Boston College Eagles women's basketball
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| University | Boston College | |||
| Conference | ACC | |||
| Location | Chestnut Hill, MA | |||
| Head coach | Erik Johnson (4th year) | |||
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Conte Forum (Capacity: 8,606) |
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| Nickname | Eagles | |||
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
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| NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 2003, 2004, 2006 | ||||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | ||||
| 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 2004 (Big East) | ||||
Boston College Women's Basketball is the NCAA Division I women's basketball program for Boston College. Their nickname is the Eagles. Erik Johnson was appointed as head coach in April, 2012.
The Boston College Women's Basketball team played its first game January 9, 1973, and lost to Eastern Nazarene 42-35. In its next game BC downed Jackson, 52–30, to win its first game in the program's history. The Eagles finished their first season 4-6 with wins over Mount Ida, Stonehill College and Radcliffe. In her second season as head coach, Maureen Enos lead BC to a 9–4 record for the team's first-ever winning record.
Margo Plotzke took over in time for the 1980 season and she would finish her 14-season career on The Heights with only five losing seasons and a 177 wins.
In 1982 the women's team joined the Big East, finishing the season with a then-BC record 17 wins, but going only 3–7 in the conference. In the Big East tourney Boston College beat UConn 69–57, but bowed out after a loss to Providence, 56–38. In 1984–85 BC went 19–9—its best season to that date—but found itself on the short end of a loss to Vilanova in the league tournament, ending its season.
In 1993 Cathy Inglese was named head coach of the basketball team and, after several years of rebuilding, turned the team into a perennial NCAA tournament team. Since the 1998-99 season, BC has been invited to the NCAA tournament six times, won the 2004 Big East title and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen twice—in 2003 and 2004.
In the 1998–99 season Inglese lead the Eagles to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance, a 22–8 overall record and the Eagles went 12–6 in the Big East. In its first-ever NCAA tourney game, BC beat Ohio State and then ran into Pat Summitt and Tennessee and lost in the second round.
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