Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball

Kansas Jayhawks
2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team
University	University of Kansas
First season	1903 (unofficial), 1968–69
All-time record	791–593 (.572)
Conference	Big 12
Location	Lawrence, KS
Head coach	Brandon Schneider (1st year)
Arena	Allen Fieldhouse (Capacity: 16,300)
Nickname	Jayhawks
Colors	Crimson and Blue[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA/AIAW Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1980 • 1996 • 1998 • 2012 • 2013
NCAA/AIAW Tournament second round
1980 • 1987 • 1988 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2012 • 2013
NCAA/AIAW Tournament appearances
1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1987 • 1988 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2012 • 2013
Conference tournament champions
1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1987 • 1988 • 1993
Conference regular season champions
1987 • 1992 • 1996 • 1997

The Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are currently coached by Brandon Schneider.

History

The 1903 KU women's basketball team.

Kansas first officially fielded a varsity women's basketball team during the 1968–1969 season,^[2] though women's teams had been fielded as early as 1903. For thirty-one seasons (1973–2004) the women's team was coached by Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships, eleven NCAA Tournament appearances and three AIAW Tournament appearances. The team's best post-season result was appearing in the Sweet Sixteen, which they have done five times, most recently in 2013.

Notable players

Former players and coaches in the Basketball Hall of Fame

• Lynette Woodard, player and coach

Current WNBA players

• Angel Goodrich, Guard, Tulsa Shock
• Danielle McCray, Guard/Forward, Connecticut Sun

Former WNBA players

• Angela Aycock, Forward, Seattle Storm
• Tamecka Dixon, Guard, Los Angeles Sparks
• Lynn Pride, Guard/Forward, Minnesota Lynx
• Charisse Sampson, Guard, Seattle Storm
• Jaclyn Johnson, Forward, Orlando Miracle

Conferences

The Jayhawks and the rest of the Big 8, along with four former members of the defunct Southwest Conference, joined and created the Big 12 conference in 1996.

Coaches

Kansas interim head women's basketball coach is Katie O'Connor.

Coach	Years Coached	Wins	Losses	Win %	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Appearances	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Wins	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Losses	NCAA/AIAW Tournament Win %
Dr. James Naismith and Jessie Bennett	1903	6	2	.750	N/A*
Marlene Mawson	1968–1971	19	16	.543
Debbie Artman	1971–1972	9	8	.529	0	0	0	—
Sharon Drysdale	1972–1973	9	8	.529	0	0	0	—
Marian Washington	1973–2004	560	365	.605	14	10	14	.417
Bonnie Henrickson	2004–2015	186	171	.521	1	4	1	.800
Brandon Schneider	2015–present	6	25	.194

* Women's college post-season tournaments did not begin until 1969, with a CIAW invitational tournament. Kansas appeared in the 1971 CIAW post-season qualification tournament with a record of 2-2.^[3]:141

NCAA/AIAW Tournament history

The Jayhawks have appeared in 16 NCAA/AIAW Tournaments. Their combined record is 12–15.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1979	—	First Round	Louisiana Tech	L 61–100
1980	—	First Round Second Round	Cheyney State Louisiana Tech	W 75–66 L 73–81
1981	—	Second Round	UCLA	L 71–73
1987	7	First Round Second Round	(10) NE Louisiana (2) Georgia	W 78–72 L 51–82
1988	7	First Round Second Round	(10) Middle Tennessee St. (2) Louisiana Tech	W 81–75 L 50–89
1992	9	First Round	(8) Missouri St.	L 59–75
1993	8	First Round	(9) California	L 47–62
1994	9	First Round Second Round	(8) Stephen F. Austin (1) Penn State	W 72–67 L 68–85
1995	7	First Round	(10) Wisconsin	L 72–73
1996	4	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(13) Middle Tennessee St. (5) Texas (1) Tennessee	W 72–57 W 70–77 L 71–92
1997	3	First Round Second Round	(14) Detroit (6) Vanderbilt	W 81–67 L 44–51
1998	5	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(12) Tulane (4) Iowa (9) Arkansas	W 72–68 W 62–58 L 63–79
1999	9	First Round Second Round	(8) Marquette (1) Purdue	W 64–58 L 41–55
2000	8	First Round	(9) Vanderbilt	L 69–71 (2 OT)
2012	11	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(6) Nebraska (3) Delaware (2) Tennessee	W 57–49 W 70–64 L 73–84
2013	12	First Round Second Round Sweet 16	(5) Colorado (4) South Carolina (1) Notre Dame	W 67–52 W 75–69 L 63–93

Current roster

2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Home town C 1 Lott, ChelseaChelsea Lott 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Fort Bend Hightower Fresno, TX G 2 Calvert, McKenzieMcKenzie Calvert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Byron P. Steele USC Schertz, TX G 3 Alridge, LaurenLauren Alridge 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Marshfield Marshfield, MO F 4 Brown, JadaJada Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Centennial Las Vegas, NV G 12 O'Neal, TimekaTimeka O'Neal 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Jr Raytown Raytown, MO F 13 Enabulele, LorraineLorraine Enabulele 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Notre Dame Secondary School Ajax, ON G 15 Robertson, AisiaAisia Robertson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Bishop O'Dowd San Francisco, CA G 20 Christopher, JaydeJayde Christopher 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Cleveland Federal Way, WA G 21 Benoit, SydneySydney Benoit 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Smith Center Hutchinson CC Smith Center, KS G 22 Cheadle, ChaylaChayla Cheadle 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Rock Bridge HS Columbia, MO F 25 Manning-Allen, CaelynnCaelynn Manning-Allen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Curie Chicago, IL G 30 Washington, JessicaJessica Washington 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Jenks North Carolina Tulsa, OK G 33 Kopatich, KyleeKylee Kopatich 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Olathe South Olathe, KS G 44 Dennis, KeleaKelea Dennis 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Piedmont Oakland, CA F 55 Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Leavenworth Leavenworth, KS	Head coach Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist) Assistant coach(es) A'Quonesia Franklin (Texas A&M) Katie O'Connor (Virginia Tech) Steve Wallace (Texas A&M) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-10-14

Year by year results

^[3]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Marlene Mawson (CIAW) (1968–1971)
1968–69	Marlene Mawson	5–4	–
1969–70	Marlene Mawson	7–4	–
1970–71	Marlene Mawson	7–8	–		CIAW Tenth Place
Marlene Mawson:		19–16	–
Debbie Artman (Independent) (1971–1972)
1971–72	Debbie Artman	9–8	–
Debbie Artman:		9–8	–
Sharon Drysdale (Independent) (1972–1973)
1972–73	Sharon Drysdale	9–8	–
Sharon Drysdale:		9–8	–
Marion Washington (Independent, Big 8, Big 12) (1973–2004)
1973–74	Marion Washington	11–8	–
1974–75	Marion Washington	7–17	–
1975–76	Marion Washington	13–14	–
1976–77	Marion Washington	11–15	–
1977–78	Marion Washington	22–11	–		NWIT Sixth Place
1978–79	Marion Washington	30–8	–		AIAW Sectional		14
1979–80	Marion Washington	29–8	–		AIAW Sectional		11
1980–81	Marion Washington	27–5	–		AIAW Sectional		10
1981–82	Marion Washington	16–14	–
Big Eight Conference
1982–83	Marion Washington	13–15	9–5	(Big 8) 3rd
1983–84	Marion Washington	11–16	7–7	5th
1984–85	Marion Washington	19–10	9–5	3rd
1985–86	Marion Washington	18–10	9–5	T–2nd
1986–87	Marion Washington	20–13	9–5	T–1st#	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)
1987–88	Marion Washington	22–10	8–6	T–3rd	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)
1988–89	Marion Washington	13–14	5–9	T–6th
1989–90	Marion Washington	20–9	9–5	T–4th
1990–91	Marion Washington	20–13	7–7	5th	WNIT Third Place
1991–92	Marion Washington	25–6	12–2	1st	NCAA First Round	25	17
1992–93	Marion Washington	21–9	9–5	T–3rd	NCAA First Round		24
1993–94	Marion Washington	22–6	11–3	2nd	NCAA Second Round	17	15
1994–95	Marion Washington	20–11	8–6	3rd	NCAA First Round	23	23
1995–96	Marion Washington	22–10	11–3	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	15	20
Big 12 Conference
1996–97	Marion Washington	25–6	14–2	1st (Big 12)	NCAA Second Round	16	11
1997–98	Marion Washington	23–9	11–5	T–3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	22
1998–99	Marion Washington	23–10	11–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round
1999–2000	Marion Washington	20–10	11–5	4th	NCAA First Round
2000–01	Marion Washington	12–17	5–11	9th
2001–02	Marion Washington	5–25	0–16	12th
2002–03	Marion Washington	11–18	3–13	T–9th
2003–04	Marion Washington	9–18	2–12	T–11th
Marion Washington:		560–365	180–142
Lynette Woodward (Big 12) (2004)
2004	Lynette Woodward	0–3	0–2
Lynette Woodward:		0–3	0–2
Bonnie Henrickson (Big 12) (2004–2015)
2004–05	Bonnie Henrickson	12–16	5–11	8th
2005–06	Bonnie Henrickson	17–13	5–11	10th	WNIT First Round (Play-in)
2006–07	Bonnie Henrickson	11–20	4–11	T–11th
2007–08	Bonnie Henrickson	17–16	4–12	T–10th	WNIT Second Round (bye)
2008–09	Bonnie Henrickson	22–14	6–10	T–7th	WNIT Finals
2009–10	Bonnie Henrickson	17–16	5–11	T–8th	WNIT Third Round
2010–11	Bonnie Henrickson	21–13	6–10	T–8th	WNIT Second Round
2011–12	Bonnie Henrickson	21–13	8–10	T–6th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	25
2012–13	Bonnie Henrickson	20–14	8–10	7th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2013–14	Bonnie Henrickson	13–19	5–13	T–8th
2014–15	Bonnie Henrickson	15–17	6–12	9th
Bonnie Henrickson:		186–171	62–121
Brandon Schneider (Big 12) (2015–present)
2015–16	Brandon Schneider	6–25	0–18	10th
Total:		791–593
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "KU primary & secondary color palette". University of Kansas. December 29, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
2. "2011-12 Kansas Women's Basketball Media Guide". Issuu. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
3. "Media Guide" (PDF). University of Kansas. Retrieved 10 Aug 2013.

External links

• Official website