Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball
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| University | University of Arkansas | ||
| Conference | SEC | ||
| Location | Fayetteville, AR | ||
| Head coach | Mike Neighbors (1st year) | ||
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Bud Walton Arena (Capacity: 19,368) |
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| Nickname | Razorbacks | ||
| Colors | Cardinal and White |
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| NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
| 1998 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1990, 1998 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1990, 1991, 1998 | |||
| NCAA Tournament second round | |||
| 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2015 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2015 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1991 (SWC) | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1990, 1991 (SWC) | |||
The Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team represents the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. The school's team currently competes in the Southeastern Conference.
The basketball team plays its home games in Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus under first-year head coach Mike Neighbors.
Women's basketball has been a part of the fabric of the University of Arkansas for almost a century. Teams of female students took to outdoor courts and peach baskets just after the turn of the century. While the women waited until 1976 for the first varsity team to officially represent the University, these early photos show how the game captured what was then deemed “the fairer sex” in action.
Arkansas' women's basketball history can be definitively traced to the 1976-77 season when the University began keeping records. Since that time, the Razorback women's basketball team has made two SWAIAW Regional appearances, one AIAW Sweet 16 appearance, 8 NWIT and WNIT appearances, and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances including reaching the Final Four in 1998 and winning the WNIT in 1999, beating Wisconsin 67-64.
Arkansas was the first team to beat Texas and the first team to win a share, then later an outright, Southwest Conference championship besides the Lady Longhorns. In 1991, Arkansas also ended the Texas’ dominance of the SWC tournament by defeating Texas Tech for the title. These three trophies— the 1990 and 1991 regular season championships and 1991 SWC Classic tournament title—are the only women’s basketball trophies in captivity outside the state of Texas.
In 1998, Arkansas made NCAA Tournament history as the lowest seed -- #9 in the West—to advance to the Final Four. They were the first unranked team in women’s basketball history during the modern era to reach the Final Four. And, they were the lowest finishing team in conference play—tied for sixth in the SEC—to reach the Final Four. Arkansas spent two weeks in the Bay Area. Along the way, the Razorbacks beat three conference champions—WAC, Pacific, Ivy and ACC—and three ranked teams—Hawai’i, Kansas and Duke—to face conference rival Tennessee at Kansas City.
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