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The Idaho Vandals women's basketball team represents the
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in women's
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Division I. Home games are played on campus at Idaho Central Credit Union Arena in
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. Opened in autumn
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, ICCU Arena seats 4,200 and also is home for the
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men's team. It is located north of the adjacent
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, the former primary home court, whose basketball configuration was known as Cowan Spectrum; the secondary home court was at Memorial Gymnasium.


Season-by-season record

As of the 2015–16 season, the Vandals have a all-time record, with a record in the Big Sky Conference, which includes the women's-only
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(1982–88). The program moved from
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Division II to NCAA Division I in the summer Idaho has four appearances in the NCAA tournament (
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), with no wins. They have two titles in the Big Sky tournament (1985,
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), with two WAC tournament championships in 2013 and
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. The Vandals have made one appearance in the predecessor
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(not the WNIT that currently operates for women) in 1986, winning three games to win a WNIT title. They also made an appearance in the
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in 2011, losing in their only appearance. :


Postseason


NCAA Tournament Results


WNIT Tournament Results


AIAW College Division/Division II

The Vandals made consecutive appearances in the AIAW Division II tournament, with a combined record of 0–2.


References


External links

* {{University of Idaho