Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represents the University of Minnesota
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
. The Golden Gophers
have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1982. The team plays its home games in Williams Arena
and is currently coached by Pam Borton
.
The Golden Gophers have made eight appearances in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
, highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 2004
. The Golden Gophers also have three appearances in the AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament
.
and Janel McCarville
, were selected in the top four of WNBA
draft. The Golden have ranked in the top twenty nationally in attendance for seven seasons, starting with the 2001-2002 season.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The Golden Gophers
Minnesota Golden Gophers
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are the college sports team for the University of Minnesota. The university fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, golf, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, and track and field. Men's-specific sports include baseball, football, and...
have played in the Big Ten since the conference began sponsoring basketball in 1982. The team plays its home games in Williams Arena
Williams Arena
Williams Arena, located on the Twin Cities main campus of the University of Minnesota is the home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's and women's basketball teams, and the men's and women's hockey teams until 1992, when the hockey teams received their own buildings...
and is currently coached by Pam Borton
Pam Borton
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.
The Golden Gophers have made eight appearances in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...
, highlighted by a Final Four appearance in 2004
2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
The 2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 20, 2004 and concluded on April 6, 2004 when Connecticut won a third consecutive national championship, becoming only the second school in history to accomplish such a feat. The Final Four was held at the New Orleans Arena in...
. The Golden Gophers also have three appearances in the AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament
AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament
-1973 tournament:The 1973 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site was Queens College in Flushing, New York...
.
History
The Golden Gophers have had five players play professional basketball, as well as eight players named All-Americans. Two players, Lindsay WhalenLindsay Whalen
Lindsay Marie Whalen is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. She began her pro career as a point guard for the Connecticut Sun...
and Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville
Janel McCarville is an American professional basketball player. She currently is suspended from the WNBA's New York Liberty for failure to report to Training Camp on time.-High school years:...
, were selected in the top four of WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
draft. The Golden have ranked in the top twenty nationally in attendance for seven seasons, starting with the 2001-2002 season.
Head coaches
- Joan Stevenson, 1971–1972 (5-3)
- Deb Wilson, 1972-1973 (8-8)
- Linda Wells, 1973-1974 (3-10)
- Jenny Johnson, 1974–1977 (36-37)
- Ellen Mosher-Hanson, 1977-1987 (172-125)
- LaRue Fields, 1987-1990 (24-60)
- Linda Hill-MacDonaldLinda Hill-MacDonaldLinda Hill-MacDonald is a women's basketball coach. She is currently the head coach at the University at Buffalo .She had been the head coach at Temple University, , The University of Minnesota and the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers from 1997 to 1999...
, 1990-1997 (66-126) - Cheryl Littlejohn, 1997-2001 (29-81)
- Brenda OldfieldBrenda FreseBrenda Frese is the current women's basketball team head coach at the University of Maryland. Regarded as a high energy, positive coach, the 2011-12 season will be her 10th on the sidelines at Maryland. In 2002, Frese took over a Maryland program in need of rebuilding...
, 2001-2002 (22-8) - Pam BortonPam Borton-External links:*...
, 2002–Present (132-61)
Year-by-year results
| Season | Coach | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-1972 | Joan Stevenson | 5–3 | |
| 1972-1973 | Deb Wilson | 8-8 | |
| 1973-1974 | Linda Wells | 3-10 | |
| 1974–1975 | Jenny Johnson | 16–8 | |
| 1975–1976 | Jenny Johnson | 14–11 | |
| 1976–1977 | Jenny Johnson | 15-14 | AIAW National Tournament |
| 1977–1978 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 24-10 | National Women's Invitational Tournament |
| 1978–1979 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 17-15 | National Women's Invitational Tournament |
| 1979–1980 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 18-11 | |
| 1980–1981 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 28-7 | AIAW National Tournament |
| 1981–1982 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 18-11 | AIAW National Tournament |
| 1982–1983 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 20-7, (13-5 Big Ten) | |
| 1983–1984 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 12-15, (9-9 Big Ten) | |
| 1984–1985 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 18-10, (13-5 Big Ten) | |
| 1985–1986 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 8-20, (4-14 Big Ten) | |
| 1986–1987 | Ellen Mosher-Hanson | 9-19, (4-14 Big Ten) | |
| 1987–1988 | LaRue Fields | 9-18, (5-13 Big Ten) | |
| 1988–1989 | LaRue Fields | 7–21, (4–14 Big Ten) | |
| 1989–1990 | LaRue Fields | 8-21, (3–15 Big Ten) | |
| 1990–1991 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 6-22, (2-16 Big Ten) | |
| 1991–1992 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 8-19, (3-15 Big Ten) | |
| 1992–1993 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 14-12, (9–9 Big Ten) | |
| 1993–1994 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 18-11, (10-8 Big Ten) | NCAA Second Round 1994 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1994 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament featured 64 teams for the first time ever. The Final Four consisted of North Carolina, Purdue, Louisiana Tech, and Alabama, with North Carolina defeating Louisiana Tech 60-59 to win its first NCAA title on a 3 point shot by Charlotte Smith as... |
| 1994–1995 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 12-15, (7-9 Big Ten) | |
| 1995–1996 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 4-23, (0-16 Big Ten) | |
| 1996–1997 | Linda Hill-MacDonald | 4-24, (1-15 Big Ten) | |
| 1997–1998 | Cheryl Littlejohn | 4-23, (1-15 Big Ten) | |
| 1998–1999 | Cheryl Littlejohn | 7-20, (2-14 Big Ten) | |
| 1999–2000 | Cheryl Littlejohn | 10–18, (3-13 Big Ten) | |
| 2000–2001 | Cheryl Littlejohn | 8-20, (1-15 Big Ten) | |
| 2001–2002 | Brenda Oldfield | 22-8, (11-5 Big Ten) | NCAA Second Round 2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament concluded on March 31, 2002 when Connecticut won the national title. The Final Four was held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on March 29 - March 31, 2002... |
| 2002–2003 | Pam Borton | 25-6, (12-4 Big Ten) | NCAA Sweet 16 2003 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2003 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 22, 2003 and concluded on April 8, 2003 when the Connecticut Huskies won their second straight national title. The Final Four was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on April 6 - April 8, 2003... |
| 2003–2004 | Pam Borton | 25-9, (9-7 Big Ten) | NCAA Final Four 2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 20, 2004 and concluded on April 6, 2004 when Connecticut won a third consecutive national championship, becoming only the second school in history to accomplish such a feat. The Final Four was held at the New Orleans Arena in... |
| 2004–2005 | Pam Borton | 26-8, (12-4 Big Ten) | NCAA Sweet 16 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament -East Regional:-Midwest Regional:-Mideast Regional:-West Regional:-East Regional:-Midwest Regional:-Final Four:West-Tempe; Mideast-Chattanooga; East-Philadelphia; Midwest-Kansas City.-Record by conference:... |
| 2005–2006 | Pam Borton | 19-10, (11–5 Big Ten) | NCAA First Round 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament -Albuquerque:-Bridgeport:-San Antonio:-Cleveland Regional:-Albuquerque Regional:-Bridgeport Regional:-San Antonio Regional:-Final Four – TD Banknorth Garden :... |
| 2006–2007 | Pam Borton | 17-16, (7-9 Big Ten) | WNIT Second Round 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament The 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.... |
| 2007-2008 | Pam Borton | 20-12, (11-7 Big Ten) | NCAA First Round 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the 2007–08 national champion of women's NCAA Division I college basketball. It commenced on March 22, 2008, and concluded when the University of Tennessee Lady... |
| 2008-2009 | Pam Borton | 20-12, (11-7 Big Ten) | NCAA Second Round 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament The regionals, held in the city rather than the geographic area as a practice that has been used since 2005, were held there from March 28 to 31 at these sites:... |
| 2009-2010 | Pam Borton | 13-17, (6-12 Big Ten) | |
| 2010-2011 | Pam Borton | 12-18, (4-12 Big Ten) |
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