Auburn Tigers women's basketball

Auburn Tigers
2015–16 Auburn Tigers women's basketball team
University	Auburn University
Conference	SEC
Location	Auburn, AL
Head coach	Terri Williams-Flournoy (4th year)
Arena	Auburn Arena (Capacity: 9,600)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Navy Blue and Burnt Orange[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA/AIAW Tournament runner-up
1988, 1989, 1990
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Final Four
1988, 1989, 1990
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Elite Eight
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996
NCAA/AIAW Tournament appearances
1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1981, 1987, 1990, 1997
Conference regular season champions
1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2009

The Auburn women's basketball team has been consistently competitive both nationally and within the SEC. Despite playing in the same conference as perennial powerhouse Tennessee and other competitive programs such as LSU, Georgia, Kentucky and Vanderbilt, Auburn has won five regular season SEC championships and four SEC Tournament championships. AU has made nineteen appearances in the NCAA women's basketball tournament and only twice, in the Tigers first appearance in 1982 and in 2008, have the Tigers lost in the first round. Auburn played in three consecutive National Championship games in 1988, 1989 and 1990, and won the Women's NIT in 2003.^[2] When Coach Joe Ciampi announced his retirement after twenty-five years at the end of the 2003–2004 season, the resulting search snared the highly experienced, former Purdue and US National and Olympic team head coach, Nell Fortner. Fortner coached the team through the 2011-2012 season. She was replaced by Terri Williams-Flournoy who had been the head coach at Georgetown University.^[3]

Standout former Auburn players include: Ruthie Bolton, Vickie Orr, Carolyn Jones, Chantel Tremitiere, and Monique Morehouse.

Player awards

SEC Awards

• Player of the Year Award

Vickie Orr - 1988

Carolyn Jones - 1990, 1991

Lauretta Freeman - 1993

DeWanna Bonner - 2009

References

1. Auburn Athletics. "Auburn University Official Athletic Site". Auburntigers.com. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
2. http://www.alabamanews.net/2016/03/14/auburn-selected-to-ncaa-tournament-as-no-9-seed/
3. Woodbery, Evan (April 03, 2012). "New Auburn coach Terri Williams-Flournoy says wins will bring fans to new arena". AL.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)