Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball

The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball program represents the University of Alabama in the sport of women's basketball. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association. They are coached by eighth-year head coach Kristy Curry.

Alabama Crimson Tide
2023–24 Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Alabama
Head coachKristy Curry (11th season)
ConferenceSEC
LocationTuscaloosa, Alabama
ArenaColeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 15,383)
NicknameCrimson Tide
ColorsCrimson and white[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament Final Four
1994
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1994
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
1984, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
NCAA tournament second round
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2024
NCAA tournament appearances
1984, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2023, 2024

History edit

The Crimson Tide has appeared in 10 NCAA women's basketball tournaments, including an eight-year streak of consecutive appearances in the tournament stretching from 1992 to 1999. In 10 NCAA tournament appearances, Alabama has advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" six times and the "Elite Eight" and the "Final Four" once, in 1994.

Notable seasons include 1980–81 (21–12 record, 2nd-place finish in the SEC, a 77–71 victory over Tennessee, coached by Ann Cronic), 1983–84 (21–9 record, a 2nd-place finish in the SEC, an 85–66 victory over Tennessee, and a final AP National Ranking of No. 12, coached by Ken Weeks), 1985–86 (20–9 record, coached by 1986 SEC Coach of the Year recipient, Lois Myers), 1991–92 (a 23–7 record, SEC 3rd place, final AP National Ranking of No. 18, coached by Rick Moody), 1993–94 (a 26–7 record, 4th place SEC, Midwest Regional Tournament Champion, Final Four Participant, coached by Rick Moody), 1994–95 (a 22–9 record, final AP national ranking of No. 13, coached by Rick Moody), 1995–96 (a 24–8 record, 3rd place SEC, final national AP ranking of No. 10, coached by Rick Moody), 1996–97 (a 25–7 record, midseason No. 2 national ranking, 2nd place SEC (10–2), final AP national ranking of No. 8, coached by Rick Moody), 1997–98 (a 24–10 record, 2nd place SEC, final AP national ranking of No. 11, coached by Rick Moody).[2]

Former NCAA All-American and WNBA player Dominique Canty played for the Crimson Tide 1995-1999. Other former Alabama players include Shalonda Enis, Niesa Johnson, Navonda Moore, and Tausha Mills.

The University of Alabama also has a Women's Wheelchair Basketball Program that began in 2003. The Crimson Tide have won the national championship in 2009 (34–2 record, with both losses to men's teams),[3] 2010,[4] and 2021. They were also the runners-up in 2008.

Coaches edit

NameYear
Stephanie Schleuder1974–1977
Ed Nixon1977–1980
Ann Cronic1980–1981
Ken Weeks1981–1985
Lois Myers1985–1989
Rick Moody1989–2005
Stephany Smith2005–2008
Wendell Hudson2008–2013
Kristy Curry2013–Present

Year-by-year results edit

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Alabama Crimson Tide (Independent) (1974–1979)
1974–75Stephanie Schleuder13–12AIAW Championship
1975–76Stephanie Schleuder13–9
1976–77Stephanie Schleuder13–15NWIT
1977–78Ed Nixon21–10AAIAW Championship
1978–79Ed Nixon13–13AAIAW Championship
AIAW Total:73–59
Alabama Crimson Tide (Southeastern Conference) (1979–present)
1979–80Ed Nixon12–153–5
1980–81Ann Cronic21–124–3
1981–82Ken Weeks17–114–3
1982–83Ken Weeks16–132–6
1983–84Ken Weeks23–95–3NCAA Mideast Regional
1984–85Ken Weeks18–103–5
1985–86Lois Myers20–92–7
1986–87Lois Myers19–102–7
1987–88Lois Myers18–105–4NCAA First Round
1988–89Lois Myers14–151–8
1989–90Rick Moody16–124–57th
1990–91Rick Moody17–123–69th
1991–92Rick Moody23–77–43rdNCAA Second Round
1992–93Rick Moody22–96–55thNCAA Second Round
1993–94Rick Moody26–77–44thNCAA Final Four
1994–95Rick Moody22–97–46thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
1995–96Rick Moody24–87–44thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
1996–97Rick Moody25–710–22ndNCAA Sweet Sixteen
1997–98Rick Moody24–1010–42ndNCAA Sweet Sixteen
1998–99Rick Moody20–117–75thNCAA Second Round
1999–2000Rick Moody15–145–98thWNIT First Round
2000–01Rick Moody19–125–98thWNIT Second Round
2001–02Rick Moody19–127–78thWNIT Quarterfinals
2002–03Rick Moody13–153–1110th
2003–04Rick Moody12–164–1010th
2004–05Rick Moody14–154–109th
2005–06Stephany Smith9–193–1111th
2006–07Stephany Smith10–200–1412th
2007–08Stephany Smith8–221–1312th
2008–09Wendell Hudson13–171–1312th
2009–10Wendell Hudson12–184–1211th
2010–11Wendell Hudson18–155–1110thWNIT Third Round
2011–12Wendell Hudson12–192–1411th
2012–13Wendell Hudson13–182–14T-13th
2013–14Kristy Curry14–167–9T-6th
2014–15Kristy Curry13–192–1414th
2015–16Kristy Curry15–164–1212thWNIT First Round
2016–17Kristy Curry22–145–11T-11thWNIT Quarterfinals
2017–18Kristy Curry20–147–98thWNIT Quarterfinals
2018–19Kristy Curry14–175–1111th
2019–20Kristy Curry18–128–88th
2020–21Kristy Curry17–108–87thNCAA second round
2021–22Kristy Curry20–146–10T–10thWNIT Quarterfinals
2022–23Kristy Curry20–119–7T-5thNCAA first round
2023–24Kristy Curry24–1010–6T-4thNCAA second round
NCAA Total:781–591216–359
Total:854–650

      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

NCAA tournament results edit

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1984#2First Round
Sweet Sixteen
#7 Central Michigan
#3 Tennessee
W 78−70
L 58–65
1988#9First Round#8 South CarolinaL 63–77
1992#5First Round
Second Round
#12 Tennessee Tech
#4 Western Kentucky
W 100−87
L 68–98
1993#5First Round
Second Round
#12 Georgia Southern
#4 North Carolina
W 102−70
L 73–74 (OT)
1994#6First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
#11 Oregon State
#3 Iowa
#2 Texas Tech
#1 Penn State
#4 Louisiana Tech
W 96−86
W 84–78
W 73–68
W 96–82
L 66–69
1995#4First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#13 Mount St. Mary's
#5 Duke
#1 Connecticut
W 82−55
W 121–120 (4OT)
L 56–87
1996#4First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#13 Appalachian State
#5 NC State
#1 Stanford
W 95−66
W 88–68
L 76–78
1997#2First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 Saint Francis (PA)
#7 St. Joseph's
#6 Notre Dame
W 94−50
W 61–52
L 71–87
1998#2First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
#15 UNC Greensboro
#7 UCLA
#3 Louisiana Tech
W 94−46
W 75–74
L 57–71
1999#5First Round
Second Round
#12 Grambling
#4 North Carolina
W 80−68
L 56–70
2021#7First Round
Second Round
#10 North Carolina
#2 Maryland
W 80–71
L 64–100
2023#10First Round#7 BaylorL 74–78
2024#8First Round
Second Round
#9 Florida State
#1 Texas
W 82–74
L 54–65

WNIT Tournament results edit

Source[5]

YearRoundOpponentResult
2000FirstChattanoogaL 70–68
2001FirstMemphisW 77—67
SecondAlabama–BirminghamL 84–72
2002FirstMissouriW 68–67
SecondEastern KentuckyW 99–77
QuarterfinalsMichigan StateL 79–61
2011FirstMemphisW 80–69
SecondNorthwesternW 72–70
Regional semifinalsToledoL 74–59
2016Round 1TulaneL 53–52
2017Round 1MercerW 81–57
Round 2Little RockW 55–53
Round 3TulaneW 72–64
QuarterfinalsGeorgia TechL 76–66
2018Round 1SouthernW 69–56
Round 2UCFW 80–61
Round 3Georgia TechW 61–59
QuarterfinalsVirginia TechL 74–67
2022Round 1TroyW 82–79
Round 2TulaneW 81–77
Round 3HoustonW 79–64
QuarterfinalsSouth Dakota StateL 78–73

References edit

  1. ^ "Alabama Crimson Tide Logo Sheet" (PDF). June 28, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "2009–10 Alabama media guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. ^ "UA Women's wheelchair team wins national championship". Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  4. ^ "UA wheelchair basketball team wins national title".
  5. ^ "Archived Fields (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.

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