Rice Owls Women's Basketball School History

Location: Houston, Texas

Coverage: 45 seasons (1981-82 to 2025-26)

Record (since 1981-82): 718-620 .537 W-L%

Conferences: American, AAC, CUSA, WAC, SWC and Ind

Conference Champion: 5 Times (Reg. Seas.), 4 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 4 Years (1-4), 0 Final Fours, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 1 Time (Final), 4 Weeks (Total)

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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.

45 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

45 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	2025-26	American	29	6	.829	17	1	.944	11.04	1.21	69.5	59.6						Lindsay Edmonds (29-6)
2	2024-25	AAC	17	17	.500	7	11	.389	5.15	2.13	65.9	62.9						Lindsay Edmonds (17-17)
3	2023-24	AAC	19	15	.559	9	9	.500	7.96	3.82	67.2	63.0				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	14	Lindsay Edmonds (19-15)
4	2022-23	CUSA	23	9	.719	13	7	.650	6.57	1.91	71.7	67.0						Lindsay Edmonds (23-9)
5	2021-22	CUSA	14	13	.519	8	9	.471	-0.96	-0.42	66.9	65.8						Lindsay Edmonds (14-13)
6	2020-21	CUSA	23	4	.852	12	2	.857	11.80	0.76	69.9	58.9						Tina Langley (23-4)
7	2019-20	CUSA	21	8	.724	16	2	.889	9.26	0.60	66.5	57.8						Tina Langley (21-8)
8	2018-19	CUSA	28	4	.875	16	0	1.000	11.51	-1.49	65.9	52.9		24	24	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Tina Langley (28-4)
9	2017-18	CUSA	23	10	.697	10	6	.625	3.21	-3.97	65.3	58.1						Tina Langley (23-10)
10	2016-17	CUSA	22	13	.629	8	10	.444	1.61	-3.42	68.2	62.4						Tina Langley (22-13)
11	2015-16	CUSA	9	22	.290	7	11	.389	-4.85	0.99	59.2	65.0						Tina Langley (9-22)
12	2014-15	CUSA	9	21	.300	4	14	.222	-4.31	-1.01	61.9	65.2						Greg Williams (9-21)
13	2013-14	CUSA	14	16	.467	6	10	.375	-3.70	0.07	62.4	66.1						Greg Williams (14-16)
14	2012-13	CUSA	14	16	.467	6	10	.375	-2.41	1.49	57.1	61.0						Greg Williams (14-16)
15	2011-12	CUSA	16	16	.500	9	7	.563	-2.73	-4.76	59.6	57.4						Greg Williams (16-16)
16	2010-11	CUSA	18	14	.563	10	6	.625	1.51	-0.27	64.8	63.0						Greg Williams (18-14)
17	2009-10	CUSA	13	17	.433	7	9	.438	-3.70	0.16	64.3	68.2						Greg Williams (13-17)
18	2008-09	CUSA	7	23	.233	2	14	.125	-4.77	4.70	59.4	68.9						Greg Williams (7-23)
19	2007-08	CUSA	14	18	.438	6	10	.375	1.73	5.30	61.8	65.4						Greg Williams (14-18)
20	2006-07	CUSA	19	14	.576	10	6	.625	11.11	5.51	69.6	64.0						Greg Williams (19-14)
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	2005-06	CUSA	18	14	.563	11	5	.688	10.50	8.47	67.2	65.2						Greg Williams (18-14)
22	2004-05	WAC	24	9	.727	14	4	.778	16.83	11.25	67.5	61.9				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	11	Cristy McKinney (24-9)
23	2003-04	WAC	22	10	.688	16	2	.889	14.93	9.37	66.1	60.6						Cristy McKinney (22-10)
24	2002-03	WAC	15	13	.536	12	6	.667	13.18	12.03	64.5	63.3						Cristy McKinney (15-13)
25	2001-02	WAC	21	9	.700	14	4	.778	7.42	4.09	63.8	60.5						Cristy McKinney (21-9)
26	2000-01	WAC	18	12	.600	9	7	.563			63.4	64.3						Cristy McKinney (18-12)
27	1999-00	WAC	22	10	.688	10	4	.714			67.8	59.8				Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	13	Cristy McKinney (22-10)
28	1998-99	WAC	20	12	.625	9	5	.643			66.3	59.4						Cristy McKinney (20-12)
29	1997-98	WAC	21	9	.700	11	3	.786			70.4	60.9						Cristy McKinney (21-9)
30	1996-97	WAC	16	11	.593	11	5	.688			69.7	63.8						Cristy McKinney (16-11)
31	1995-96	SWC	13	14	.481	6	8	.429			71.1	66.6						Cristy McKinney (13-14)
32	1994-95	SWC	11	16	.407	7	7	.500			67.9	67.6						Cristy McKinney (11-16)
33	1993-94	SWC	13	14	.481	5	9	.357			67.8	67.1						Cristy McKinney (13-14)
34	1992-93	SWC	13	14	.481	3	11	.214			67.0	67.9						Mike Dunavant (13-14)
35	1991-92	SWC	13	15	.464	5	9	.357			68.4	72.8						Mike Dunavant (13-15)
36	1990-91	SWC	10	18	.357	4	12	.250			65.8	72.7						Mike Dunavant (10-18)
37	1989-90	SWC	6	21	.222	3	13	.188			61.7	71.5						Mike Dunavant (6-21)
38	1988-89	SWC	14	13	.519	5	11	.313			73.9	75.2						Linda Tucker (14-13)
39	1987-88	SWC	11	14	.440	5	11	.313			69.0	71.0						Linda Tucker (11-14)
40	1986-87	SWC	15	13	.536	7	9	.438			69.5	70.3						Linda Tucker (15-13)
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	1985-86	SWC	7	19	.269	2	14	.125			63.7	68.7						Linda Tucker (7-19)
42	1984-85	SWC	5	21	.192	2	14	.125			60.6	71.5						Linda Tucker (5-21)
43	1983-84	SWC	9	17	.346	3	13	.188			65.0	75.6						Linda Tucker (9-17)
44	1982-83	SWC	8	18	.308	1	7	.125			61.8	73.6						Linda Tucker (8-18)
45	1981-82	Ind	21	8	.724						66.6	61.0						Linda Tucker (0-0)

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