The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in
Nacogdoches
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,
Texas
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. SFA joined the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington (state), Washington, and Texa ...
on July 1, 2021 after playing the previous 34 seasons 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 pa ...
.
The women's basketball team was part of the growth in popularity of women's intercollegiate basketball in the 1970s. Women's basketball at the college level was organized under the auspices of the
AIAW
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 ...
in the early 1970s, at a time when competitive power was distributed among smaller colleges, such as
Immaculata
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,
Delta State,
West Chester State and
Wayland Baptist
Wayland Baptist University (WBU) is a private Baptist university based in Plainview, Texas. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Southern Baptist Convention). Wayland Baptist has 11 campuses in five Texas cities, six s ...
. The Ladyjacks were a consistent presence in the Top 20 rankings during the 1970s.
Current roster
Postseason appearances
NCAA tournament
The Ladyjacks have appeared in 18
NCAA tournaments. Their combined record is 10–18.
WNIT
The Ladyjacks have appeared in four
Women's National Invitation Tournament
The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament with a preseason and postseason version played every year. It is operated in a similar fashion to the men's college National Invitation Tournam ...
s (WNIT). Their combined record is 0–4.
WBI
The Ladyjacks have appeared in two
Women's Basketball Invitational
The Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) is a women's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by Sport Tours. The inaugural tournament occurred at the conclusion of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Selections for t ...
s (WBI). Their combined record is 0–2.
AIAW Division I
The Ladyjacks made six appearances in the
AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 6–8.
References
External links
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