The Denver Pioneers women's basketball team represents the

University of Denver The University of Denver (DU) is a private university, private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Mountain States, Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. It is ...

and competes in the

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of College athletics, intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major ...

women's

college basketball In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

History

Denver began play in 1974, after a few years playing as a club sport. They played in the Intermountain Conference from 1974-1978, the Continental Divide/Colorado Athletic from 1978-1996, and the Rocky Mountain from 1996-98 before joining Division I play in 1998. In the 2000-01 season, the Pioneers won 24 games and went 14-2 to win the West Division in the conference. In the Sun Belt Conference championship game, they lost 67-55 to Louisiana Tech. Despite the loss, they were invited to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time in school history. In the First Round, they were beaten 77-57 by Virginia Tech. Denver has made two appearances in the WNIT, in 2011 and 2019. They lost 75-60 to BYU in the First Round in 2011 and beat the University of New Mexico 83-75 in the First Round in 2019. Then went on to lose to the University of Idaho 66-88 in the Second Round in 2019. The Pioneers played in the Western Athletic Conference for 2012-13 before joining the Summit League in 2013. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, the Pioneers have an all-time record of 637-549.http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/denv/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/MediaGuide.pdf

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Pioneers have made one appearance in the

NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic ...

. They have a combined record of 0–1.

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Pioneers made two appearances in the

NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division II, Division II women's colleg ...

. They had a combined record of 0–2.

References

External links

* {{collegebasketball-team-stub