Rice Owls women's basketball

College basketball team

2023–24 Rice Owls women's basketball team

University

Rice University

All-time record

698–625 (.528)

Head coach

Lindsay Edmonds (3rd season)

Conference

AAC

Location

Houston, Texas

Arena

Tudor Fieldhouse
(Capacity: 5,000)

Nickname

Owls

Colors

Blue and gray^[1]

Home

Away

NCAA tournament second round

2000

NCAA tournament appearances

2000, 2005, 2019, 2024

Conference tournament champions

2000, 2005, 2019, 2024

Conference regular season champions

2005, 2019, 2020, 2021

Conference division season champions

2021

The Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Owls play home basketball games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas.^[2]

History

They played in the Southwest Conference from 1982 to 1995 and the Western Athletic Conference from 1996 to 2004 before joining Conference USA in 2005. As of the end of the 2020–21 season, they have a 659–601 all-time record. They were champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2017.^[3]^[4] They were champions of the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2021.^[5]

Season	Coach	Record	Conference Record
1978–79	Linda Tucker	12–16	n/a
1979–80	Linda Tucker	15–14	n/a
1980–81	Linda Tucker	16–12	n/a
1981–82	Linda Tucker	21–8	n/a
1982–83	Linda Tucker	8–18	1–6
1983–84	Linda Tucker	9–16	3–13
1984–85	Linda Tucker	5–21	2–14
1985–86	Linda Tucker	6–19	2–14
1986–87	Linda Tucker	15–13	6–9
1987–88	Linda Tucker	11–14	5–11
1988–89	Linda Tucker	14–13	5–11
1989–90	Mike Dunavant	6–21	3–13
1990–91	Mike Dunavant	10–18	4–12
1991–92	Mike Dunavant	13–15	5–9
1992–93	Mike Dunavant	13–14	3–11
1993–94	Cristy McKinney	13–14	5–9
1994–95	Cristy McKinney	11–16	6–6
1995–96	Cristy McKinney	13–14	6–8
1996–97	Cristy McKinney	16–11	11–5
1997–98	Cristy McKinney	21–9	11–3
1998–99	Cristy McKinney	20–12	9–5
1999-00	Cristy McKinney	22–10	10–4
2000–01	Cristy McKinney	18–12	9–6
2001–02	Cristy McKinney	21–9	14–4
2002–03	Cristy McKinney	15–12	12–6
2003–04	Cristy McKinney	22–10	16–2
2004–05	Cristy McKinney	24–9	14–4
2005–06	Greg Williams	18–14	11–5
2006–07	Greg Williams	19–14	10–6
2007–08	Greg Williams	14–18	6–10
2008–09	Greg Williams	6–23	2–14
2009–10	Greg Williams	13–16	6–9
2010–11	Greg Williams	18–14	10–6
2011–12	Greg Williams	16–16	9–6
2012–13	Greg Williams	14 16	6–10
2013–14	Greg Williams	13–16	6–10
2014–15	Greg Williams	9–21	4–14
2015–16	Tina Langley	9–22	6–11
2016–17	Tina Langley	22–13	8–10
2017–18	Tina Langley	23–10	10–6
2018–19	Tina Langley	28–4	16–0
2019–20	Tina Langley	21–8	16–2
2020–21	Tina Langley	22–4	12–2
2021–22	Lindsay Edmonds	14–13	8–9
2022–23	Lindsay Edmonds	23–9	13–7
2023-24	Lindsay Edmonds	2-1	0-0

NCAA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	#13	First Round Second Round	#4 UC Santa Barbara #5 UNC	W 67–64 L 50–83
2005	#11	First Round	#6 Georgia	L 49–75
2019	#12	First Round	#5 Marquette	L 54–58 (OT)

References

^ Rice Athletics Branding Guidelines, Rules, & Regulations (PDF). August 19, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
^ "- Rice University Official Athletic Site Rice University Official Athletic Site – Women's Basketball".
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/rice/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/201617_WBB_Fact_Book.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Thompson, Khari. "Ole Miss women's basketball loses to Rice in WNIT championship game". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

External links

Official website

Rice Owls women's basketball

Venues

Tudor Fieldhouse (1978–present)

Rivalries

Houston

Culture & lore

People

Head coaches

Seasons

1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
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1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
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2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24

v t e Rice University
Located in: Houston, Texas
Academics	Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Rice School of Architecture Wiess School of Natural Sciences George R. Brown School of Engineering Shepherd School of Music School of Humanities Rice School of Social Sciences
Research	OpenStax CNX The Rice School BioScience Research Collaborative
Athletics	Rice Owls Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Marching Owl Band Rice Stadium Tudor Fieldhouse Reckling Park Houston–Rice rivalry American Athletic Conference Sammy the Owl
Student life	Rice Thresher Night of Decadence Residential colleges
People	Alumni Faculty and Staff Presidents William Marsh Rice Captain James A. Baker Edgar Odell Lovett
Facilities	Fondren Library Village Arcade
Founded: 1912 Students: 8,565 Endowment: 7.814 billion

v t e American Athletic Conference women's basketball
Teams	Charlotte 49ers East Carolina Pirates Florida Atlantic Owls Memphis Tigers North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls SMU Mustangs (leaving in 2024) South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UAB Blazers UTSA Roadrunners Wichita State Shockers
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24