Rice Owls women's basketball

Rice Owls women's basketball
Rice Owls women's basketball
	2025–26 Rice Owls women's basketball team
University	Rice University
All-time record	698–625 (.528)
Head coach	Lindsay Edmonds (4th season)
Conference	AAC
Location	Houston, Texas
Arena	Tudor Fieldhouse ; (capacity: 5,000)
Nickname	Owls
Colors	Blue and gray;
Uniforms
Home	Away
NCAA tournament second round
	2000
NCAA tournament appearances
	2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference tournament champions
	2000, 2005, 2019, 2024
Conference regular-season champions
	2005, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2026
Conference division regular-season champions
	2021

UniversityRice University

All-time record698–625 (.528)

Head coachLindsay Edmonds (4th season)

ConferenceAAC

The Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University in women's basketball. The school competes in the American Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Owls play home basketball games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas.^[2]

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Season	Coach	Record	Conference Record
1978–79	Linda Tucker	12–16	n/a
1979–80	Linda Tucker	15–14	n/a
1980–81	Linda Tucker	16–12	n/a
1981–82	Linda Tucker	21–8	n/a
1982–83	Linda Tucker	8–18	1–6
1983–84	Linda Tucker	9–16	3–13
1984–85	Linda Tucker	5–21	2–14
1985–86	Linda Tucker	6–19	2–14
1986–87	Linda Tucker	15–13	6–9
1987–88	Linda Tucker	11–14	5–11
1988–89	Linda Tucker	14–13	5–11
1989–90	Mike Dunavant	6–21	3–13
1990–91	Mike Dunavant	10–18	4–12
1991–92	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 Williams	18–14	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	6–11
2016–17	Tina Langley	22–13	8–10
2017–18	Tina Langley	23–10	10–6
2018–19	Tina Langley	28–4	16–0
2019–20	Tina Langley	21–8	16–2
2020–21	Tina Langley	22–4	12–2
2021–22	Lindsay Edmonds	14–13	8–9
2022–23	Lindsay Edmonds	23–9	13–7
2023–24	Lindsay Edmonds	19–15	9–9

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	#13	First Round Second Round	#4 UC Santa Barbara #5 UNC	W 67–64 L 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

v t e Rice Owls women's basketball
Venues	Tudor Fieldhouse (1978–present)
Rivalries	Houston
Culture & lore	History Sammy the Owl Marching Owl Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	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

v t e American Conference women's basketball
Teams	Charlotte 49ers East Carolina Pirates Florida Atlantic Owls Memphis Tigers North Texas Mean Green Rice Owls South Florida Bulls Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UAB Blazers UTSA Roadrunners Wichita State Shockers
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	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

v t e Rice University
Located in: Houston, Texas
Academics	Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Rice School of Architecture Wiess School of Natural Sciences George R. Brown School of Engineering Shepherd School of Music School of Humanities Rice School of Social Sciences
Research	OpenStax CNX The Rice School BioScience Research Collaborative
Athletics	Rice Owls Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Track and field Marching Owl Band Rice Stadium Tudor Fieldhouse Reckling Park Houston–Rice rivalry American Athletic Conference Sammy the Owl
Student life	Rice Thresher Night of Decadence Residential colleges
People	Alumni Faculty and staff Presidents William Marsh Rice Captain James A. Baker Edgar Odell Lovett
Facilities	Fondren Library Village Arcade
Founded: 1912 Students: 8,565 Endowment: 7.814 billion

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