USC Trojans women's basketball

University

University of Southern California

All-time record

727–455

Conference

Pac-12

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Head coach

vacant

Arena

Galen Center
(Capacity: 10,258)

Nickname

Trojans

Colors

Cardinal and Gold

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA Tournament champions

1983, 1984

NCAA Tournament Final Four

1983, 1984, 1986

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight

1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994

NCAA Tournament appearances

1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2014

AIAW Tournament Final Four

1981

AIAW Tournament appearances

1980, 1981

Conference tournament champions

2014

Conference regular season champions

1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1994

The USC Trojans women's basketball, or Women of Troy, is the collegiate women's basketball team that represents the University of Southern California, in the Pac-12 Conference. The team rose to prominence in 1976. At that time scholarships became available to female basketball players. They were the first Division 1 team to do so.

The Women of Troy made their first appearance in the Final Four in the 1981 AIAW Tournament. Following the successful 1982 season, in which USC reached the Elite Eight of the first NCAA Tournament, the Trojans went on to win national championships in 1983 and 1984. The 1983 championship team included three All-Americans, Paula Mcgee, Cheryl Miller, and Rhonda Windham. The 1983 team went 31–2 in the regular and post-season combined. The 1983 team bested their opponent, Louisiana Tech, by a mere 2 points. The final score was 69–67. The 1984 championship team went 29–4 in the regular and post season. The 1984 team faced University of Tennessee. The victory this year came by a healthy eleven points. The final score was 72–61. USC made the National Championship again in 1986 but did not prevail. They lost to University of Texas 97–81. They have yet to appear in the National Championship since then.

In 1987 and 1994 the Trojans won the Pac-10 Championship. The Trojans had their longest time of not making it to the playoffs starting in 1998. That streak was broken when the team made it to the playoff bracket in 2005. Not until 2011 did the Trojans make it to the post season again. In 2006 USC opened the Galen Center. The Galen Center was the new home of the Women of Troy. It can seat over 10,000 fans. In 2007 the Galen Center was sold out for a game between the Trojans and the University of California Los Angeles. It was the first time in history that a NCAA women's basketball game was sold out. Every year since 1986 at least one member of the Trojans team has been honored in the Pac-10 awards. To date, eleven players who played for USC have won Olympic medals.

The head coaching job was taken over by former Women of Troy player Cynthia Cooper-Dyke for the 2013–14 season.

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