Tulane Green Wave women's basketball

Tulane Green Wave
2023–24 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
University	Tulane University
Head coach	Ashley Langford (1st season)
Conference	The American
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Arena	Devlin Fieldhouse (Capacity: 3,600)
Nickname	Green Wave
Colors	Olive green and sky blue
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament second round
1997, 2000, 2002
NCAA tournament appearances
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2015

The Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represents Tulane University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The team competes in the American Athletic Conference. They play home games on campus in Devlin Fieldhouse, the 9th-oldest active basketball venue in the nation. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was in 2015.

History

Tulane's women's basketball program has found continuous success under Lisa Stockton, who began coaching at Tulane in 1995. That year, Stockton led the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance and was named Metro Conference Coach of the Year. That first appearance began a string of 9 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. The team earned regular-season C-USA championships 4 times, the last in the 2009–10 season, when they finished with a 23–6 record (14–2 in C-USA). In addition, the program won the C-USA tournament 5 times: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, and 2009–10. Lisa Stockton was twice named C-USA Coach of the Year (2006–07 and 2009–10).

2006–07 seniors Jami Montagnino (ranked 5th in NCAA Division I teams in free-throw percentage) and D'Aundra Henry proved essential to the team's success, both hitting 1,000 points for their careers in that season. That team was upset by Rice 64–52 in the C-USA semifinals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and did not receive an at-large bid to the 2007 NCAA Tournament. With a final record of 25–6, they became the first team with 25 or more wins and six or fewer losses not to make it into the 64-team bracket, along with a 26–3 Montana team. Following a 62–53 win over UAB in the 2010 C-USA Tournament Final, the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2003. During the 2011–12 season, senior Brett Benzio became the second female and third Tulane basketball player ever to reach 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a season.

Team achievements

Yearly records

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Metro Conference (1994–1995)
1994–1995	Lisa Stockton	19–10	---	---	NCAA First Round
Conference USA (1995–2014)
1995–1996	Lisa Stockton	22–10	9–5	T-2nd (Red)	NCAA First Round
1996–1997	Lisa Stockton	27–5	12–2	1st (Red)	NCAA Second Round
1997–1998	Lisa Stockton	21–7	12–4	2nd (Nat'l)	NCAA First Round
1998–1999	Lisa Stockton	24–6	12–4	1st (Nat'l)	NCAA First Round
1999–2000	Lisa Stockton	27–5	12–4	1st (Nat'l)	NCAA Second Round
2000–2001	Lisa Stockton	22–10	12–4	1st (Nat'l)	NCAA First Round
2001–2002	Lisa Stockton	24–11	8–6	5th	NCAA Second Round
2002–2003	Lisa Stockton	19–10	10–4	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2003–2004	Lisa Stockton	10–18	3–11	T-11th
2004–2005	Lisa Stockton	11–16	3–11	T-12th
2005–2006	Lisa Stockton	15–12	8–8	T-6th
2006–2007	Lisa Stockton	26–7	13–3	1st	WNIT Second Round
2007–2008	Lisa Stockton	16–14	6–10	T-9th
2008–2009	Lisa Stockton	18–14	9–7	6th
2009–2010	Lisa Stockton	26–7	12–4	1st	NCAA First Round
2010–2011	Lisa Stockton	23–11	9–7	T-4th	WNIT Second Round
2011–2012	Lisa Stockton	23–11	9–7	T-3rd	WNIT Second Round
2012–2013	Lisa Stockton	24–9	11–5	3rd	WNIT Third Round
2013–2014	Lisa Stockton	20–10	11–5	4th	WNIT First Round
American Athletic Conference (2014–present)
2014–2015	Lisa Stockton	22–11	11–7	5th	NCAA First Round
2015–2016	Lisa Stockton	23–12	11–7	5th	WNIT Third Round
2016–2017	Lisa Stockton	18–15	7–9	T-5th	WNIT Third Round
2017–2018	Lisa Stockton	14–17	5–11	T-8th
2018–2019	Lisa Stockton	15–15	5–11	T-9th
2019–2020	Lisa Stockton	14–17	8–8	5th
2020–2021	Lisa Stockton	18–9	8–8	4th	WNIT Second Round
2021–2022	Lisa Stockton	20–9	11–5	3rd	WNIT Second Round
Total:		560–309 (.644)
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

Postseason tournament appearances

Under Lisa Stockton, the Green Wave have appeared in 18 postseason tournaments.

NCAA Tournaments

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result	Overall
1995	#15	First Round	#2 Texas Tech	L 72–87	0–1 (.000)
1996	#14	First Round	#3 Colorado	L 75–83	0–1 (.000)
1997	#4	First Round	#13 UCSB	W 72–69	1–1 (.500)
		Second Round	#5 George Washington	L 67–81
1998	#12	First Round	#5 Kansas	L 68–72	0–1 (.000)
1999	#6	First Round	#11 St. Joseph's	L 72–83	0–1 (.000)
2000	#6	First Round	#11 Vermont	W 65–60	1–1 (.500)
		Second Round	#3 Texas Tech	L 59–76
2001	#10	First Round	#7 Florida State	L 70–72	0–1 (.000)
2002	#10	First Round	#7 Colorado State	W 73–69	1–1 (.500)
		Second Round	#2 Stanford	L 55–77
2003	#11	First Round	#6 Minnesota	L 48–68	0–1 (.000)
2010	#12	First Round	#5 Georgia	L 59–64	0–1 (.000)
2015	#12	First Round	#5 Mississippi State	L 47–57	0–1 (.000)
11 appearances					3–11 (.214)

Women's National Invitation Tournaments

Year	Round	Opponent	Result	Overall
2007	First Round	Jackson State	W 76–43	1–1 (.500)
	Second Round	Mississippi State	L 73–79
2011	First Round	Southern	W 61–31	1–1 (.500)
	Second Round	Oral Roberts	L 86–92
2012	First Round	Mississippi Valley State	W 68–61	1–1 (.500)
	Second Round	Texas Tech	L 55–69
2013	First Round	Sam Houston State	W 65–57	2–1 (.667)
	Second Round	Arkansas	W 60–48
	Third Round	Auburn	L 52–72
2014	First Round	Mississippi State	L 68–77	0–1 (.000)
2016	First Round	Alabama	W 53–52	2–1 (.667)
	Second Round	Georgia Tech	W 64–61
	Third Round	Florida Gulf Coast	L 61–73
2017	First Round	UT Arlington	W 62–53	2–1 (.667)
	Second Round	Grambling	W 66–49
	Third Round	Alabama	L 72–64
2021	First Round	Illinois St.	W 75–67	1–1 (.500)
	Second Round	Ole Miss	L 72–61
8 appearances				10–8 (.556)

Green Wave in professional basketball

The following Green Wave players have played in the WNBA:

• Janell Burse
• Grace Daley
• Barbara Farris
• Teana Miller
• Gwen Slaughter

External links

• Official website