Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
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| University | University of Oklahoma | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Location | Norman, OK | ||
| Head coach | Sherri Coale (16th year) | ||
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Lloyd Noble Center (Capacity: 12,000) |
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| Nickname | Sooners | ||
| Colors | Crimson and Cream |
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| NCAA/AIAW Tournament Final Four | |||
| 2002, 2009, 2010 | |||
| NCAA/AIAW Tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 2002, 2009,2010 | |||
| NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1986, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013 | |||
| NCAA/AIAW Tournament second round | |||
| 1995, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 | |||
| NCAA/AIAW Tournament appearances | |||
| 1986, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 2001, 2002, 2006 | |||
The Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.
OU women's basketball began during the 1974–75 academic year. In March 1990, Oklahoma officials released a statement saying that the women's basketball program was to be dropped, after many years of sub-par performance and low attendance. Many people voiced their complaints and eight days later, OU reinstated the program. At the time, the average attendance per game was 65 people. In 1996, Oklahoma hired former Norman High School women's basketball coach Sherri Coale to the same position at the university. The Sooner women's basketball team developed in years since to status as a leader in attendance across the nation. The Sooners averaged attendance of 6851 in 2011–12 at home games, and the support for the sport led to Oklahoma hosting first and second-round games in the Women's NCAA Basketball Championships at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. The Sooners also set a record on February 2, 2009, when they played host to the number 13 Tennessee Lady Volunteers, led by coach Pat Summit, who was trying to get career victory 1,000, something that no other coach had done before. The attendance for that game, which was held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, was close to 13,000 as well as setting a record for the most watched women's basketball game in history. The Sooners led the Big 12 conference in attendance as well. As with the men's team, they call Lloyd Noble Center home.
The program gained national prominence during the 2002 post-season when they advanced to the national title game and lost to the University of Connecticut Huskies. In the 2005–06 season, the Sooners were led by their coach Sherri Coale and the nationally known sophomore twins Courtney and Ashley Paris, daughters of former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Bubba Paris, to the third round of the national tournament. The team also won the Big 12 regular-season championship (with a 16–0 conference record) and the Big 12 Tournament. They became the first Big 12 women's basketball team to remain undefeated throughout conference play.
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