From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florida Gators women’s basketball
Florida Gators women’s basketball
Former University of Florida player and previous
Charlotte coach Amanda Butler was named the new
women’s basketball coach on April 13, 2007.
Year-by-year results
Season Overall SEC Postseason SEC Tourna- SEC
Record Record Tournament ment Re- Regular
Results sults Season
Finish
1974–1975 13–6 - None - -
1975–1976 16–8 - None - -
1976–1977 12–10 - None - -
O’Connell Center, the home court of the Florida Gators women’s
basketball team. 1977–1978 12–14 - None - -
1978–1979 12–15 - None - -
The Florida Gators women’s basketball team repre- 1979–1980 10–19 1–7 None - -
sents the University of Florida in the sport of basketball.
1980–1981 11–17 0–7 None - -
The Gators compete in Division I of the National Colle-
giate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern 1981–1982 13–16 1–8 None - -
Conference (SEC). The Gators play their home games at 1982–1983 11–16 1–7 None - -
the O’Connell Center located on the university’s 1983–1984 19–9 2–6 None 1st Round 7th
Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by 65–75 Loss
head coach Amanda Butler. vs. No 18
Auburn
History 1984–1985 22–9 4–4 NWIT Final 1st Round 3rd
54–74 Loss 64–84 vs. No
Women’s basketball was approved as a sport by Univer-
vs. LSU 9 Auburn
sity of Florida in March 1972, and began play in 1973 as
a club team. In 1975, the Gators debuted as a varsity pro- 1985–1986 10–18 2–7 None 1st Round 9th
gram under head coach Paula Welch. They made local 57–71 Loss
headlines in 1976 by winning the "state championship" vs. Alabama
by beating the other three women’s teams in the state at 1986–1987 12–16 0–9 None 1st Round 10th
that time.[1] 53–75 Loss
While historically overshadowed by divisional (and vs. Ken-
national) basketball powers Tennessee and Georgia, the tucky
Gators have made several NCAA Tournament appearan-
1987–1988 9–18 1–8 None 1st Round 9th
ces and sent players to the WNBA, such as DeLisha
46–67 Loss
Milton-Jones. The winningest coach at Florida is Carol
vs. Missis-
Ross, who guided the team for twelve seasons but left
sippi State
Florida to coach the women’s basketball team at her alma
mater, Ole Miss. 1988–1989 15–14 1–8 None 2nd Round 9th
Florida’s women’s team was coached by Carolyn Peck, 61–72 Loss
a former WNBA coach who won a national title with Pur- vs. No 1
due, from 2002 to 2007. Peck was fired midway through Auburn
the 2006–2007 season (though she was allowed to finish 1989–1990 15–13 1–8 None 2nd Round 9th
out the season), after enduring the worst losing streak of 56–81 Loss
any Gator sports program. vs. No 3
Tennessee
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1990–1991 17–11 3–6 None 1st Round 8th 52–90 Loss
75–95 Loss vs. BYU
vs. Alabama 2002–2003 9–19 1–13 None 1st Round 11th
1991–1992 15–13 4–7 None 1st Round 7th 58–74 Loss
58–70 Loss vs. No 15/16
vs. Auburn Vanderbilt
1992–1993 19–10 6–5 NCAA 2nd 1st Round 4th
2003–2004 19–11 8–6 NCAA 2nd 1st Round 4th
Round 73–88 Loss Round 72–76 Loss
55–69 Loss vs. Alabama 76–91 Loss vs. No 20/16
vs. No 9 Vir- vs. No 15/17 Georgia
ginia Baylor
1993–1994 22–7 8–3 NCAA 1st 2nd Round 3rd
2004–2005 14–15 5–9 WNIT 1st 1st Round 8th
Round 72–94 Loss Round 58–62 Loss
76–78 Loss vs. No 13 56–61 Loss vs. No 9
vs. Texas Vanderbilt vs. South Seed Alaba-
A&M Florida ma
1994–1995 24–9 7–4 NCAA 2nd 2nd Round 4th
2005–2006 21–9 8–6 NCAA 1st 2nd Round 5th
Round 71–88 Loss Round Loss vs.
67–72 Loss vs. No 11 59–83 Loss Kentucky
vs. No 3 Vir- Georgia vs. No 24
ginia New Mexico
1995–1996 21–9 6–5 NCAA 1st 3rd Round 5th
2006–2007 9–22 2–12 None 2nd Round 11th
Round 63–74 Loss 77–105 Loss
61–68 Loss vs. No 5 vs. No 13
vs. San Tennessee Vanderbilt
Francisco 2007–2008 19–14 6–8 WNIT 3rd 2nd Round 7th
1996–1997 24–9 9–3 NCAA Elite 3rd Round 3rd Round 61–92 Loss
Eight 51–53 47–52 Loss 55–80 Loss vs. No 3
Loss vs. No 2 vs. No 19 vs. NC State Tennessee
Old Domin- Auburn 2008–2009 23–7 9–5 NCAA 2nd 2nd Round 4th
ion Round 67–71 Loss
1997–1998 23–9 10–4 NCAA Sweet 2nd Round 2nd 59–87 Loss vs. No 19/24
Sixteen 61–74 Loss vs. No 1 Tennessee
58–71 Loss vs. No 20/19 UConn
vs. No 8/9 Alabama
Duke
1998–1999 19–14 6–8 NCAA 1st 2nd Round
WNBA Basketball Players
8th
Round 82–90 Loss File:MurrielPage.jpg
84–87 OT vs. No 1 Murriel Page
Loss vs. Ari- Seed Ten-
zona nessee Florida has produced a number of players for the
Womens National Basketball Association.
1999–2000 21–13 6–8 WNIT Final 2nd Round 6th
• Sha Brooks - Drafted with the 31st overall pick in the
74–75 Loss 79–91 Loss
2009 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury
vs. Wiscon- vs. No 2/3
• Monique Cardenas - Drafted with the 53rd overall
sin Tennessee
pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Portland Fire;
2000–2001 24–6 11–3 NCAA 2nd 1st Round 2nd after the Fire folded following her first season, she
Round Loss 69–78 Loss retired from professional basketball
vs. Wash- vs. Arkansas • Dalila Eshe - Drafted with the 25th overall pick by
ington the Seattle Storm in the 2006 WNBA Draft
2001–2002 18–11 8–6 NCAA 1st 1st Round 4th Vanessa Hayden - Drafted with the 7th overall pick
•
Round 57–70 Loss in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx;
vs. Auburn currently playing with the Los Angeles Sparks
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• Tammy Jackson - Drafted with the 16th overall pick • Tonya Washington - Drafted with the 18th overall
in the 1997 WNBA Draft; played five seasons with the pick in the 2000 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever
Houston Comets where she won four straight WNBA • Sophia Witherspoon - Drafted with the 11th overall
Titles pick by the New York Liberty in the 1997 WNBA
• Merlakia Jones - Drafted with the 13th overall pick in Draft; she played for the Liberty, the Fire, and the
the second round of the 1997 WNBA Draft by the now Sparks in her seven seasons in the league
defunct Cleveland Rockers; she played a total of 8
seasons in the WNBA
• Brandi McCain - Drafted by the Cleveland Rockers
See also
with the 24th overall pick in 2002 • Florida Gators
• DeLisha Milton-Jones - Drafted with the 4th overall • Florida Gators men’s basketball
pick in the 1999 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles • History of the University of Florida
Sparks; she was traded to the Washington Mystics in • List of Florida Gators basketball players
2004 and traded back to the Sparks in 2007 • List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
• Tashia Morehead - Drafted with the 32nd overall members
pick by the Washington Mystics in 2005 • List of University of Florida Olympians
• Murriel Page - Drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks • University Athletic Association
with the 3rd overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft; • Women’s basketball
still plays for the Sparks after 11 years
• Bridget Pettis - Drafted with the 7th overall pick in
the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft by the Phoenix Mercury;
References
spent five seasons with the Mercury before being [1] http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/women/
traded to the Indiana Fever, where she played two media/2006/pdf/history/florida.pdf
seasons, in 2002; she returned to the WNBA for one
final season with Phoenix in 2006 External links
• Tamara Stocks - Drafted by the Washington Mystics
with the 25th overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft • GatorSports.com – Florida Gators women’s basketball
• Tiffany Travis - Drafted with the 27th overall pick by news from The Gainesville Sun.
the Charlotte Sting in the 2000 WNBA Draft • GatorZone.com – Official webpage of the Florida
Gators women’s basketball team.
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