The Massachusetts Minutewomen basketball team, also known as the UMass Minutewomen, represents the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...

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, in

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women's college

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. They play their home games in the

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. The Minutewomen currently compete in the

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History

UMass has played women's basketball since 1968. They have made the NCAA Tournament three times, in 1996, 1998 and 2022. In the former, they lost 60-57 to Michigan State in the First Round. In 1998, they lost 77-59 to Iowa in the First Round. They have one appearance in the WNIT (1995), beating VCU 70-61 but losing 80-59 to Texas A&M and 90-72 to Notre Dame. They won their first conference tournament in 2022, having previously captured the East Division in 1998. As of the end of the 2015-16 season, the Minutewomen have an all-time record of 535-707.

Postseason

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