Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball

Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
	2026–27 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team
University	University of Pittsburgh
Head coach	Robin Harmony (1st season)
Location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Arena	Petersen Events Center ; (capacity: 12,508)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Nickname	Panthers
Colors	Blue and gold;
Student section	Oakland Zoo
NCAA Division I tournament Sweet Sixteen
	2008, 2009
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
	2007, 2008, 2009, 2015
Conference regular-season champions
	1984
Uniforms

UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh

Head coachRobin Harmony (1st season)

LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ArenaPetersen Events Center
(capacity: 12,508)

Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's basketball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh women's basketball team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays their home games in the Petersen Events Center. The university first sponsored women's basketball on the varsity level in 1914 and have appeared in five straight national post-season tournaments between 2006 and 2010.

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Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2007	#8	First Round Second Round	James Madison Tennessee	W 71–61 L 54–68
2008	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Wyoming Baylor Stanford	W 63–58 W 67–59 L 53–72
2009	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Montana Gonzaga Oklahoma	W 64–35 W 65–60 L 59–70
2015	#10	First Round Second Round	Chattanooga Tennessee	W 51–40 L 67–77

No.	Player	Pos.	Years	No. Ret.	Ref.
12	Jennifer Bruce	PF	1981-1985	February 19, 2023	^[7]
24	Lorri Johnson	F	1987-1991	January 13, 2019	^[8]

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll	Notes
H. H. Provin (1914–1920)
1914–15	H. H. Provin	?-1	—	—				incomplete records, reported all wins but 1 loss^[11]
1915–16	H. H. Provin	7–0	—	—				^[12]
1916–17	H. H. Provin	6–0	—	—				^[13]
1917–18	H. H. Provin	9–1	—	—				^[14]
1918–19	H. H. Provin	8–0	—	—				not including win over Alumnae^[15]
1919–20	H. H. Provin	8–0	—	—				one win by forfeit^[16]
H. H. Provin:		incomplete	–
A. Lemon Arnold (1920–1921)
1920–21	A. Lemon Arnold	9–0	—	—				3 game results unknown^[17]
A. Lemon Arnold:		incomplete	–
Margaret A. McClenahan (1921–1927)
1921–22	Margaret A. McClenahan	6–1	—	—				incomplete records^[18]
1922–23	Margaret A. McClenahan	6–3–1	—	—				one tie, not including win over Freshman^[19]
1923–24	Margaret A. McClenahan	8–1	—	—				not including win over Alumnae;^[20] 2 wins over Temple found only in Temple's media guide^[21]
1924–25	Margaret A. McClenahan	9–0	—	—				not including win over Alumnae^[22]
1925–26	Margaret A. McClenahan	2-?	—	—				7-game season, incomplete records^[21]^[23]^[24]
1926–27	Margaret A. McClenahan	4–2	—	—				not including win over Alumnae^[25]
Margaret A. McClenahan:		incomplete	–
No Program (1927–1970)
Sandra Bullman (1970–1974)
1970–71	Sandra Bullman	9–2	—	—				individual game results unknown^[26]^[27]
1971–72	Sandra Bullman	4–2	—	—				^[28]
1972–73	Sandra Bullman	?-?	—	—				unknown results^[29]
1973–74	Sandra Bullman	?-?	—	—				unknown results^[30]
Sandra Bullman:		incomplete	–
Jean Condo (1974–1975)
1974–75	Jean Condo	10–6	—	—				^[9]
Jean Condo:		10–6	–
Pat Wallace (1975–1977)
1975–76	Pat Wallace	16–8	—	—	EAIAW Regional (3–1, consolation champions)			^[9]
1976–77	Pat Wallace	19–8	—	—	EAIAW Regional (1–2)			^[9]
Pat Wallace:		35–16	–
Jean Balthaser (1977–1980)
1977–78	Jean Balthaser	14–14	—	—	EAIAW Regional (1–1)			^[9]
1978–79	Jean Balthaser	12–17	—	—	EAIAW Regional (0–1)			^[9]
1979–80	Jean Balthaser	21–11	—	—	EAIAW Regional (0–1)			^[9]
Jean Balthaser:		47–42	–
Judy Saurer (Big East Conference beginning in 1982–83) (1980–1985)
1980–81	Judy Saurer	22–7	—	—	NWIT Fifth Place Regionals (0–1)			^[9]
1981–82	Judy Saurer	14–14	—	—				^[9]
1982–83	Judy Saurer	17–11	5–3	3rd				^[9]
1983–84	Judy Saurer	16–12	6–2	T-1st				^[9]
1984–85	Judy Saurer	16–12	10–6	T-4th				^[9]
Judy Saurer:		85–56	21–11
Kirk Bruce (Big East Conference) (1985–1998)
1985–86	Kirk Bruce	11–16	5–11	6th				^[9]
1986–87	Kirk Bruce	7–21	1–15	9th				^[9]
1987–88	Kirk Bruce	14–15	5–11	7th				^[9]
1988–89	Kirk Bruce	11–17	3–13	9th				^[9]
1989–90	Kirk Bruce	15–14	6–10	6th				^[9]
1990–91	Kirk Bruce	16–13	10–6	T-3rd				^[9]
1991–92	Kirk Bruce	11–18	6–12	7th				^[9]
1992–93	Kirk Bruce	15–12	10–8	T-4th				^[9]
1993–94	Kirk Bruce	21–10	12–6	3rd	NWIT Third Place			^[9]
1994–95	Kirk Bruce	17–11	10–8	T-4th				^[9]
1995–96	Kirk Bruce	6–24	3–15	7th (BE 7)				^[9]
1996–97	Kirk Bruce	8–22	3–15	7th (BE 7)				^[9]
1997–98	Kirk Bruce	6–21	3–15	7th (BE 7)				^[9]
Kirk Bruce:		158–214	77–145
Traci Waites (Big East Conference) (1998–2003)
1998–99	Traci Waites	8–19	3–15	T-12th				^[9]
1999–2000	Traci Waites	16–13	7–9	T-6th	WNIT first round			^[9]
2000–01	Traci Waites	9–18	3–13	T-12th				^[9]
2001–02	Traci Waites	8–19	3–13	13th				^[9]
2002–03	Traci Waites	12–16	4–12	T-11th				^[9]
Traci Waites:		53–85	20–62
Agnus Berenato (Big East Conference) (2003–2013)
2003–04	Agnus Berenato	6–20	2–14	13th				^[9]
2004–05	Agnus Berenato	13–15	5–11	10th				^[9]
2005–06	Agnus Berenato	22–11	9–7	T-6th	WNIT semifinals			^[9]
2006–07	Agnus Berenato	24–9	10–6	T-5th	NCAA round of 32			^[9]
2007–08	Agnus Berenato	24–11	10–6	T-5th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	16		^[9]
2008–09	Agnus Berenato	25–8	12–4	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	15	^[9]
2009–10	Agnus Berenato	16–15	5–11	T-12th	WNIT first round			^[9]
2010–11	Agnus Berenato	14–17	5–11	12th				^[9]
2011–12	Agnus Berenato	8–21	0–16	16th
2012–13	Agnus Berenato	9–21	0–16	15th
Agnus Berenato:		161–148	58–102
Suzie McConnell-Serio (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2013–2018)
2013–14	Suzie McConnell-Serio	11–20	3–13	T-14th
2014–15	Suzie McConnell-Serio	20–12	9–7	7th	NCAA second round
2015–16	Suzie McConnell-Serio	13–18	4–12	T-13th
2016–17	Suzie McConnell-Serio	13–17	4–12	T-11th
2017–18	Suzie McConnell-Serio	10–20	2–14	13th
Suzie McConnell-Serio:		67–87	22–58
Lance White (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2018–2023)
2018–19	Lance White	11–20	2–14	14th
2019–20	Lance White	5–26	1–17	15th
2020–21	Lance White	5–14	3–12	12th
2021–22	Lance White	11–19	2–16	T-14th
2022–23	Lance White	10–20	3–15	15th
Lance White:		44–99	11–74
Tory Verdi (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2024–2026)
2023–24	Tory Verdi	8–24	2–16	T-14th
2024–25	Tory Verdi	13–18	5–13	15th
Tory Verdi:		21–42	7–29
Total:		669–793
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2007	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 James Madison #1 Tennessee	W 71–61 L 68–54
2008	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#11 Wyoming 3 Baylor #2 Stanford	W 63–58 W 67–59 L 72–53
2009	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Montana 12 Gonzaga #1 Oklahoma	W 64–35 W 65–60 L 70–59
2015	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 Chattanooga #2 Tennessee	W 51–40 L 77–67

v t e Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball
Venues	Trees Gym (1914–1925) Pitt Pavilion (1925–1927) Fitzgerald Field House (1970–2002) Civic Arena (alternate, 1984–2002) Petersen Events Center (2002–present)
Rivalries	Duquesne West Virginia
Culture & lore	History Oakland Zoo "Hail to Pitt" "Pitt Victory Song"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–1970 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball

Postseason

NCAA Division I

NWIT

AIAW

Honors

All Americans

Academic All-Americans

Conference honors

Points club

Retired jerseys

WNBA

Draft

Year by year results

NCAA tournament results

References

External links

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v t e Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Boston College Eagles California Golden Bears Clemson Tigers Duke Blue Devils Florida State Seminoles Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Louisville Cardinals Miami Hurricanes NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels Notre Dame Fighting Irish Pittsburgh Panthers SMU Mustangs Stanford Cardinal Syracuse Orange Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Tech Hokies Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Championships & awards	Regular season champions ACC women's basketball tournament Player of the Year Rookie of the Year
Conference challenges	ACC–SEC Challenge (2023–present) ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge (2007–2022)
Seasons	1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26