The Omaha Mavericks women's basketball team, also called the Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks,
[Although the school has completed the rebranding of its athletic program as "Omaha", and both The Summit League and National Collegiate Hockey Conference now follow this usage, national media such as ESPN usually use the hyphenated "Nebraska-Omaha".] represents the
University of Nebraska Omaha
The University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha or UNO) is a public research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1908 by faculty from the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary as a private non-sectarian college, the university was originally kno ...
in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
, United States. The Mavericks compete in
The Summit League
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and play in the new on-campus
Baxter Arena
Baxter Arena (previously known under the working name UNO Community Arena) is the sports arena owned and operated by the University of Nebraska Omaha located in Omaha, Nebraska. Completed in 2015, Baxter Arena serves as the home of several of the ...
, built prior to the 2015–16 season.
The Mavericks are now eligible for the
NCAA tournament,
NIT, or
The Summit League Tournament, having completed the school's four-year transition from
Division II to
Division I, which began in the 2011–12 season.
Postseason
NCAA Division II
The Mavericks made three 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 0–3.
AIAW College Division/Division II
The Mavericks made one appearance in the
AIAW National Division II basketball tournament
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
, with a combined record of 0–1.
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Basketball teams established in 1970
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