The Utah State Aggies are a
Division I women's college basketball team that plays in the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations o ...
, representing
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...
. They play their home games at the
Smith Spectrum.
History
The Aggies started play in 1972. They made the AIAW First Round in their first three years and the regionals in 1982, but they won only 18 games in the last five years of the program's first run in basketball. The women's team was shuttered from 1988 to 2002. Utah State played in the Intermountain Athletic Conference from 1973 to 1982, played as an Independent from 1982 to 1984, the High Country Athletic Conference from 1984 to 1987, the Big West Conference from 2003 to 2005, and the Western Athletic Conference from 2006 to 2013 before joining the Mountain West Conference in 2014.
The Aggies have made appearances in the WNIT in 2011 and 2012, as well as the three appearances in WBI tournaments. The Aggies have never won a conference title, and as a result have never qualified for the
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 Women's sports, women's college basketball teams from the NCAA Division I, Division I level of t ...
.
In November 2019, Jerry Finkbeiner, in his eight season as head coach of the Aggies, stepped down due to medical reasons. His three postseason tournament appearances are the most among Aggies head coaches all-time.
In March 2020,
Southeastern Louisiana alum
Kayla Ard was named as head coach. Under Ard, the Aggies have amassed 3 straight losing seasons, including 26 losses in 2022-23, which is tied for the most losses by any Utah State women's basketball team in program history.
Kayla Ard Named Utah State Head Women's Basketball Coach
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Postseason
WNIT
The Aggies have appeared in two WNIT tournaments. Their combined record is 1–2.
WBI
The Aggies have appeared in three 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 ...
tournaments. Their combined record is 1–3.
AIAW Division I
The Aggies made four appearances in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–8.
References
External links
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{{Utah State University
1972 establishments in Utah