The Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the

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. The team plays their home games at

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on-campus at the University of Houston.

Conference affiliations

* Texas Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (1975–1982) *

Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference also included schools from Oklaho ...

(1982–1996) *

Conference USA Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas. Mem ...

(1996–2013) *

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in t ...

(2013–2023) *

Big 12 Conference The Big 12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. It consists of 16 full-member universities (3 private universities and 13 public universities) in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Florida ...

(2023–present)

Notable former players

Individual awards

National award winners

Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year The Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year award was established in 1967 to recognize the best men's college basketball coach of the year, as voted upon by the Associated Press (AP). A parallel award for women's coaches was added i ...

* Joe Curl – 2004

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National Coach of the Year * Joe Curl – 2004 ''Basketball TImes'' Women's College Basketball Coach of the Year Award * Joe Curl – 2004

National Player of the Year awards

Women's Basketball News Service National Comeback Player of the Year Award *

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- 2001

Naismith College Player of the Year The Naismith College Player of the Year is "the most prestigious national award presented annually to the men's and women's college basketball players of the year," as chosen by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors. It is named in honor o ...

– Finalist 2004 John R. Wooden Award *

– Finalist 2004

All-Americans

Key

Note: HM stands for Honorable Mention.

Conference Player of the Year

The following Houston players have been named Conference Player of the Year while at UH.

Conference Defensive Player of the Year

The following Houston players have been named Conference Defensive Player of the Year while at UH.

Conference Sixth Player of the Year

The following Houston players have been named Conference Sixth Player of the Year while at UH.

Conference Newcomer or Freshman of the Year

The following Houston players have been named Conference Newcomer of the Year or Freshman of the Year while at UH.

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source , -style="background: #ffffdd;" , colspan="8" align="center" ,

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NCAA tournament results

References

External links

* {{Big 12 Conference women's basketball navbox Houston Cougars women's basketball Basketball teams established in 1975 1975 establishments in Texas