The Colgate Raiders women’s basketball team is the college basketball program representing
Colgate University in
Hamilton, New York
Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton, the s ...
. The Raiders currently participate as part of the
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level 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 athletic ...
basketball, and compete in the
Patriot League. The Raiders currently play their home games at the
Cotterell Court
Cotterell Court is a 1,750-seat multi-purpose arena in Hamilton, New York. It was built in 1959 and is home to the Colgate University Raiders basketball and volleyball teams. It is named for Wesley M. Cotterell '19, a two-time letterwinner in b ...
.
History
They joined the Patriot League in 1990. They were previously in the MECA for the 1986–87 season and the All-North Atlantic Conference for the 1989–90 season. They have made one NCAA Tournament appearance, losing to Tennessee 77–54 in the First Round in
2004.
Postseason appearances
The Raiders have made 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 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic ...
once. They are 0–1 in NCAA Tournament appearances.
References
External links
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