The New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team is the basketball team that represent the

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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and plays its home games at

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History

The Wildcats won back-to-back

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conference titles in 1983 and 1984 but they were not invited to the NCAA tournament. The Wildcats have never won the America East Conference Tournament, but they have made the semifinals in 2013, 2014, and 2017. They won the regular season title in the latter year, which earned them a bid to the

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, their first ever postseason appearance. They lost 69–56 to Hartford in the first round.

Season-by-season record

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Postseason

WNIT results

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WBI results

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References

External links

* {{University of New Hampshire