: ''For information on all Southeastern Louisiana University sports, see Southeastern Louisiana Lions'' The Southeastern Louisiana Lions women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents

Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it becam ...

in Hammond,

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. The team currently competes in the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it ...

. The Lions are currently coached by Ayla Guzzardo.

History

The Lady Lions competed in the Small College Division

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National Tournament four times. Each tournament had a 16-member field. The team won the tournament and the national championship in 1977. The Lady Lions made Elite Eight and Final Four appearances in the 1977 and 1978 tournaments.

Postseason

AIAW College Division/Division II

The Lady Lions made four appearances in the

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, with a combined record of 5–3.

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