North Texas Mean Green women's basketball

College basketball team
North Texas Mean Green
2023–24 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team
Head coachJason Burton (1st season)
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
LocationDenton, Texas
ArenaThe Super Pit
(Capacity: 9,797)
NicknameMean Green
ColorsGreen and white[1]
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
1986
Conference regular season champions
1986, 2024
Conference division season champions
1999, 2000, 2002, 2006

The North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in NCAA Division I college basketball, competing as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Since their 1976 inception, the team has played its home games at the Super Pit.

Season-by season record

Tina Slinker has the most wins as coach of the Mean Green, with 241 (along with 287 losses), in 19 seasons as coach. Of the 10 winning seasons in school history, she had coached six of them. The Mean Green played in the Southland Conference from 1983 to 1996, the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2000, the Sun Belt Conference from 2000 to 2013 before joining Conference USA in 2013.[2]

Season Coach Record Conference Record
1976–77 Cherri Rapp 11–13 n/a
1977–78 Cherri Rapp 16–14 n/a
1978–79 Cherri Rapp 16–15 n/a
1979–80 Denise Smith 4–20 n/a
1980–81 Denise Smith 9–19 n/a
1981–82 Denise Smith 14–14 n/a
1982–83 Denise Smith 6–19 n/a
1983–84 Judy Nelson 2–25 0–12
1984–85 Judy Nelson 4–22 1–11
1985–86 Judy Nelson 20–10[3] 7–3
1986–87 Judy Nelson 15–13 6–6
1987–88 Judy Nelson 14–14 7–7
1988–89 Judy Nelson 11–15 4–10
1989–90 Tina Slinker 16–11 7–7
1990–91 Tina Slinker 6–20 4–10
1991–92 Tina Slinker 8–18 5–13
1992–93 Tina Slinker 9–17 6–12
1993–94 Tina Slinker 10–17 7–11
1994–95 Tina Slinker 10–17 10–8
1995–96 Tina Slinker 11–16 9–9
1996–97 Tina Slinker 5–21 2–12
1997–98 Tina Slinker 10–17 4–10
1998–99 Tina Slinker 20–8 11–3
1999-00 Tina Slinker 17–11 8–6
2000–01 Tina Slinker 19–11 10–6
2001–02 Tina Slinker 21–9 12–3
2002–03 Tina Slinker 12–16 6–9
2003–04 Tina Slinker 11–17 7–8
2004–05 Tina Slinker 14–14 9–6
2005–06 Tina Slinker 19–9 9–6
2006–07 Tina Slinker 9–20 6–12
2007–08 Tina Slinker 14–18 8–10
2008–09 Shanice Stephens 11–20 6–12
2009–10 Shanice Stephens 9–22 5–13
2010–11 Shanice Stephens 5–25 2–14
2011–12 Karen Aston 15–16 7–9
2012–13 Mike Petersen 11–19 10–10
2013–14 Mike Petersen 12–18 6–10
2014–15 Mike Petersen 5–24 4–14
2015–16 Jalie Mitchell 11–19 5–13
2016–17 Jalie Mitchell 12–19 8–10
2017–18 Jalie Mitchell 17–14 6–10
2018–19 Jalie Mitchell 18–16 7–9
2019–20 Jalie Mitchell 12–19 6–12
2020–21 Jalie Mitchell 13–7 10–4
2021–22 Jalie Mitchell 17–13 10–7
2022–23 Jalie Mitchell 11–19 8–12
2023–24 Jason Burton 23–7 13–5 (T–1st)

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the NCAA tournament once.

Year Round Opponent Result
1986 First Round Washington L 54–69

WNIT Tournament results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament three times. Their record is 0–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
2001 First Round Oklahoma State L 79–67
2002 First Round Washington L 82–61
2022 First Round Tulsa L 75–62

WBI results

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) once. Their record is 3–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
2019 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals		 UT-Rio Grande Valley
Utah State
North Alabama
Appalachian State		 W 56–42
W 56–54
W 56–53
L 76–59

Broadcasts

North Texas games are broadcast on the radio by the Mean Green Sports Network, part of the Learfield family. While games were previously on 88.1 KNTU, broadcasts are now streamed only on The Varsity Network app. Zac Babb handles play-by-play duties, while Michelle Brooks serves as a color commentator for home games and select road contests.

Television broadcasts are carried by ESPN+, ESPN3, and C-USA TV.

References

  1. ^ "UNT Colors". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "Records book" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  3. ^ @ZacBabb (January 25, 2021). "Took North Texas from a 2–25 record in 1984 to 20–10 and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1986. Remains the only a…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

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