The Bethune–Cookman Wildcats women's basketball team represents

Bethune–Cookman University Bethune–Cookman University (B–CU or Bethune–Cookman) is a Private university, private Historically black colleges and universities, historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune–Cookman University is affiliated wit ...

in the sport of

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. The Wildcats competes in the

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...

and the

Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United St ...

(SWAC). They play their home games in Moore Gymnasium on Bethune–Cookman University campus in

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History

The Wildcats played women's basketball in the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...

starting in the 1980s. They reached the MEAC women's basketball tournament final for the first time in 1983, losing to South Carolina State. They got their revenge the following year for their first MEAC title. At the time, however, the MEAC winner did not go to the NCAA Tournament. They lost in the MEAC final in 1992. In 2016 and 2017, they won the regular season MEAC title but lost in the MEAC tournament, with the latter being a loss to Hampton in the final. Their regular season titles meant that they were invited into the

Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...

, with the 2016 one being their first ever postseason appearance. They lost the MEAC tournament in 2018 but had a respectable record that saw them reach the WNIT again. Finally, Bethune–Cookman won the 2019 MEAC tournament over Norfolk State. The 2019 appearance in the NCAA tournament was their first ever NCAA Division I basketball tournament appearance for the school. In the 2021-22 athletic season, Bethune–Cookman joined the

Postseason appearances

NCAA Division I

The Wildcats have appeared in the

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once. They have a combined record of 0–1.

WNIT

The Wildcats have appeared in the

three times. They have a combined record of 0–3.

References

External links

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