansion teams (Minnesota and the Orlando Miracle) for the 1999 season. The team was officially named the Minnesota L ...
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Lindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen (born May 9, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Whalen played college basketball at the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball, University of Minnesota, and led the team to its only NCAA tournament Final Four appearance in 2004. Selected fourth overall in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun, Whalen played for 15 seasons in the WNBA with the Sun and the Lynx, and is considered one of the best Point guard, point guards in WNBA history. Whalen won two World titles and two Olympic gold medals with the United States women's national basketball team, as well as four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx. She retired from playing professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season as the WNBA's career leader in games won (323). Whalen was voted into the WNBA Top 20@20 as one of the league's top 20 players of all ...
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Eastern Michigan Eagles Women's Basketball
The Eastern Michigan Eagles women's basketball team represents Eastern Michigan University, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in women's basketball. At the team's establishment in 1977 the team was known as the Hurons, and it, along with all EMU teams, became known as the Eagles in 1991. Season-by-season record As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Eagles had a 550–563 record, with a 265–318 record in the Mid-American Conference, which they have played in since 1981. Suzy Merchant has the best record as coach, going 147–91 in nine years before stepping down as coach due to pregnancy four games into the 2006–07 season. The Eagles have won the West Division of the Mid-American conference five times, in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012. They won two MAC Tournament titles in that span, one in 2004 and the other in 2012, which are their only appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. In 2012, the Eagles defeated their rival, the Central Michigan Chippewas The Cen ...
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Suzy Merchant
Suzy Merchant (born July 26, 1969) most recently served as head basketball coach for the Michigan State University Women's Basketball team. She is married to Gary Rakan and has two sons, Tyler Rakan and Brady Rakan. Coaching career Saginaw Valley State After inheriting a team with a losing record, Merchant quickly built the SVSU program into a winner, compiling a 54–29 record during her three-year tenure as head coach. During her first season, the team earned a 15–11 record before going 19–11 in the following year. The latter achievement earned the team a berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament for the second time in school history. In her final season, Saginaw Valley State collected a 20–7 record, and was ranked as high as 15th in the nation during the season. Eastern Michigan While at EMU, she compiled a record of 147–91 (.618), including three 20-win seasons, three postseason appearances and two Mid-American Conference West Division titles. Merchant's 2003†...
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Kim Barnes Arico
Kimberly Ann Barnes Arico (born August 9, 1970) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team. She is the all-time winningest Michigan basketball coach. Previously, she was head coach of the St. John's Red Storm women's basketball team. She was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Coaching career On May 7, 2002, Barnes Arico was named the head coach at St. John's. She was named the seventh head coach in the then 28-year history of the women's basketball program. She holds the record for most wins at the program and led the Red Storm to their first Sweet Sixteen appearance in the 2012 NCAA tournament. During the 2017–18 season, she became the winningest coach in Michigan Wolverines women's basketball program history. Through her 11 years as head coach, she has led Michigan to 10 20-win seasons with the only exception being the 2020 season impacted by COVID-19. On July 12, 2018, Barnes Ar ...
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Minnesota Golden Gophers Women's Basketball
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minnesota Golden Gophers, Golden Gophers have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1982. The team plays its home games in Williams Arena and is currently coached by Dawn Plitzuweit. The Golden Gophers have made nine appearances in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2004. The Golden Gophers also have three appearances in the AIAW women's basketball tournament. History The Golden Gophers have had 5 players play professional basketball, as well as eight players named All-Americans. Four players, Lindsay Whalen, Amanda Zahui B., and Janel McCarville, Rachel Banham were selected in the top four of Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA draft. The Gophers have ranked in the top 20 nationally in attendance for sev ...
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