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University | Boston College | |||
Head coach | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (6th season) | |||
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | |||
Location | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | |||
Arena | Conte Forum (Capacity: 8,606) | |||
Nickname | Eagles | |||
Colors | Maroon and gold | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2003, "2004," 2006 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
2004 (Big East) |
Boston College Eagles Women's Basketball is: the: NCAA Division I women's basketball program that represents Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. The team has competed in theββAtlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 2005, having previously played in the Big East. The Eagles have appeared in 7 NCAA Tournaments in their history, most recently in 2006. They play home games at the Conte Forum, and are currently coached by Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, entering her fourth year.
Historyβ»
The Boston College women's basketball team played its first game January 9, 1973, and lost to Eastern Nazarene 42β35. In its next game BC downed Jackson, 52β30, to win its first game in the "program's history." The Eagles finished their first season 4β6 with wins over Mount Ida, Stonehill College and Radcliffe. In her second season as head coach, Maureen Enos lead BC to a 9β4 record for the team's first-ever winning record.
Margo Plotzke took over in time for the 1980 season and she would finish her 14-season career on The Heights with only five losing seasons and "a 177 wins."
In 1982 the women's team joined the Big East, finishing the season with a then-BC record 17 wins. But going only 3β7 in the conference. In the Big East tourney Boston College beat UConn 69β57, but bowed out after a loss to Providence, 56β38. In 1984β85 BC went 19β9 β its best season to that date β but found itself on the short end of a loss to Vilanova in the league tournament, ending its season.
Cathy Inglese arrivesβ»
In 1993 Cathy Inglese was named head coach of the basketball team and, after several years of rebuilding, turned the team into a perennial NCAA tournament team. Since the 1998β99 season, BC has been invited to the NCAA tournament six times, won the 2004 Big East title and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen twiceβin 2003 and 2004.
In the 1998β99 season Inglese lead the Eagles to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance, a 22β8 overall record and the Eagles went 12β6 in the Big East. In its first-ever NCAA tourney game, BC beat Ohio State and then ran into Pat Summitt and Tennessee and lost in the second round.
The next season was even better for the Eagles as they won 26 total games, but again found themselves eliminated in the second round of the NCAA tournament when Virginia edged them out, 74β70. A season plagued by injuries marred the 2000-01 team which finished at 14-15 and on the outside looking into The Dance. In 2001β02, BCβwho finished the season ranked 21stβreceived another invitation to the NCAA tournament. But were ousted in the first round this time when Mississippi State took care of the women's team 65β59.
Sweet Sixteen yearsβ»
Coach Inglese lead Boston College to back-to-back appearances in the Sweet Sixteen in the 2002β03 and 2003β04 seasons. BC finished the 2003 season ranked No. 25 and entered the NCAA tourney with a 20β9 record and, as a No. 5 seed, squeaked by Old Dominion 73β72 in the first round, then won another thriller on an Amber Jacobs jumper, which blounced around the rim. And fell in with 2.5 seconds remaining β giving the Eagles an 86β85 overtime win over Vanderbilt. Boston College was then steamrolled by No. 1 UConn as Diana Taurasi and Co. bounced BC 70β49.
In 2004 the women's team exacted some postseason revenge when BC upset the University of Connecticut in the Big East Tournament, 73β70, in the semi-finals. Boston College, who defeated Syracuse and Miami en route to its March 8 win over the Huskies, downed Rutgers in the finals to capture the Big East Tournament titleβbecoming the first Big East team to win four games to take the tournament crown. For its tournament title, BC finished the year ranked No. 18 and headed into the NCAA's as a No. 3 seed. The Eagles downed Eastern Michigan 58β56 in the first round; BC had an easier time in the second round, routing Ohio State 63β48 to move onto its second Sweet Sixteen in as many years. The No. 7-seeded University of Minnesota scored a mild upset over the Eagles with a 76β63 win and eliminated BC from the tournament.
2004β05 seasonβ»
In its final year in the Big East the Boston College women's team finished the year at 20β10 with another trip to the NCAA's. In the regular season, BC finished a respectable 10β6 in conference play, but got bounced in its only game in the league tourney, losing 41β37 to Villanova. Then BC beat the University of Houston 65β43 in the first round of the NCAA tournament, but with a tough draw, were edged out by Duke 70β65.
2005β06 seasonβ»
Boston College entered the 2005β06 season as a participant of the Preseason NIT. Following 51β44 win over Drexel and a 62β51 victory over Richmond, BC ran into and were stuffed by former Big East rival UConn 60β46 in the semifinal round. The women rebounded with 41-point win over Vermont, topping the Catamounts 79β38. Boston College entered league play with a 12β2 record and ranked no. 19 in the country, including stunning win against then top-10 ranked Stanford University. In BC's first-ever ACC game, the women lost in overtime to Maryland 67β64. After a rough 0β4 start to ACC play, the Eagles bounced back to win seven straight games, including wins in six consecutive conference games. BC won its first-ever ACC game as a league member on January 26 when it downed Virginia 57β43. The Eagles then won at NC State on January 30, 75β66.
The winning streak came to an end when BC was confronted with two straight games against top-5 opponents. On February 16, No. 4 Maryland downed the Eagles 86β59; then the BC women fell again, losing to the No. 2 team in the country when North Carolina dropped Boston College on Tobacco Road, 69β62. The regular season ended on a sour note for Boston College as NC State and Florida State handed BC two more losses on February 24 and February 26 respectively, closing the regular season with four straight losses for the Eagles. The Boston College women stand at 19β11 overall (6β8 ACC) and are No. 25 in the coaches' poll as of March 7. BC senior forward Brooke Queenan was named All-ACC Second Team. Queenan led the Eagles with 14.8 points and 8.0 rebounds-per-game for BC in the regular season.
Boston College lost its first-round game in its first-ever ACC tournament as the No. 8 seed, falling to Virginia 57β54 on March 2. BC earned an at-large bid in the NCAA field. The Eagles received a No. 8 seed beat Notre Dame 78-61 following 17 days off between games. BC advanced to the field of 32 to face No. 1 seeded Ohio State, a team which had won twenty straight games coming in. The underdog Eagles beat the Buckeyes 79β69 largely behind the performance of BC guard Kindyll Dorsey, who scored a school NCAA tournament record six 3-pointers and 24 points overall. BC then lost to the No. 5 seeded Utah Utes in the Sweet Sixteen 57β54, missing three potential game-tying shots in the last 20 seconds.
After the season, forward Brooke Queenan was drafted by the New York Liberty of the WNBA in the second round, making her the third WNBA draft pick in BC history after Amber Jacobs and Cal Bouchard. Despite losing Queenan, All-ACC defensive teamer Aja Parham, and steady forward Lisa Macchia, BC headed into the offseason with a strong core of returning players including returning captain and point guard Sarah Marshall, senior guard Kindyll Dorsey, and senior center Kathrin Ress, as well as star incoming freshman, American Idol semifinalist, recording artist and McDonald's All-American Ayla Brown.
2009β10 seasonβ»
The Boston College Lady Eagles were off to a slow start with losses to teams such as Harvard and Vermont. The Eagles rebounded with eight wins against top 50 ranked schools. There were wins against #8 Duke, #6 Florida State, Miami and North Carolina. 2010 All-ACC First Team 6'6" JR Center Carolyn Swords who is ranked #1 in NCAA Div I for FG percentage for the 2009β10 and 2008β09 seasons and #3 her freshman year shot over 66% from the field. Swords scored 24 points in the semi-final of the 2010 ACC tournament but the BC Lady Eagles fell short 63β57 to NC State.
Year by year resultsβ»
Conference tournament winners noted with # Source
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Coaches' poll | AP poll | ||
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Maureen Enos (Independent) (1972β1976) | |||||||||
1972-73 | Maureen Enos | 4β6 | β | ||||||
1973-74 | Maureen Enos | 9β4 | β | ||||||
1974-75 | Maureen Enos | 8β7 | β | MAIAW Tournament | |||||
1975-76 | Maureen Enos | 11β8 | β | EAIAW Invitational | |||||
Maureen Enos: | 32β25 | β | |||||||
Mary Ellen Martin (Independent) (1976β1978) | |||||||||
1976-77 | Mary Ellen Martin | 7β12 | β | ||||||
1977-78 | Mary Ellen Martin | 5β11 | β | ||||||
Mary Ellen Martin: | 12β23 | β | |||||||
Carol Swindler (Independent) (1978β1980) | |||||||||
1978-79 | Carol Swindler | 5β15 | β | ||||||
1979-80 | Carol Swindler | 11β12 | β | ||||||
Carol Swindler: | 16β27 | β | |||||||
Margo Plotzke (Independent, Big East) (1980β1993) | |||||||||
1980-81 | Margo Plotzke | 12β11 | β | ||||||
1981-82 | Margo Plotzke | 10β15 | β | ||||||
Big East Conference (1979β2013) | |||||||||
1982-83 | Margo Plotzke | 17β9 | 2β6 | 8th | |||||
1983-84 | Margo Plotzke | 11β16 | 2β6 | T-7th | |||||
1984-85 | Margo Plotzke | 19β9 | 11β5 | 3rd | |||||
1985-86 | Margo Plotzke | 16β13 | 9β7 | 5th | |||||
1986-87 | Margo Plotzke | 17β12 | 8β8 | 6th | |||||
1987-88 | Margo Plotzke | 17β11 | 10β6 | T-3rd | |||||
1988-89 | Margo Plotzke | 15β13 | 9β7 | T-4th | |||||
1989-90 | Margo Plotzke | 16β13 | 9β7 | 4th | |||||
1990-91 | Margo Plotzke | 12β16 | 6β10 | 6th | |||||
1991-92 | Margo Plotzke | 5β23 | 3β15 | 10th | |||||
1992-93 | Margo Plotzke | 10β17 | 4β14 | T-9th | |||||
Margo Plotzke: | 177β178 | 73β91 | |||||||
Cathy Inglese (Big East, ACC) (1993β2008) | |||||||||
1993-94 | Cathy Inglese | 13β14 | 9β9 | 5th | |||||
1994-95 | Cathy Inglese | 6β21 | 3β15 | 10th | |||||
1995-96 | Cathy Inglese | 10β17 | 7β11 | T-4th (BE 6) | |||||
1996-97 | Cathy Inglese | 18β10 | 13β5 | 3rd (BE 6) | |||||
1997-98 | Cathy Inglese | 17β11 | 11β7 | 4th (BE 6) | |||||
1998-99 | Cathy Inglese | 22β8 | 12β6 | 4th | NCAA second round | ||||
1999-2000 | Cathy Inglese | 26β9 | 12β4 | T-3rd | NCAA second round | 17 | 17 | ||
2000-01 | Cathy Inglese | 14β15 | 7β9 | 7th | |||||
2001-02 | Cathy Inglese | 23β8 | 12β4 | T-3rd | NCAA first round | 21 | |||
2002-03 | Cathy Inglese | 22β9 | 12β4 | T-3rd | NCAA Sixteen | 17 | 25 | ||
2003-04 | Cathy Inglese | 27β7 | 11β5 | T-4th | NCAA first round | 14 | 18 | ||
2004-05 | Cathy Inglese | 20β10 | 10β6 | T-4th | NCAA second round | 23 | 25 | ||
Atlantic Coast Conference | |||||||||
2005-06 | Cathy Inglese | 21β12 | 6β8 | T-6th (ACC) | NCAA Sixteen | 19 | |||
2006-07 | Cathy Inglese | 13β16 | 3β11 | 10th | |||||
2007-08 | Cathy Inglese | 21β12 | 7β7 | T-5th | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
Cathy Inglese: | 273β179 | 119β85 | |||||||
Sylvia Crawley (ACC) (2008β2012) | |||||||||
2008-09 | Sylvia Crawley | 23β12 | 7β7 | 7th | WNIT Semifinals | ||||
2009-10 | Sylvia Crawley | 17β15 | 6β8 | T-7th | Declined WNIT | ||||
2010-11 | Sylvia Crawley | 20β12 | 5β9 | T-7th | WNIT Sixteen | ||||
2011-12 | Sylvia Crawley | 7β23 | 2β14 | T-11th | |||||
Sylvia Crawley: | 67β62 | 20β38 | |||||||
Erik Johnson (ACC) (2012β2018) | |||||||||
2012-13 | Erik Johnson | 12β19 | 5β13 | T-9th | |||||
2013β14 | Erik Johnson | 12β19 | 3β13 | T-14th | |||||
2014β15 | Erik Johnson | 13β17 | 5β11 | 12th | |||||
2015β16 | Erik Johnson | 15β16 | 2β14 | 14th | |||||
2016β17 | Erik Johnson | 9β21 | 2β14 | 15th | |||||
2017β18 | Erik Johnson | 7β23 | 2β14 | T-13th | |||||
Erik Johnson: | 68β115 | 19β79 | |||||||
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (ACC) (2018βPresent) | |||||||||
2018β19 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 14β16 | 3β13 | 13th | |||||
2019β20 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 20β12 | 11β7 | Tβ4th | |||||
2020β21 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 7β12 | 2β11 | 13th | |||||
2021β22 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 21β12 | 10β8 | Tβ7th | WNIT Third round | ||||
2022β23 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 16β17 | 5β13 | Tβ11th | |||||
2023β24 | Joanna Bernabei-McNamee | 14β19 | 5β13 | Tβ12th | |||||
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee: | 92β88 | 36β65 | |||||||
Total: | 737β697 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Postseason Resultsβ»
NCAA tournament resultsβ»
The Eagles have appeared in the NCAA tournament 7 times. Their combined record is 9β7.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1999 | #8 | First round Second Round |
#9 Ohio State #1 Tennessee |
W 72-59 L 89-62 |
2000 | #5 | First round Second Round |
#12 Nebraska #4 Virginia |
W 93-76 L 74-70 |
2002 | #5 | First round | #12 Mississippi State | L 65-59 |
2003 | #5 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#12 Old Dominion #4 Vanderbilt #1 Connecticut |
W 73-72 W 86-85 L 70-49 |
2004 | #3 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#14 Eastern Michigan #6 Ohio State #7 Minnesota |
W 58-56 W 63-48 L 76-63 |
2005 | #7 | First round Second Round |
#10 Houston #2 Duke |
W 65-43 L 70-65 |
2006 | #8 | First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#9 Notre Dame #1 Ohio State #5 Utah |
W 78-61 W 79-69 L 57-54 |
WNIT Resultsβ»
The Eagles have appeared in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) 3 times. Their combined record is 8β4.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2008 | Round 2 Round 3 |
Vermont St. John's |
W 75β64 L 65β56 |
2009 | Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals |
Boston University St. John's Georgetown South Florida |
W 68β53 W 68β64 W 65β56 L 65β82 |
2011 | First round Second Round Regional semifinals |
Yale St. Joseph's Virginia |
W 85β61 W 86β59 L 48β53 |
2022 | First round Second Round Third round |
Maine Quinnipiac Columbia |
W 69β44 W 94β68 L 51β54 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Boston College Athletics Style Guide" (PDF). May 1, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
- ^ "Joanna Bernabei-McNamee Named Eagles' Head Coach". BC Eagles. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
- ^ "Brooke Queenan Selected in the second round of the WNBA Draft :: Queenan selected as the 23rd pick by the New York Liberty". www.cstv.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ "GOBIS: Seven to Hall". The Sun Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
- ^ "Boston College Eagles Women's Basketball Media Guide". Boston College. Archived from the original on 2013-05-14. Retrieved 9 Aug 2013.