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Louisiana State Fighting Tigers Women's Basketball School History

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 916-433 .679 W-L%

Conferences: SEC

Conference Champion: 3 Times (Reg. Seas.), 2 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 29 Years (53-28), 6 Final Fours, 1 Championship

NCAA Champion: 2023

Ranked in AP Poll: 26 Times (Preseason), 25 Times (Final), 436 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	SEC	31	6	.838	13	3	.813	34.06	11.46	85.9	63.3	1	1	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Kim Mulkey (31-6)
2	2022-23	SEC	34	2	.944	15	1	.938	35.14	10.78	82.3	57.9	16	3	9	Won NCAA Tournament National Final	3	Kim Mulkey (34-2)
3	2021-22	SEC	26	6	.813	13	3	.813	22.39	10.30	73.7	61.6		6	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	3	Kim Mulkey (26-6)
4	2020-21	SEC	9	13	.409	6	8	.429	13.76	17.08	60.2	63.5						Nikki Fargas (9-13)
5	2019-20	SEC	20	10	.667	9	7	.563	15.57	11.07	64.8	60.3		25				Nikki Fargas (20-10)
6	2018-19	SEC	16	13	.552	7	9	.438	16.06	10.55	61.7	55.0						Nikki Fargas (16-13)
7	2017-18	SEC	19	10	.655	11	5	.688	15.58	10.89	66.3	61.7		24	24	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Nikki Fargas (19-10)
8	2016-17	SEC	20	12	.625	8	8	.500	17.75	13.28	63.4	59.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Nikki Fargas (20-12)
9	2015-16	SEC	10	21	.323	3	13	.188	8.03	13.03	54.5	59.5						Nikki Fargas (10-21)
10	2014-15	SEC	17	14	.548	10	6	.625	13.07	10.29	63.3	60.5				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Nikki Fargas (17-14)
11	2013-14	SEC	21	13	.618	7	9	.438	19.75	14.84	70.0	65.1	15	12		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	7	Nikki Fargas (21-13)
12	2012-13	SEC	22	12	.647	10	6	.625	15.51	10.30	69.0	61.6		22		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	6	Nikki Fargas (22-12)
13	2011-12	SEC	23	11	.676	10	6	.625	17.47	9.41	62.2	52.9	20	20		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Nikki Fargas (23-11)
14	2010-11	SEC	19	13	.594	8	8	.500	17.84	8.81	61.9	52.9						Van Chancellor (19-13)
15	2009-10	SEC	21	10	.677	9	7	.563	25.69	9.14	68.5	51.4	7	5	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Van Chancellor (21-10)
16	2008-09	SEC	19	11	.633	10	4	.714	9.88	9.88	59.8	52.5	24	24		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Van Chancellor (19-11)
17	2007-08	SEC	31	6	.838	14	0	1.000	23.53	8.93	69.2	50.0	5	4	6	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	2	Van Chancellor (31-6)
18	2006-07	SEC	34	9	.791	10	4	.714	7.68	-3.32	58.3	43.3	10	5	12	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	3	Bob Starkey (4-1), Pokey Chatman (30-8)
19	2005-06	SEC	31	4	.886	13	1	.929	8.71	0.51	74.1	53.3	3	2	5	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Pokey Chatman (31-4)
20	2004-05	SEC	33	3	.917	14	0	1.000	20.33	-1.27	71.9	52.4	3	1	2	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Pokey Chatman (33-3)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	SEC	27	8	.771	10	4	.714	12.73	3.13	73.2	62.2	9	9	19	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	4	Sue Gunter (27-8)
22	2002-03	SEC	30	4	.882	11	3	.786	6.91	-1.84	76.3	58.9	3	2	3	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Sue Gunter (30-4)
23	2001-02	SEC	18	12	.600	8	6	.571	22.38	14.04	72.9			18	22	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Sue Gunter (18-12)
24	2000-01	SEC	20	11	.645	8	6	.571			71.3		7	7	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Sue Gunter (20-11)
25	1999-00	SEC	25	7	.781	11	3	.786			69.3		13	7	15	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Sue Gunter (25-7)
26	1998-99	SEC	22	8	.733	10	4	.714			74.3			17	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sue Gunter (22-8)
27	1997-98	SEC	19	13	.594	7	7	.500			68.3		25	25				Sue Gunter (19-13)
28	1996-97	SEC	25	5	.833	9	3	.750			77.1			9	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sue Gunter (25-5)
29	1995-96	SEC	21	11	.656	4	7	.364			76.8							Sue Gunter (21-11)
30	1994-95	SEC	7	20	.259	1	10	.091			68.4							Sue Gunter (7-20)
31	1993-94	SEC	11	16	.407	2	9	.182			73.7							Sue Gunter (11-16)
32	1992-93	SEC	9	18	.333	0	11	.000			68.6							Sue Gunter (9-18)
33	1991-92	SEC	16	13	.552	4	7	.364			72.9		18	12				Sue Gunter (16-13)
34	1990-91	SEC	24	7	.774	5	4	.556			80.5		19	8	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Sue Gunter (24-7)
35	1989-90	SEC	21	9	.700	4	5	.444			72.6		13	13	23	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Sue Gunter (21-9)
36	1988-89	SEC	19	11	.633	5	4	.556			72.4		19	9		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Sue Gunter (19-11)
37	1987-88	SEC	18	11	.621	6	3	.667			73.7					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	9	Sue Gunter (18-11)
38	1986-87	SEC	20	8	.714	6	3	.667					11	8	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Sue Gunter (20-8)
39	1985-86	SEC	27	6	.818	6	3	.667					19	8	9	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	2	Sue Gunter (27-6)
40	1984-85	SEC	20	9	.690	4	4	.500					9	9				Sue Gunter (20-9)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	SEC	23	7	.767	5	3	.625					13	5	8	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Sue Gunter (23-7)
42	1982-83	SEC	20	7	.741	6	2	.750						17	20			Sue Gunter (20-7)
43	1981-82	SEC	18	13	.581	4	7	.364										Barbara Swanner (18-13)

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