Just a bunch of Cowgirls (FBCB)

[Young Drachma]

I've done every kind of dynasty it seems over the years, but one of my favs in the "modern" era was my women's college basketball coaching dynasty with fictional Nebraska State. (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=83925)

Well I've rebooted my women's league install with a new league (that feeds into the WNBA, actually..) that is now in the year 1991.

I want to take over the University of Wyoming and turn them into a women's basketball power. The game only generates like one Wyoming player per year, so we'll have to generate more prospects but in general, the actual team roster draws almost entirely from the west (http://www.gowyo.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/wyo-w-baskbl-mtt.html) at the moment. In the past they've done well recruiting foreign players too.

Anyway, we'll see how it goes.

Team is currently rated a 45 and plays in the Mountain West Conference.

[Young Drachma]

I hired a new head coach in the form of former UCLA assistant Chana Bobcock. Since she had roots in the region, I figured she had a good pedigree for us to work with.


COACH DETAILS

Chana Babcock - Head Coach - Wyoming
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Age: 41
High School: Center High School
Hometown: Center, CO
Alma Mater: UC Riverside

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 0 - 0

Recruiting: 100
Scouting: 53
Offense: 40
Defense: 87


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1990 UCLA Assistant 24 12 11 7 Loss in WNIT Round 2
1989 UCLA Assistant 27 11 10 8 NCAA Champion
1988 UCLA Assistant 27 9 14 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1987 UCLA Assistant 31 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1991 Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
1991 Quit job with UCLA
1987 Hired by UCLA (Recruiting Coordinator)


Here's the past success of the team. In that, there hasn't been very much. Just one post-season appearance ever.


WYOMING TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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1990 Wyoming 10 20 9 11 297 243 45 No Postseason
1989 Wyoming 8 23 6 14 337 319 46 No Postseason
1988 Wyoming 9 21 4 16 322 333 48 No Postseason
1987 Wyoming 13 18 8 12 231 182 50 No Postseason
1986 Wyoming 19 14 11 9 109 144 50 No Postseason
1985 Wyoming 11 20 8 12 286 244 48 No Postseason
1984 Wyoming 17 13 12 8 117 97 48 No Postseason
1983 Wyoming 21 14 12 8 36 48 45 Loss in WNIT Round 3
1982 Wyoming 12 18 7 13 241 232 39 No Postseason
1981 Wyoming 15 16 7 13 179 143 39 No Postseason
1980 Wyoming 11 20 7 13 290 273 39 No Postseason
1979 Wyoming 10 21 6 14 311 217 39 No Postseason
1978 Wyoming 10 22 6 14 309 281 40 No Postseason
1977 Wyoming 7 24 6 14 341 328 41 No Postseason
1976 Wyoming 8 22 7 13 330 296 41 No Postseason
1975 Wyoming 10 20 6 14 302 280 41 No Postseason
1974 Wyoming 11 20 6 14 279 219 43 No Postseason
1973 Wyoming 12 19 6 14 269 261 44 No Postseason
1972 Wyoming 7 22 4 16 335 317 46 No Postseason
1971 Wyoming 11 20 7 13 293 215 47 No Postseason
1970 Wyoming 11 21 4 16 281 208 49 No Postseason


Here's the current roster:

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc113/Dynasty_DC/Screen%20Shot%202015-05-30%20at%2011.59.58%20AM_zpsgycru73x.png (http://s218.photobucket.com/user/Dynasty_DC/media/Screen%20Shot%202015-05-30%20at%2011.59.58%20AM_zpsgycru73x.png.html)

I changed the colors in my game years ago because I couldn't really remember what was what. From best to worst: Black, Gray, Blue, Pink, White.

The roster looks pretty much like a normal Wyoming team in terms of where we're drawing players from at the moment. I don't intend to dramatically alter that save for the occasional foreign player if we're fortunate.

[Young Drachma]

Not a surprise that the first year was terrible, the cupboard was bare and we weren't really working with much. I just ran through and got us to the end of the season.


aWYOMING COWBOYS Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/11/91 Northern Colorado 17-16 159 L 54-46 0-1
11/14/91 at Georgia Tech 12-20 92 L 96-87 0-2
11/17/91 at Vermont 17-13 141 L 57-55 0-3
11/18/91 Massachusetts 14-17 268 L 69-61 0-4
11/22/91 vs. Creighton 14-20 58 L 78-72 0-5
11/24/91 vs. Fairfield 13-18 279 L 88-75 0-6
11/26/91 vs. Illinois State 13-18 293 L 64-56 0-7
12/05/91 Montana 13-18 214 L 78-65 0-8
12/10/91 Northern Arizona 16-14 162 L 69-65 0-9
12/12/91 at #22 UCLA 24-11 49 L 55-42 0-10
12/18/91 Fresno State 10-19 290 L 77-75 0-11 (0-1)
12/21/91 at Boise State 16-16 239 W 73-60 1-11 (1-1)
12/25/91 at Colorado State 23-10 65 L 77-74 1-12 (1-2)
12/28/91 at UNLV 17-13 157 L 78-73 1-13 (1-3)
12/31/91 at Ball State 19-12 201 L 70-60 1-14
01/04/92 UNLV 17-13 157 L 67-56 1-15 (1-4)
01/08/92 at Fresno State 10-19 290 W 66-55 2-15 (2-4)
01/11/92 Nevada 20-14 72 W 80-72 3-15 (3-4)
01/15/92 at Nevada 20-14 72 L 63-61 3-16 (3-5)
01/22/92 at New Mexico 18-15 181 L 71-52 3-17 (3-6)
01/29/92 San Jose State 13-18 267 W 62-59 4-17 (4-6)
02/01/92 New Mexico 18-15 181 L 77-61 4-18 (4-7)
02/05/92 at San Diego State 19-12 123 W 71-70 5-18 (5-7)
02/08/92 Air Force 15-16 246 L 81-60 5-19 (5-8)
02/12/92 at San Jose State 13-18 267 W 65-62 6-19 (6-8)
02/15/92 at Utah State 10-22 316 L 67-47 6-20 (6-9)
02/19/92 Utah State 10-22 316 W 76-62 7-20 (7-9)
02/26/92 San Diego State 19-12 123 L 66-52 7-21 (7-10)
02/29/92 Boise State 16-16 239 W 58-50 8-21 (8-10)
03/04/92 at Air Force 15-16 246 L 58-50 8-22 (8-11)
03/07/92 Colorado State 23-10 65 L 69-54 8-23 (8-12)
03/10/92 vs. Boise State 16-16 239 L 65-59 8-24


Here's the roster for the upcoming season with new freshman. Wyoming has the top recruiting class in the Mountain West Conference, but that's not saying a lot. We loaded up on 3-stars (5) and that's what did it.


WYOMING COWBOYS General

Player # Pos Yr Ht Wt Sch Acd Status Hometown
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Carissa Hussey 32 PF Sr* 6-0 240 Yes 57 OK Parachute, CO
Abigail Osborn 10 PF Sr* 6-0 234 No 21 OK Westminster, CO
Paityn Badger 31 SF Sr 6-2 207 Yes 29 OK Glenwood Springs, CO
Deborah Blizzard 53 C Jr* 6-4 236 Yes 4 OK Salinas, CA
Ava Wilder 42 SF Jr* 6-2 245 Yes 56 OK Wheatland, WY
Khloe Lunceford 30 SG Jr 5-11 173 Yes 46 OK Casper, WY
Stella Evensen 15 SG Jr 6-6 189 Yes 100 OK Tromso, Norway
Bryleigh Abbys 25 PF So 5-3 162 Yes 42 OK Sioux City, IA
Lauren Stillman 24 PG So 5-4 175 Yes 44 OK Pierre, SD
Shelbee Abbott 11 SF Fr 5-10 183 Yes 90 OK Copper City, WY
Eden Flockhart 56 C Fr 6-10 244 Yes 90 OK Southside (Queensland), Australia
Franjica Stolcer 18 SF Fr 6-4 198 Yes 88 OK Ljubljana, Slovenia
Elsa Styers 52 SG Fr 5-11 188 Yes 41 OK Fresno, CA
Ashley Hunsaker 21 PF Fr 6-4 249 Yes 89 OK Denver, CO

[Jon]

Dumb question here: how do you convert to a woman's league?

[Young Drachma]

Here's the champions list up to now. Pretty much all major schools.


NCAA Champs

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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1991 Villanova Wildcats 34-6 Georgetown Hoyas 66-64
1990 Kansas Jayhawks 35-3 Vanderbilt Commodores 96-88
1989 UCLA Bruins 27-11 Duke Blue Devils 76-64
1988 Kansas Jayhawks 33-6 Seton Hall Pirates 75-63
1987 Purdue Boilermakers 36-2 Southern California Trojans 77-60
1986 Wisconsin Badgers 32-5 Purdue Boilermakers 88-75
1985 Temple Owls 32-7 Purdue Boilermakers 81-69
1984 Oregon Ducks 34-4 Purdue Boilermakers 86-63
1983 Oregon Ducks 31-6 Butler Bulldogs 66-57
1982 Tennessee Volunteers 31-7 Michigan State Spartans 77-68
1981 Evansville Aces 32-5 Seton Hall Pirates 84-56
1980 Georgetown Hoyas 35-3 Louisville Cardinals 72-67
1979 Duke Blue Devils 36-3 Vanderbilt Commodores 67-48
1978 Vanderbilt Commodores 34-4 Michigan Wolverines 74-73
1977 Ohio State Buckeyes 34-6 Duke Blue Devils 86-68
1976 Ohio State Buckeyes 29-11 Temple Owls 71-69
1975 Louisville Cardinals 30-8 Pittsburgh Panthers 102-90
1974 North Carolina Tar Heels 27-11 Pittsburgh Panthers 79-66
1973 Duke Blue Devils 29-7 Michigan Wolverines 97-66
1972 Kentucky Wildcats 31-6 Vanderbilt Commodores 84-56
1971 UCLA Bruins 32-7 Illinois Fighting Illini 74-55
1970 Purdue Boilermakers 27-10 UCLA Bruins 69-61

[Young Drachma]

Dumb question here: how do you convert to a woman's league?

Not dumb at all.

Fast Break Basketball Forum • View topic - Women's College Basketball Mod (http://www.fbbgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=8940&sid=6107d66c3f8ba45a23722c46d9a162ee)

This guy did the main work for us. You have to edit the first name files to be female names, though I have noticed a few dude names have slipped in occasionally, so you can prune his work if you feel like it, tho I haven't recently.

Anyway...you change the first name files, modify your height.ini file and then start a new game and go to town.

You should save the old files in a separate folder (I have one called men) and save the old height.ini file too because if you don't, you'd lose them completely.

Then you start your game and all of the players generated will be female. Obviously everything in-game still references male pronouns but that's minor.

For the pro game, I used the same files -- with some other ones I've made on my own a long time ago when I first got this idea -- to edit that version and allows me to have a WNBA for these players to play in, too. One of these days I'll upload those files.

[Young Drachma]

So that 8-24 season stunk last year, but the bright side I guess is all 8 wins were in conference play. We should surely be better this year. We'll do the season-by-season recaps like I did before and if there's anything to call out I'll do it.

Recruiting will be dull for a while, but I'll highlight who we're bringing in for future classes with this upcoming season.

[Young Drachma]

1992-93

The team was a lot better this year, which I wasn't necessarily anticipating but was glad to see.


WYOMING COWBOYS Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/08/92 Alabama State 17-16 209 W 66-56 1-0
11/12/92 Central Arkansas 11-18 228 W 68-48 2-0
11/14/92 vs. #3 Colorado 30-5 3 L 70-53 2-1
11/15/92 vs. Lamar 18-13 136 W 77-69 3-1
11/20/92 at Nebraska Omaha 10-20 325 W 60-52 4-1
11/25/92 at St. Francis PA 12-17 218 L 59-56 4-2
11/28/92 at McNeese State 13-18 241 W 66-57 5-2
12/03/92 Maine 7-24 345 W 64-62 6-2
12/04/92 Portland 18-14 128 L 85-50 6-3
12/05/92 Georgia 15-16 64 L 69-53 6-4
12/12/92 at Denver 9-21 327 L 70-66 6-5
12/16/92 at UNLV 17-17 114 L 79-71 6-6 (0-1)
12/19/92 Boise State 16-15 104 L 83-76 6-7 (0-2)
12/26/92 San Diego State 24-10 24 W 55-38 7-7 (1-2)
12/30/92 at Utah State 15-17 141 W 60-59 8-7 (2-2)
01/02/93 at Air Force 13-18 145 L 78-65 8-8 (2-3)
01/06/93 Fresno State 11-19 176 W 82-55 9-8 (3-3)
01/09/93 at Boise State 16-15 104 W 77-73 10-8 (4-3)
01/13/93 at #16 Colorado State 30-7 11 L 70-67 10-9 (4-4)
01/16/93 Nevada 20-12 42 L 93-62 10-10 (4-5)
01/20/93 at Fresno State 11-19 176 L 75-65 10-11 (4-6)
01/26/93 vs. Ohio 11-19 217 W 69-40 11-11
01/30/93 Utah State 15-17 141 W 55-53 12-11 (5-6)
02/03/93 New Mexico 16-15 95 W 81-65 13-11 (6-6)
02/06/93 at Nevada 20-12 42 W 70-64 14-11 (7-6)
02/10/93 San Jose State 15-16 215 L 70-56 14-12 (7-7)
02/13/93 at New Mexico 16-15 95 L 79-58 14-13 (7-8)
02/20/93 #16 Colorado State 30-7 11 L 68-66 14-14 (7-9)
02/24/93 at San Diego State 24-10 24 L 81-78 14-15 (7-10)
02/27/93 Air Force 13-18 145 L 108-103 14-16 (7-11)
03/03/93 at San Jose State 15-16 215 W 92-89 15-16 (8-11)
03/06/93 UNLV 17-17 114 W 68-60 16-16 (9-11)
03/09/93 vs. UNLV 17-17 114 L 77-68



WYOMING COWBOYS Averages

Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Khloe Lunceford SG 33 33 33.2 18.3 1.4 7.0 2.1 0.6 0.1 3.5 2.2 -0.4
Ava Wilder SF 33 33 33.3 14.2 3.0 6.8 1.8 0.5 0.2 2.5 2.8 -1.8
Eden Flockhart C 33 33 30.1 8.3 1.7 6.7 1.0 0.2 1.2 1.8 3.3 0.2
Franjica Stolcer PF 33 33 32.3 6.1 2.2 5.3 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.7 3.4 -0.5
Lauren Stillman PG 24 24 29.8 6.0 0.5 2.6 4.3 0.5 0.0 2.1 2.1 0.8
Bryleigh Abbys PG 33 9 20.6 6.0 0.8 2.8 1.4 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.8 -2.3
Elsa Styers PG 33 0 12.8 4.5 0.4 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.1 1.1 1.2 -1.4
Paityn Badger SF 31 0 4.5 2.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9
Shelbee Abbott C 33 0 8.3 1.5 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.3 -0.4
Carissa Hussey PF 28 0 5.3 1.2 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4
Stella Evensen SG 22 0 2.7 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.8
Deborah Blizzard C 10 0 4.6 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1
Ashley Hunsaker PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


Signed two players out of Texas in our upcoming recruiting class:


WYOMING COWBOYS Recruiting

Name Pos Ins Jps Fts 3ps Hnd Pas Orb Drb Psd Prd Stl Blk
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Ashley Weatherford C C D D D D C C A B C B B
Claire Levesque PG F A B C B A F C D D B D

[Young Drachma]

We lost our head coach and coaching staff. The head coach headed to USC and the assistants left for other jobs. So now we need to find a new head coach to run the program after just two years, but at least the cupboard isn't totally bare and in theory, we should be able to build on what we've got foundationwise.

In theory.

[Young Drachma]

We hired former Auburn head coach Isabella Castro after she was fired for going 16-43 there, but my thinking is she's a good recruiter and that she'll do better in the Mountain West.

[Tellistto]

I'll follow along, sir.

Good luck!

[Young Drachma]

Stella Evensen will leave us this year and go pro, but the JUCO transfer from Norway literally blacked out and went nuts this year and that explains this result. I think our new coach paid dividends too. But NO ONE saw THIS season coming from this team.


#9 WYOMING COWGIRLS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 44 Record Vs 1-50: 4-3 Poll Rank: #9
Season Record: 33-6 Record Vs 51-100: 6-1 RPI Rank: #29
Conference Record: 16-4 Record Vs 101-200: 8-1
Home Record: 12-3 Record Vs 200+: 15-1


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 72.3 1 89 Points 58.8 1 6 Points 13.5 1 8
O.Reb 9.9 9 252 O.Reb 9.4 2 54 O.Reb 0.5 5 137
D.Reb 26.6 2 55 D.Reb 23.3 3 70 D.Reb 3.3 1 19
Rebounds 36.6 4 128 Rebounds 32.7 2 40 Rebounds 3.9 1 48
Assists 14.4 2 78 Assists 10.7 1 5 Assists 3.7 2 16
Steals 3.7 10 348 Steals 5.3 6 99 Steals -1.6 9 317
Blocks 2.6 5 174 Blocks 1.6 1 3 Blocks 1.1 4 68
Turnovers 13.0 3 60 Turnovers 13.6 6 191 Turnovers -0.7 4 120
Fouls 18.0 2 52 Fouls 17.6 10 330 Fouls 0.5 8 199
FG% .461 2 27 FG% .390 1 8 FG% .071 1 7
FT% .659 7 264 FT% .682 5 177 FT% -.022 6 263
3P% .397 1 8 3P% .272 1 1 3P% .124 1 1
PPS 1.32 1 28 PPS 1.10 1 10 PPS .215 1 5
Adj. FG% .553 1 5 Adj. FG% .437 1 4 Adj. FG% .116 1 1



#9 WYOMING COWGIRLS Averages

Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Stella Evensen SF 39 39 30.7 19.7 1.1 3.1 2.5 0.6 0.1 1.8 2.9 12.6
Khloe Lunceford SG 39 39 32.3 16.6 1.6 7.7 2.5 0.6 0.0 2.8 2.4 12.3
Eden Flockhart C 39 39 33.3 9.1 2.2 7.1 1.6 0.5 1.5 1.9 2.7 13.8
Lauren Stillman PG 39 34 28.1 7.9 0.4 2.2 3.9 0.4 0.1 2.2 2.6 10.3
Elsa Styers SF 39 0 13.5 5.9 0.7 2.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 1.1 1.5 2.4
Ava Wilder SF 39 5 12.8 4.7 1.1 2.5 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 3.0
Ashley Weatherford PF 39 39 29.8 3.7 1.9 8.4 1.7 0.7 0.6 1.4 2.9 10.2
Bryleigh Abbys PG 39 0 9.5 2.7 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9 2.4
Franjica Stolcer PF 39 0 6.7 1.5 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.5
Ashley Hunsaker PF 4 0 1.8 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
Claire Levesque PG 5 0 3.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.2
Deborah Blizzard C 28 0 3.8 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.4 -0.5
Shelbee Abbott C 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sofia Newberg SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Olivia Huseman PF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0



#9 WYOMING COWGIRLS Schedule

Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/08/93 vs. Nebraska 12-19 241 W 71-67 1-0
11/11/93 Morehead State 9-20 326 W 88-68 2-0
11/14/93 Lamar 15-16 176 W 87-65 3-0
11/15/93 at Mississippi Valley State 13-17 255 W 76-49 4-0
11/20/93 at VMI 7-22 342 W 86-51 5-0
11/21/93 at Yale 12-18 275 W 45-31 6-0
11/24/93 at Northwestern 2-28 309 W 75-56 7-0
11/26/93 at Denver 13-19 239 W 69-57 8-0
11/28/93 at Northern Colorado 12-18 298 W 93-52 9-0
12/02/93 Toledo 12-20 252 W 73-52 10-0
12/03/93 Illinois 15-19 122 W 62-41 11-0
12/04/93 #8 Southern Methodist 28-7 12 L 76-47 11-1
12/06/93 at Army 12-18 254 W 73-62 12-1
12/15/93 Colorado State 26-14 47 L 75-64 12-2 (0-1)
12/22/93 at UNLV 12-19 188 W 79-75 13-2 (1-1)
12/25/93 San Jose State 12-19 228 W 87-59 14-2 (2-1)
12/29/93 New Mexico 16-14 139 W 94-66 15-2 (3-1)
01/01/94 at Air Force 15-16 140 W 64-29 16-2 (4-1)
01/05/94 at Boise State 23-10 71 W 88-80 17-2 (5-1)
01/08/94 at Utah State 11-20 223 W 79-57 18-2 (6-1)
01/15/94 Nevada 19-14 81 W 86-66 19-2 (7-1)
01/22/94 Air Force 15-16 140 W 61-53 20-2 (8-1)
01/26/94 Utah State 11-20 223 L 77-68 20-3 (8-2)
01/29/94 at Colorado State 26-14 47 W 64-57 21-3 (9-2)
02/02/94 at Nevada 19-14 81 L 70-58 21-4 (9-3)
02/05/94 at Fresno State 6-25 310 W 60-52 22-4 (10-3)
02/09/94 Boise State 23-10 71 W 63-48 23-4 (11-3)
02/12/94 UNLV 12-19 188 W 61-42 24-4 (12-3)
02/16/94 at San Diego State 17-14 93 W 68-57 25-4 (13-3)
02/19/94 at New Mexico 16-14 139 L 70-55 25-5 (13-4)
02/23/94 at San Jose State 12-19 228 W 72-47 26-5 (14-4)
02/26/94 San Diego State 17-14 93 W 89-54 27-5 (15-4)
03/05/94 Fresno State 6-25 310 W 61-44 28-5 (16-4)
03/09/94 vs. UNLV 12-19 188 W 69-44 29-5
03/11/94 vs. Nevada 19-14 81 W 87-52 30-5
03/12/94 vs. Colorado State 26-14 47 W 73-65 31-5
03/17/94 vs. Portland 23-11 49 W 71-70 32-5
03/19/94 vs. #2 California 31-5 2 W 83-64 33-5
03/24/94 vs. #18 Texas 28-9 3 L 93-70 33-6


FINAL FOUR: TEXAS, UCLA, XAVIER, SYRACUSE.
Despite being power teams, Texas, Xavier and Syracuse hadn't been to Final Fours before. (Syracuse had in the 3rd season of this league) while UCLA is two years removed from losing the national title game.

Xavier beat them for their first title.

Isabella Castro is National Coach of the Year and I'm tempted to do to her what Florida Gulf Coast's coach did after their crazy run and send her to a better program rather than bringing her back for another year and forcing us to figure out what to do with a 3rd coach in 3 years.


COACH DETAILS

Isabella Castro - Head Coach - Wyoming
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Age: 40
High School: Gladewater High School
Hometown: Gladewater, TX
Alma Mater: Bowling Green

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 49 - 49

Recruiting: 100
Scouting: 62
Offense: 100
Defense: 18


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1992 Auburn Head Coach 10 20 6 12 No Postseason
1991 Auburn Head Coach 6 23 3 15 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1993 Conference Coach of the Year (Mountain West Conference)
1993 National Coach of the Year
1993 Mountain West Conference Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1993 Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
1993 Fired by Auburn
1991 Hired by Auburn (Head Coach)


Our recruiting class ironically was the worst one we've had since we took over here, two 2-star kids and a 1-star kid.


#9 WYOMING COWGIRLS Recruiting

Name Pos Ht Wt Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk To
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Ashley Lyall PG 5-4 156 21.1 7.3 6.7 2.0 0.5 1.8
Ella Badillo SG 5-9 186 12.3 2.6 3.7 1.8 0.3 3.4
Milagros Farber PF 6-0 235 4.1 4.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.8


Kind of sad, but it happens. We do have a scholarship left over and so, hopefully we can entice a transfer to come over and play with us and help immediately -- like an actual good one. We'll see.

[Young Drachma]

1994 OFFSEASON
Wyoming coach Isabella Castro leaves the program after just one year. She was wooed for double her salary to join St. Joe's in Philly, a program that's been to the WNIT three straight years but can't quite get back to the tournament after making the Elite 8 for years ago in a fluke. NC State who have missed the tournament 4 straight years also pursued her, but the St. Joe's job had a bit more upside.

So now for the 3rd straight year, Wyoming has to find a new women's basketball coach.

[Young Drachma]

http://www.sweetwaternow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Wyoming-logo2-150x150.jpg

1994 CANDIDATES FOR HEAD COACH AT WYOMING
Here are the finalists for the Women's basketball coaching job at the University of Wyoming:

Eliza Ackerman, 33 (Currently a head coach at Division 2 Metro State in Denver where she's won three straight national titles)


COACH DETAILS

Eliza Ackerman
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Age: 33
High School: Enderlin High School
Hometown: Enderlin, ND
Alma Mater: Holy Cross

Current Level: 10
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $0

Recruiting: 86
Scouting: 94
Offense: 100
Defense: 20

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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No job changes.



Claire Cherry, 41, Louisville Assistant


COACH DETAILS

Claire Cherry - Recruiting Coordinator - Louisville
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Age: 41
High School: Bonham High School
Hometown: Bonham, TX
Alma Mater: Southern Illinois

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 0 - 0
Salary: $236,649

Recruiting: 100
Scouting: 100
Offense: 26
Defense: 34

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1993 Louisville Assistant 30 7 14 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1992 Louisville Assistant 20 14 8 10 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1991 Louisville Assistant 26 10 12 6 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1990 Louisville Assistant 21 13 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1990 Hired by Louisville (Recruiting Coordinator)



Adeline Cloud, 49, Boise State Assistant


COACH DETAILS

Adeline Cloud - Lead Scout - Boise State
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Age: 49
High School: Niobrara County High School
Hometown: Lusk, WY
Alma Mater: Cincinnati

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 287 - 254
Salary: $105,930

Recruiting: 69
Scouting: 81
Offense: 10
Defense: 100

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1993 Boise State Assistant 23 10 13 7 Loss in WNIT Round 3
1992 Boise State Assistant 16 15 10 10 No Postseason
1991 Boise State Assistant 16 16 8 12 No Postseason
1987 San Diego State Assistant 13 17 7 13 No Postseason
1986 Colorado Head Coach 14 17 8 10 No Postseason
1985 Colorado Head Coach 8 22 3 15 No Postseason
1984 Colorado Head Coach 15 17 7 11 No Postseason
1983 Colorado Head Coach 22 13 11 7 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1982 Colorado Head Coach 11 20 5 13 No Postseason
1981 Colorado Head Coach 10 21 4 14 No Postseason
1980 Colorado Head Coach 13 18 6 12 No Postseason
1979 UTEP Head Coach 18 13 10 6 Loss in WNIT Round 1
1978 UTEP Head Coach 16 15 8 8 No Postseason
1977 UTEP Head Coach 25 9 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1976 Evansville Head Coach 17 13 8 8 No Postseason
1975 Evansville Head Coach 25 12 10 6 WNIT 2nd Place
1974 Evansville Head Coach 18 14 9 7 No Postseason
1973 Princeton Head Coach 17 12 11 3 No Postseason
1972 Princeton Head Coach 16 16 9 5 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
1971 Princeton Head Coach 18 13 9 5 Loss in WNIT Round 1
1970 Morgan State Head Coach 24 9 13 3 Loss in NCAA Round 1

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1975 Conference Coach of the Year (Missouri Valley Conference)
1971 Ivy League Champion
1970 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1991 Hired by Boise State (Lead Scout)
1988 Fired by San Diego State
1987 Hired by San Diego State (Assistant Coach)
1987 Fired by Colorado
1980 Hired by Colorado (Head Coach)
1980 Quit job with UTEP to pursue a higher position
1977 Hired by UTEP (Head Coach)
1977 Quit job with Evansville to pursue a higher position
1974 Hired by Evansville (Head Coach)
1974 Quit job with Princeton to pursue a higher position
1971 Hired by Princeton (Head Coach)
1971 Quit job with Morgan State to pursue a higher position
1970 Hired by Morgan State (Head Coach)




Kamryn McLeod, 51, Oregon Assistant


COACH DETAILS

Kamryn McLeod - Coaching Assistant - Oregon
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Age: 51
High School: Independence High School
Hometown: Glendale, AZ
Alma Mater: San Diego State

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 295 - 299
Salary: $187,073

Recruiting: 79
Scouting: 8
Offense: 73
Defense: 100

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1993 Oregon Assistant 25 11 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1992 Oregon Assistant 29 6 16 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1991 Tulsa Head Coach 12 19 4 14 No Postseason
1990 Tulsa Head Coach 10 20 4 14 No Postseason
1989 Tulsa Head Coach 13 20 7 11 No Postseason
1988 Tulsa Head Coach 10 19 4 14 No Postseason
1987 Tulsa Head Coach 16 14 9 9 No Postseason
1986 Tulsa Head Coach 20 11 9 9 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1985 Tulsa Head Coach 8 21 4 14 No Postseason
1984 Tulsa Head Coach 17 14 9 9 No Postseason
1983 Tulsa Head Coach 12 18 6 12 No Postseason
1982 Tulsa Head Coach 12 18 6 12 No Postseason
1981 San Francisco Head Coach 21 13 13 5 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
1980 San Francisco Head Coach 20 14 9 9 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1979 San Francisco Head Coach 13 18 8 10 No Postseason
1978 San Francisco Head Coach 11 21 6 12 No Postseason
1977 William & Mary Head Coach 21 13 12 4 Loss in WNIT Round 2
1976 William & Mary Head Coach 16 13 10 6 No Postseason
1975 William & Mary Head Coach 14 17 9 7 No Postseason
1974 William & Mary Head Coach 25 9 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1973 William & Mary Head Coach 24 7 15 1 NCAA Tournament Play-in Game
1972 Kentucky Assistant 31 6 14 4 NCAA Champion
1971 Kentucky Assistant 23 10 14 4 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1970 Kentucky Assistant 30 6 16 2 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1981 Conference Coach of the Year (West Coast Conference)
1981 West Coast Conference Champion
1977 Conference Coach of the Year (Colonial Athletic Association)
1977 Colonial Athletic Association Champion
1974 Conference Coach of the Year (Colonial Athletic Association)
1974 Colonial Athletic Association Champion
1973 Conference Coach of the Year (Colonial Athletic Association)
1973 Colonial Athletic Association Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1992 Hired by Oregon (Assistant Coach)
1992 Fired by Tulsa
1982 Hired by Tulsa (Head Coach)
1982 Quit job with San Francisco to pursue a higher position
1978 Hired by San Francisco (Head Coach)
1978 Quit job with William & Mary to pursue a higher position
1973 Hired by William & Mary (Head Coach)
1973 Quit job with Kentucky to pursue a higher position
1970 Hired by Kentucky (Assistant Coach)



Tamryn Mundy, 49, Miami Assistant


COACH DETAILS

Taryn Mundy - Coaching Assistant - Miami
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Age: 49
High School: King High School
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Alma Mater: Pepperdine

Current Level: 8
Career Record: 329 - 281
Salary: $230,810

Recruiting: 42
Scouting: 18
Offense: 100
Defense: 100

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1993 Miami Assistant 24 10 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1992 Miami Assistant 14 16 6 12 No Postseason
1991 Miami Assistant 24 10 11 7 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1990 Miami Assistant 26 10 12 6 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1989 Michigan State Assistant 29 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1988 Oregon State Head Coach 17 14 9 9 No Postseason
1987 Oregon State Head Coach 16 15 10 8 No Postseason
1986 Oregon State Head Coach 13 19 6 12 No Postseason
1985 Oregon State Head Coach 13 18 8 10 No Postseason
1984 Oregon State Head Coach 24 9 13 5 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1983 Oregon State Head Coach 18 15 8 10 No Postseason
1982 UNLV Head Coach 23 11 13 7 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1981 UNLV Head Coach 25 10 14 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1980 UNLV Head Coach 27 7 18 2 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1979 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 16 15 7 9 No Postseason
1978 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 23 9 12 4 Loss in WNIT Round 2
1977 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 15 19 6 10 No Postseason
1976 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 18 14 11 5 Loss in WNIT Round 2
1975 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 13 17 10 6 No Postseason
1974 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 11 21 6 10 No Postseason
1973 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 11 21 4 12 No Postseason
1972 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 16 15 8 8 No Postseason
1971 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 18 15 9 7 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1970 UW Milwaukee Head Coach 12 17 7 9 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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1982 Mountain West Conference Champion
1981 Conference Coach of the Year (Mountain West Conference)
1981 Mountain West Conference Champion
1980 Conference Coach of the Year (Mountain West Conference)
1980 Mountain West Conference Champion
1978 Conference Coach of the Year (Horizon League)
1978 Horizon League Champion
1976 Conference Coach of the Year (Horizon League)
1976 Horizon League Champion

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1990 Hired by Miami (Assistant Coach)
1990 Fired by Michigan State
1989 Hired by Michigan State (Assistant Coach)
1989 Fired by Oregon State
1983 Hired by Oregon State (Head Coach)
1983 Quit job with UNLV to pursue a higher position
1980 Hired by UNLV (Head Coach)
1980 Quit job with UW Milwaukee to pursue a higher position
1970 Hired by UW Milwaukee (Head Coach)



I think the fan favorite is Adeline Cloud because she's a Wyoming native (from Lusk) and I did not expect to run into that when I was searching for candidates (basically the top assistants without jobs who had experience...or who I thought might be a good cultural fit.)

There's a pretty loud contingent who want Ackerman because she's young and can relate to players, grow with us and she's from North Dakota so she can understand how to recruit here.

Mundy has a career winning record and has had success before, so she's got some interest too. So not sure who our choice will be, but will report back after the off-season ends to let you know who.

[Brian Swartz]

This is cool and definitely a fairly unique concept. It also catches my eye because for whatever reason, I keep reading the title as 'Just a Bunch of Cowards', then doing a double-take.

[muns]

I'd go with Kamryn McLeod. She can recruit enough, but if she doesn't recruit well, can develop players to put the program in a position to win.

[Young Drachma]

LOL @ Brian Swartz.

Wyoming ended hiring the Wyoming native in Adeline Cloud as head coach, it was the most Wyoming thing to do and hard to resist.

They also managed to hire Eliza Ackerman as an assistant too, with the eye on her being the future of the program potentially.

1994-95 SEASON STATS

#13 WYOMING COWGIRLS Averages

Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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Zoe Scheffler PG 38 38 30.6 19.3 1.2 3.6 3.2 1.4 0.2 2.2 3.1 10.7
Eden Flockhart C 38 38 34.1 11.4 2.3 7.7 1.2 0.4 3.1 1.7 2.4 10.4
Elsa Styers SF 36 29 21.0 10.6 1.4 4.4 0.7 0.6 0.2 1.8 2.8 6.4
Lauren Stillman SG 35 31 27.5 8.9 0.4 2.5 4.4 0.9 0.1 2.1 3.0 9.7
Bryleigh Abbys SG 38 0 18.1 7.6 0.8 3.2 1.1 0.6 0.1 1.2 2.0 2.2
Emily Mix SF 37 7 11.2 5.3 0.6 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.9 1.1 3.2
Franjica Stolcer SF 38 9 14.6 3.7 0.7 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.9 1.6 4.1
Ashley Weatherford PF 38 38 30.4 3.5 2.3 9.2 1.9 0.6 0.8 1.2 2.5 9.6
Ashley Hunsaker PF 8 0 13.5 3.3 0.6 4.1 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.3 2.3
Olivia Huseman C 38 0 6.6 1.9 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 2.3
Claire Levesque PG 28 0 5.9 1.5 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5
Ella Badillo SG 18 0 3.1 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5
Shelbee Abbott C 17 0 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 -0.5
Ashley Lyall PG 1 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0
Lily Falcon SF 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


The program lucked out getting two transfers, Zoe Scheffer transferred from Texas and Emily Mix, a California native came from Boise State where coach Cloud was before she came to us.

Scheffer was part of a heralded recruiting class at Texas, but got no PT and somehow they managed to get her in tow to replace the lost Stella Evensen who powered the team last year to a surprise Sweet 16 run.

The team had another excellent year and seemed to have arrived as a Mountain West basketball ascendent after years in obscurity, claiming a 2nd straight conference title.


Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/07/94 vs. Texas Christian 15-16 145 L 76-60 0-1
11/08/94 vs. Rutgers 13-19 109 W 74-69 1-1
11/15/94 Denver 9-25 342 W 77-45 2-1
11/20/94 at Loyola Marymount 16-13 77 W 79-63 3-1
11/27/94 Virginia 7-25 102 W 78-69 4-1
12/01/94 UW Milwaukee 19-13 152 W 64-45 5-1
12/02/94 Auburn 13-19 154 W 64-53 6-1
12/03/94 Florida Gulf Coast 20-14 165 W 80-64 7-1
12/05/94 #6 Michigan State 30-4 4 W 76-59 8-1
12/07/94 #12 Colorado 27-7 3 L 77-69 8-2
12/10/94 at UW Green Bay 18-17 139 W 75-65 9-2
12/14/94 Nevada 21-12 39 W 81-70 10-2 (1-0)
12/17/94 at San Jose State 16-14 183 L 69-60 10-3 (1-1)
12/24/94 Air Force 13-17 174 L 67-63 10-4 (1-2)
01/04/95 at Utah State 13-19 160 W 60-56 11-4 (2-2)
01/07/95 at Air Force 13-17 174 L 64-52 11-5 (2-3)
01/11/95 at Boise State 17-14 111 W 82-62 12-5 (3-3)
01/15/95 at VCU 22-11 93 L 84-78 12-6
01/18/95 Fresno State 14-18 163 W 80-50 13-6 (4-3)
01/21/95 Boise State 17-14 111 W 69-66 14-6 (5-3)
01/25/95 Utah State 13-19 160 W 77-69 15-6 (6-3)
01/28/95 San Diego State 10-20 268 W 80-71 16-6 (7-3)
02/01/95 New Mexico 10-19 251 W 80-62 17-6 (8-3)
02/04/95 at Colorado State 22-12 63 W 63-54 18-6 (9-3)
02/08/95 at Fresno State 14-18 163 W 69-58 19-6 (10-3)
02/11/95 San Jose State 16-14 183 W 105-61 20-6 (11-3)
02/15/95 at Nevada 21-12 39 W 87-61 21-6 (12-3)
02/18/95 Colorado State 22-12 63 W 73-53 22-6 (13-3)
02/22/95 at UNLV 19-14 84 W 64-56 23-6 (14-3)
02/25/95 at New Mexico 10-19 251 W 78-46 24-6 (15-3)
03/01/95 UNLV 19-14 84 W 77-73 25-6 (16-3)
03/04/95 at San Diego State 10-20 268 W 92-61 26-6 (17-3)
03/08/95 vs. Fresno State 14-18 163 W 76-63 27-6
03/10/95 vs. Nevada 21-12 39 W 68-56 28-6
03/11/95 vs. Colorado State 22-12 63 W 76-57 29-6


In the NCAA tournament, the Cowgirls entered as a #5 seed. Their first matchup in the always dangerous 5/12 position is Chicago State from the WAC.



Wyoming 71, Chicago State 50

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Chicago State (21-12, 8-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Emily Barney C 21 1-4 4-4 2 10 0 3 7
Nola Pulliam C 25 4-9 0-0 7 11 0 1 8
Sophia Ponton SF 30 2-11 5-6 0 5 1 2 9
Bella Haley SG 29 5-14 4-4 0 0 0 3 17
Dania Tea PG 13 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 5 0
Kiera Haywood SG 20 1-5 0-1 0 1 2 1 3
Skyla Garces PG 23 1-4 0-0 3 3 1 5 2
Kylie Faller PF 16 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 4 0
Brielle Bills SF 10 0-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 0
Sydney Yantis PF 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Esther Dyffryn C 9 0-1 2-2 2 5 1 1 2

Turnovers: 13 (E.Barney 1, N.Pulliam 1, B.Haley 2,
D.Tea 1, K.Haywood 2, S.Garces 2, K.Faller 3,
E.Dyffryn 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (E.Barney 1, N.Pulliam 2, S.Garces 1)
Steals: 5 (S.Ponton 2, K.Haywood 1, S.Garces 1,
S.Yantis 1)
3P FGs: 5-23 (E.Barney 1-1, S.Ponton 0-6, B.Haley 3-7,
D.Tea 0-3, K.Haywood 1-4, K.Faller 0-1, B.Bills 0-1)

Wyoming (30-6, 17-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eden Flockhart C 34 5-9 3-3 3 9 0 2 13
A. Weatherford PF 31 0-4 4-4 3 10 3 0 4
Franjica Stolcer SF 21 4-7 0-1 1 3 0 4 10
Emily Mix PG 33 5-12 1-6 0 4 4 1 12
Zoe Scheffler PG 14 5-7 1-1 1 2 1 4 13
Ashley Hunsaker SF 20 2-5 2-4 0 7 2 2 6
Olivia Huseman C 12 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 3 0
Bryleigh Abbys SG 19 2-4 3-4 0 2 1 2 8
Elsa Styers SF 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Ella Badillo SG 13 0-1 3-4 0 0 2 1 3

Turnovers: 6 (E.Flockhart 1, A.Weatherford 1, F.Stolcer
1, Z.Scheffler 2, A.Hunsaker 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (E.Flockhart 2, A.Weatherford 4,
O.Huseman 1)
Steals: 4 (E.Mix 2, Z.Scheffler 1, E.Badillo 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (E.Flockhart 0-1, A.Weatherford 0-1,
F.Stolcer 2-3, E.Mix 1-8, Z.Scheffler 2-3, O.Huseman
0-1, B.Abbys 1-3, E.Badillo 0-1)

Player of Game: C Eden Flockhart (WYO)


After knocking off Chicago State easily, they scheduled a date with 13-seed Northern Iowa who were fresh off an upset of 4-seed Arkansas.


Wyoming 62, Northern Iowa 52

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Wyoming (31-6, 17-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eden Flockhart C 32 4-9 3-6 2 6 0 3 11
A. Weatherford PF 31 2-2 0-0 0 9 2 4 4
Franjica Stolcer SF 31 2-4 3-4 2 3 0 1 7
Emily Mix SG 34 7-16 3-3 2 6 1 3 18
Zoe Scheffler PG 34 2-11 9-10 1 6 3 2 13
Ashley Hunsaker SF 14 1-2 0-0 1 5 1 1 2
Olivia Huseman C 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 2 0
Bryleigh Abbys SG 8 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 3
Elsa Styers SF 2 1-1 1-1 0 0 0 0 3
Shelbee Abbott C 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Ella Badillo SG 3 0-1 1-2 0 0 0 0 1

Turnovers: 13 (E.Flockhart 1, A.Weatherford 3,
F.Stolcer 1, E.Mix 3, Z.Scheffler 2, B.Abbys 3)
Blocked Shots: 5 (E.Flockhart 4, A.Weatherford 1)
Steals: 7 (E.Flockhart 1, E.Mix 4, Z.Scheffler 1,
A.Hunsaker 1)
3P FGs: 2-16 (F.Stolcer 0-2, E.Mix 1-9, Z.Scheffler
0-3, B.Abbys 1-1, S.Abbott 0-1)

Northern Iowa (21-14, 8-8):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Nevaeh Gustard C 11 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 4 2
Guadalupe Croce C 28 0-6 1-2 2 8 0 2 1
Kailyn Corbeil PF 28 3-11 2-3 4 7 3 3 9
Rosa Cathey SG 35 2-8 0-1 1 7 3 3 4
Addison Blewett PG 22 3-6 0-0 0 4 3 4 6
Evelin Borrie PG 14 3-4 0-0 2 2 0 1 8
Hazel Forman PG 7 1-1 1-2 0 0 0 1 3
Giselle Sisk PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Anna Derringer SF 27 5-12 2-2 2 2 0 3 13
Evelyn Blanking PF 13 1-3 2-6 2 4 0 1 4
Claire Leach PF 2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 2
Olivia Abbs C 10 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0

Turnovers: 14 (N.Gustard 1, G.Croce 1, K.Corbeil 1,
R.Cathey 2, A.Blewett 5, E.Borrie 1, A.Derringer 1,
E.Blanking 2)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 6 (K.Corbeil 1, R.Cathey 1, A.Blewett 3,
A.Derringer 1)
3P FGs: 4-20 (G.Croce 0-1, K.Corbeil 1-4, R.Cathey 0-5,
A.Blewett 0-2, E.Borrie 2-3, A.Derringer 1-5)

Player of Game: SF Emily Mix (WYO)


Back to back Sweet 16s for the Cowgirls!!

That put them in position for a date with top seed in the Midwest region Ohio State. This did not seem like a game that was going to be in their favor at all.


Wyoming 61, Ohio State 59

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Wyoming (32-6, 17-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eden Flockhart C 35 5-10 0-2 5 11 1 5 10
A. Weatherford PF 36 2-3 1-4 3 12 1 2 5
Franjica Stolcer SF 32 1-9 0-0 1 4 3 1 2
Emily Mix SG 25 1-7 0-0 0 4 4 3 3
Zoe Scheffler PG 37 9-20 6-6 0 4 2 4 28
Ashley Hunsaker SF 13 1-2 0-1 0 3 1 1 2
Olivia Huseman C 5 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 2
Bryleigh Abbys SG 10 1-3 0-0 1 1 0 2 3
Ella Badillo SG 8 2-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 6

Turnovers: 14 (E.Flockhart 2, A.Weatherford 3,
F.Stolcer 4, E.Mix 3, Z.Scheffler 1, A.Hunsaker 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (E.Flockhart 4, F.Stolcer 1,
Z.Scheffler 1, B.Abbys 1)
Steals: 7 (E.Flockhart 1, A.Weatherford 2, E.Mix 2,
Z.Scheffler 1, B.Abbys 1)
3P FGs: 8-24 (E.Flockhart 0-1, F.Stolcer 0-5, E.Mix
1-5, Z.Scheffler 4-8, B.Abbys 1-2, E.Badillo 2-3)

Ohio State (32-4, 15-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Amelia Swanberg C 28 3-12 4-5 3 8 1 2 10
Isabell Hardaway PF 27 0-4 1-2 2 5 0 3 1
Hallie Baggarley SF 29 3-9 1-2 3 6 2 2 7
Emily Figg SG 30 5-12 1-3 1 3 5 4 12
Lillian Badham PG 36 6-11 5-6 1 5 3 4 18
Rebecca Judkins SF 31 3-7 2-2 1 11 0 0 9
Kaliyah Glenn SG 10 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Ava Cappleman SF 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
Aliana Cutten C 7 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 1 0

Turnovers: 16 (A.Swanberg 3, I.Hardaway 1, H.Baggarley
1, E.Figg 1, L.Badham 5, R.Judkins 3, K.Glenn 1,
A.Cutten 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (A.Swanberg 2, E.Figg 1, R.Judkins 1,
A.Cutten 1)
Steals: 6 (E.Figg 3, L.Badham 2, R.Judkins 1)
3P FGs: 3-13 (I.Hardaway 0-2, E.Figg 1-6, L.Badham 1-2,
R.Judkins 1-3)

Player of Game: PG Zoe Scheffler (WYO)


But the ladies pulled it out and head to the Elite 8 for the first time in program history! Their prize? A date with regional rival Colorado. The Buffs are making their 6th straight NCAA appearance and the only other time they made it to the Elite 8 was in 1987 en route to the Final Four appearance in which they lost.

The joke with Colorado is their star player is a Wyoming native, the only legit 4-star recruit to come out of the state since I started playing this version of the league and another quality contributor is also a Wyoming native. So it's funny when we play them because I note "they're just beating us with our own kids."

Wyoming played CU earlier this year and lost 77-69 in Laramie, just a few days after knocking off then #2 Michigan State in a surprise. This game is not a good matchup and I think everyone wants to beat them, but was secretly hoping they'd be upset.


Colorado 85, Wyoming 56

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Colorado (28-7, 13-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Lara Carpenter C 30 3-5 2-2 0 5 0 2 8
Chloe Bustamante PF 33 4-8 9-10 0 8 1 3 17
D. Lopez-Rosario SF 38 5-11 3-4 3 9 4 2 15
Aliza McMonagle SG 24 4-7 1-2 2 4 3 3 12
Lola Holland PG 19 4-8 5-5 2 4 2 4 14
G. Abrehart PG 18 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 2
Ava Eldridge PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Daisy Rubin SG 8 2-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 6
Alexis Boggess SG 10 3-4 2-2 0 2 0 2 10
E. Ballentyne C 9 0-0 1-2 0 3 2 1 1
Ellie Ewins PF 9 0-3 0-0 0 3 0 0 0

Turnovers: 12 (L.Carpenter 1, C.Bustamante 3,
D.Lopez-Rosario 3, A.McMonagle 3, A.Eldridge 1,
D.Rubin 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (L.Carpenter 1, C.Bustamante 2,
G.Abrehart 2)
Steals: 6 (C.Bustamante 1, D.Lopez-Rosario 3,
G.Abrehart 1, D.Rubin 1)
3P FGs: 10-25 (D.Lopez-Rosario 2-6, A.McMonagle 3-6,
L.Holland 1-4, G.Abrehart 0-3, D.Rubin 2-2, A.Boggess
2-3, E.Ewins 0-1)

Wyoming (32-7, 17-3):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Eden Flockhart C 31 2-8 1-2 2 7 1 3 5
A. Weatherford PF 30 1-3 1-4 1 7 1 2 3
Franjica Stolcer SF 17 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 3 3
Emily Mix PG 25 5-13 4-4 1 3 0 4 16
Zoe Scheffler PG 15 3-7 6-6 1 2 1 4 13
Ashley Hunsaker SF 22 1-7 0-0 3 5 1 2 2
Olivia Huseman C 13 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 1 0
Bryleigh Abbys PG 22 3-7 0-1 0 1 3 1 9
Elsa Styers SF 4 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 1 3
Shelbee Abbott C 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Ella Badillo SG 17 1-5 0-0 1 3 1 2 2

Turnovers: 14 (E.Flockhart 3, A.Weatherford 1,
F.Stolcer 2, E.Mix 1, Z.Scheffler 1, A.Hunsaker 3,
B.Abbys 2, E.Badillo 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (E.Flockhart 4, A.Weatherford 2,
Z.Scheffler 1)
Steals: 4 (E.Mix 2, A.Hunsaker 1, O.Huseman 1)
3P FGs: 8-22 (A.Weatherford 0-1, F.Stolcer 1-2, E.Mix
2-6, Z.Scheffler 1-2, O.Huseman 0-1, B.Abbys 3-6,
E.Styers 1-1, E.Badillo 0-3)

Player of Game: SG Dina Lopez-Rosario (COLO)


There you see why. Outmanned and outgunned, as CU heads to the Final Four for the 2nd time in program history. Still a historic year for the Cowgirls as they make the Elite 8 and with the best recruiting class (albeit just two players) in history makes its appearance this upcoming year, one has to be confident about the prospects for the program given the star players aren't eligible to leave yet. (Sheffler, Mix)

The Final Four was: 1) Pittsburgh 1) South Florida 2) Colorado 5) Georgetown. South Florida knocked off Colorado 89-84 in the Final. It was their first championship ever and their 1st Final Four.

Zoe Scheffler was a Third-Team All American, the first time that's ever happened for this program at any level. Coach Cloud was National Coach of the Year, the 2nd straight year Wyoming has had the national coach of the year, because no one is more surprised than we are about all of this craziness.

I don't think Cloud will leave after one year, however, mostly because of the Wyoming ties and she was just at Boise State and is a bit older.



The recruiting class includes Leah Golla, who was Miss Basketball for Colorado this past year and an All-American, our first HS one ever. The coup felt nice after years of CU stealing Wyoming's best talent provided any existed.



#13 WYOMING COWGIRLS Recruiting

Name Pos Ht Wt Rating Interest State
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Leah Golla PG 5-7 163 **** Committed Colorado
Caroline Maury PG 5-8 157 **** Committed New Jersey


Caroline Maury is a funnier deal because she didn't have any offers at one point, we came in on her late because the scout seemed to think she has a lot of potential. St. Joe's which took our coach was actually on her too at the same time along with three other programs and somehow, she chose us. Not sure why, but it pretty funny to imagine a coach going east and being irate that we came from that far to nab a recruit in their backyard.

So at this point, the training wheels are off and this program has actual expectations.

[Young Drachma]

OTHER NOTES
- Turned off eligibility for players to leave early. Now they have to stay all 4 years.
- Added a 3rd tournament (WBI) to the post-season roster.

[Young Drachma]

The recruits my game was generating were sooo bad because I had the FBCB.ini file depressed pretty low to generate pretty terrible players. I've modified this, so starting next year we're going to get much better players coming out as a result which should make recruiting more interesting for me.

[Young Drachma]

Adeline Cloud left the program after leading the program to the NCAAs for two straight years and took the job at Oregon.

We had to hire elsewhere and took Tennessee's top assistant when she didn't end up getting promoted after their longtime coach retired. She has a career losing record, but we think she's the right fit for us.


COACH DETAILS

Ashley Selleck - Head Coach - Wyoming
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Age: 44
High School: Hickman County High School
Hometown: Centerville, TN
Alma Mater: Mount St. Mary's

Career Record: 46 - 75


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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1995 Tennessee Assistant 31 6 15 3 NCAA Champion
1994 Louisville Assistant 23 10 12 6 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1993 Georgetown Assistant 30 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1992 Georgetown Assistant 32 7 14 4 NCAA Champion
1991 Liberty Head Coach 11 19 7 9 No Postseason
1990 Liberty Head Coach 13 18 5 11 No Postseason
1989 Liberty Head Coach 11 19 5 11 No Postseason
1988 Liberty Head Coach 11 19 7 9 No Postseason
1987 Vanderbilt Assistant 30 3 17 1 Loss in NCAA Round 1
1986 Vanderbilt Assistant 27 7 15 3 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1985 Vanderbilt Assistant 25 7 14 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
1984 Vanderbilt Assistant 29 5 15 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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1996 Hired by Wyoming (Head Coach)
1996 Quit job with Tennessee
1995 Hired by Tennessee (Recruiting Coordinator)
1995 Fired by Louisville
1994 Hired by Louisville (Recruiting Coordinator)
1994 Fired by Georgetown
1992 Hired by Georgetown (Recruiting Coordinator)
1992 Fired by Liberty
1988 Hired by Liberty (Head Coach)
1988 Quit job with Vanderbilt to pursue a higher position
1984 Hired by Vanderbilt (Recruiting Coordinator)

[Young Drachma]

The last three years have been a far cry from the past of this program. Amazing what a little investment can do.




WYOMING TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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1995 Wyoming 32 8 17 3 22 14 70 Loss in NCAA Final Four
1994 Wyoming 32 7 17 3 14 9 61 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
1993 Wyoming 33 6 16 4 23 29 52 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1992 Wyoming 16 17 9 11 189 160 44 No Postseason
1991 Wyoming 8 24 8 12 337 323 44 No Postseason
1990 Wyoming 10 20 9 11 297 243 45 No Postseason
1989 Wyoming 8 23 6 14 337 319 46 No Postseason
1988 Wyoming 9 21 4 16 322 333 48 No Postseason
1987 Wyoming 13 18 8 12 231 182 50 No Postseason
1986 Wyoming 19 14 11 9 109 144 50 No Postseason
1985 Wyoming 11 20 8 12 286 244 48 No Postseason
1984 Wyoming 17 13 12 8 117 97 48 No Postseason
1983 Wyoming 21 14 12 8 36 48 45 Loss in WNIT Round 3
1982 Wyoming 12 18 7 13 241 232 39 No Postseason
1981 Wyoming 15 16 7 13 179 143 39 No Postseason
1980 Wyoming 11 20 7 13 290 273 39 No Postseason
1979 Wyoming 10 21 6 14 311 217 39 No Postseason
1978 Wyoming 10 22 6 14 309 281 40 No Postseason
1977 Wyoming 7 24 6 14 341 328 41 No Postseason
1976 Wyoming 8 22 7 13 330 296 41 No Postseason
1975 Wyoming 10 20 6 14 302 280 41 No Postseason
1974 Wyoming 11 20 6 14 279 219 43 No Postseason
1973 Wyoming 12 19 6 14 269 261 44 No Postseason
1972 Wyoming 7 22 4 16 335 317 46 No Postseason
1971 Wyoming 11 20 7 13 293 215 47 No Postseason
1970 Wyoming 11 21 4 16 281 208 49 No Postseason


I'm still wrestling with what to do with this though. I didn't really meant to replicate the whole "team is bad, now team is good, now team wins all the time" formula that is frankly, not all that fun to read or play out. I'm trying to decide whether I want to follow a coach or follow a player or figure out what kind of program to follow that'll make me want to write about and share with you.

[Young Drachma]

1996-97 SEASON IN REVIEW

The first season of Ashley Selleck at Wyoming resulted in a huge regular season.


#2 WYOMING COWGIRLS TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 70 Record Vs 1-50: 2-2 Poll Rank: #2
Season Record: 35-4 Record Vs 51-100: 13-1 RPI Rank: #9
Conference Record: 19-1 Record Vs 101-200: 13-0
Home Record: 17-2 Record Vs 200+: 7-1


Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 82.0 1 6 Points 61.2 1 16 Points 20.8 1 2
O.Reb 12.5 2 41 O.Reb 10.9 6 206 O.Reb 1.6 2 70
D.Reb 28.1 1 6 D.Reb 21.9 1 20 D.Reb 6.2 1 1
Rebounds 40.6 1 7 Rebounds 32.8 2 47 Rebounds 7.8 1 2
Assists 17.7 1 15 Assists 11.9 1 50 Assists 5.8 1 4
Steals 7.9 1 24 Steals 5.1 5 51 Steals 2.8 1 15
Blocks 8.2 1 1 Blocks 2.9 4 188 Blocks 5.3 1 1
Turnovers 12.7 3 34 Turnovers 16.1 1 32 Turnovers -3.4 1 18
Fouls 16.6 1 5 Fouls 20.7 1 57 Fouls -4.1 1 7
FG% .488 1 5 FG% .377 1 1 FG% .111 1 1
FT% .721 1 36 FT% .711 11 332 FT% .011 3 131
3P% .374 3 54 3P% .339 3 143 3P% .035 2 49
PPS 1.38 1 5 PPS 1.05 1 1 PPS .336 1 1
Adj. FG% .542 2 16 Adj. FG% .437 1 3 Adj. FG% .105 1 2



Date Opponent Record RPI Result Score Record
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11/13/96 at Baylor 19-13 66 W 82-73 1-0
11/14/96 at Central Florida 14-17 195 W 108-58 2-0
11/19/96 Northern Iowa 20-14 68 W 112-56 3-0
11/27/96 Northern Colorado 14-17 230 W 90-51 4-0
12/05/96 Chattanooga 22-10 94 W 87-75 5-0
12/06/96 Charlotte 12-21 255 W 75-60 6-0
12/07/96 Buffalo 10-21 202 W 71-41 7-0
12/12/96 Oregon 15-14 72 L 90-85 7-1
12/14/96 Utah 7-24 191 W 82-52 8-1
12/17/96 #4 Seton Hall 33-4 2 L 75-72 8-2
12/21/96 UNLV 12-20 180 W 74-62 9-2 (1-0)
12/25/96 Utah State 13-19 190 W 72-52 10-2 (2-0)
12/28/96 at Colorado State 17-15 88 W 74-59 11-2 (3-0)
01/01/97 at Siena 21-11 40 W 77-45 12-2
01/04/97 at Fresno State 14-16 168 W 79-65 13-2 (4-0)
01/08/97 at New Mexico 21-13 87 W 84-61 14-2 (5-0)
01/11/97 at Nevada 14-16 252 L 66-64 14-3 (5-1)
01/15/97 Boise State 12-17 164 W 77-49 15-3 (6-1)
01/18/97 Air Force 13-17 196 W 82-70 16-3 (7-1)
01/23/97 Oklahoma State 17-14 75 W 77-65 17-3
01/25/97 at San Diego State 11-21 271 W 83-79 18-3 (8-1)
01/29/97 San Jose State 21-13 80 W 83-70 19-3 (9-1)
02/01/97 at San Jose State 21-13 80 W 80-61 20-3 (10-1)
02/05/97 at UNLV 12-20 180 W 79-48 21-3 (11-1)
02/08/97 New Mexico 21-13 87 W 89-43 22-3 (12-1)
02/12/97 Colorado State 17-15 88 W 82-56 23-3 (13-1)
02/15/97 Fresno State 14-16 168 W 87-61 24-3 (14-1)
02/19/97 Nevada 14-16 252 W 91-61 25-3 (15-1)
02/22/97 at Utah State 13-19 190 W 96-54 26-3 (16-1)
02/24/97 at Lipscomb 7-22 332 W 64-38 27-3
02/26/97 at Air Force 13-17 196 W 97-61 28-3 (17-1)
03/05/97 at Boise State 12-17 164 W 95-52 29-3 (18-1)
03/08/97 San Diego State 11-21 271 W 92-91 30-3 (19-1)
03/12/97 vs. Air Force 13-17 196 W 81-64 31-3
03/14/97 vs. Colorado State 17-15 88 W 91-67 32-3
03/15/97 vs. San Jose State 21-13 80 W 83-53 33-3
03/21/97 vs. Navy 22-11 65 W 71-62 34-3
03/23/97 vs. #21 Syracuse 23-10 24 W 76-66 35-3
03/27/97 vs. #4 Seton Hall 33-4 2 L 75-54


Team lost in the Sweet 16 against an upstart Seton Hall team.

The Final Four:

11th seed Oklahoma (first Final Four)
1 seed Tennessee (6th)
6 seed TCU (2nd)
3 seed Maryland (1st)

Tennessee claimed their 3rd championship by knocking off cinderella club Oklahoma in the national championship, giving their new head coach Zoe Schnee her first-ever national title.

Given that Wyoming only got our coach because she was the top assistant at Tennessee and wanted to get promoted but wasn't, this seems to validate the move that the program made to bring in an established coach to take them to their back-to-back titles.

I'm still kicking around what I want to do with this story, though. I know the teams enough aren't all that interesting. Either going to focus on a player or a conference. Not sure yet.