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

History

The Owls 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 had a 659–601 all-time record. They were champions of the Women's Basketball Invitational in 2017, and of the Women's National Invitation Tournament in 2021.

1978–79Linda Tucker 12–16 n/a1979–80Linda Tucker 15–14 n/a1980–81Linda Tucker 16–12 n/a1981–82Linda Tucker 21–8 n/a1982–83Linda Tucker 8–18 1–6 1983–84Linda Tucker 9–16 3–13 1984–85Linda Tucker 5–21 2–14 1985–86Linda Tucker 6–19 2–14 1986–87Linda Tucker 15–13 6–9 1987–88 Linda Tucker 11–14 5–111988–89 Linda Tucker 14–13 5–11 1989–90 Mike Dunavant 6–21 3–13 1990–91 Mike Dunavant 10–18 4–121991–92 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 Williams18–14 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 6–112016–17 Tina Langley 22–13 8–102017–18 Tina Langley 23–10 10–62018–19 Tina Langley 28–4 16–02019–20Tina Langley21–816–22020–21Tina Langley22–412–22021–22Lindsay Edmonds14–138–92022–23Lindsay Edmonds23–913–72023–24Lindsay Edmonds19–159–9

NCAA tournament results

2000 #13 First roundSecond round #4 UC Santa Barbara#5 UNC W 67–64L 50–83 2005 #11 First round #6 Georgia L 49–75 2019 #12 First round #5 Marquette L 54–58 (OT) 2024 #14 First round #3 LSU L 60–70

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