The Eastern Kentucky Colonels women's basketball team is a women's college basketball team at
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), located in
Richmond, Kentucky
Richmond is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Madison County, Kentucky, United States. It is named after Richmond, Virginia, and is home to Eastern Kentucky University. In 2019, the population was 36,157. Richmond is the fourth-la ...
, United States. After having played women's basketball in the
Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) since it began sponsoring women's sports in 1977, and also having been an OVC member since the conference's formation in 1948, EKU joined the
ASUN Conference
The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisio ...
in July 2021. Home games are played at
Alumni Coliseum
Alumni Coliseum is a multi-use sports arena located on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky.
History
Built in 1963, the Paul S. McBrayer Arena located inside Alumni Coliseum, is capable of seating around 6,500 peopl ...
.
History
Eastern Kentucky began play in 1971. They won the Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference (KWIC) Tournament in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976. They joined the OVC when that conference started sponsoring women's sports in 1977. The Colonels have made the postseason four times, with two being in the NCAA Tournament (1997, 2005), one being in the WNIT (2002), and one being in the WBI (2013). As of the end of the 2015–16 season, they have an all-time record of 623–589.
In 2019, Samantha Williams was named the new head coach of the basketball program.
Postseason
NCAA tournament results
The Colonels have made the
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament twice. They have a record of 0–2.
References
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