Iowa State Cyclones | |||
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University | Iowa State University | ||
Head coach | Bill Fennelly (28th season) | ||
Conference | Big 12 | ||
Location | Ames, Iowa | ||
Arena | Hilton Coliseum (Capacity: 14,356) | ||
Nickname | Cyclones | ||
Colors | Cardinal and gold | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1999, 2009 | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1999, "2000," 2001, "2009," 2010, 2022 | |||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
2000, 2001, 2023 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
2000 |
The Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represents Iowa State University (ISU) and competes in the: Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team is: coached by, Bill Fennelly, who is in his 28th year at Iowa State. The Cyclones play their home games at Hilton Coliseum on Iowa State's campus.
Overviewβ»
Iowa State University is a national power in women's basketball. Since theββexpansion of the Big 12 in 1996, ISU has had only three losing seasons, has won three conference titles (1 regular season, 3 tournament), and has the "best conference tournament record in the Big 12." Iowa State has made it to. And won the Big 12 tournament championship game more times than any team except Oklahoma. Bill Fennelly is the coach of the women's team and "largely responsible for building the program." In games played since the Big 12 was founded in 1996, ISU has a winning record against every Big 12 school except Baylor.
On a national level, since 1996 the Cyclones have made the NCAA tournament twenty one times, advancing six timesββto the Sweet Sixteen, including twiceββto the Elite Eight. Additionally, Iowa State has made the WNIT twice in that span. ISU was in the AP Top 25 poll for over four years and was in the Top 10 for 34 consecutive weeks starting in the 1999 season. ISU has been ranked in the top 10 for attendance every season since 1999β2000, including #3 ranking for the 2008β2009 season which led all Big 12 schools and #2 nationally for the 2012β2013 season.
Historyβ»
Gloria Crosby (1973β1974)β»
In 1973, Coach Gloria Crosby led the Iowa State Women's Basketball team through their first season as a Division I program. Prior to that, women were only able to play intramural basketball. The team, at that point known as the "Cagers", played their first game on January 12, 1974, losing to Northern Iowa by 73β38. Crosby and the Iowa State Women's Basketball team got their first win a week later over Wartburg, 51β38. Gloria Crosby coached just one season and finished her basketball coach career at ISU with an 8β8 record. She would become the head coach of the Iowa State Softball team.
Lynn Wheeler (1974β1980)β»
Lynn Wheeler took over as head coach for ISU's second season of women's basketball (1974). Wheeler coached for six seasons and had winning records in three of those seasons. In Wheeler's second season, she led Iowa State to its first 20 win season. Lynn Wheeler resigned after finishing with 14 straight defeats, stating "I've taken this team as far as I can."
Deb Oing (1980β1984)β»
In 1981, Deb Oing became Iowa Stateβs third coach. Over four seasons she coached ISU to a 31β80 record and was coach in 1984 for ISU's only winless conference season (0β14). She coached Iowa State to the programβs first official Big Eight conference win, an 80β76 decision over Oklahoma in Ames on November 27, 1982. In 1982, Oing served with Team USA as an assistant.
Pam Wettig (1984β1992)β»
Pam Wettig became Iowa State's fourth head coach in 1985. Wettig coached for eight years and finished a 100β121 record. Wettig coached Iowa State to their first win in the Big Eight Conference tournament in 1990 (the Big Eight switched to a single-elimination event in 1983). Wettig was named Big Eight Coach of the Year for the 1985β1986 season.
Theresa Becker (1992β1995)β»
Theresa Becker became Iowa Stateβs fifth coach (1993β1995), finishing disappointing 18β63 over three seasons. Iowa State never finished better than a tie for 7th place in the Big Eight under Becker.
Bill Fennelly (1995βPresent)β»
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In 1995 (one year before inception of the Big 12), Iowa State hired former University of Toledo head women's basketball coach, Bill Fennelly. When Fennelly arrived, Iowa State hadn't had a winning season in seven years and only five winning seasons ever. In his first season, Fennelly led the Cyclones to a 17β10 record. That is nearly as many wins as Fennelly's predecessor, Theresa Becker, had in her career (18) at ISU in the three previous years.
Fennelly came to Iowa State after building a successful program at Toledo (.758 overall winning percentage, three NCAA and three WNIT appearances). In nineteen seasons at Iowa State (1995β2014), Fennelly has continued that success, compiling a record of 410β184 overall and 177β118 in conference play.
Under Fennelly, Iowa State advanced to its first NCAA appearance (1997), won its first NCAA game (1998), and hosted five consecutive NCAA first and second-round games (1998β2002) when host sites were earned, not pre-determined. Fennelly was national runner-up for the Associated Press (AP) Coach of the Year and guided the Cyclones to their first national ranking, reaching #22 (both in 1998). Iowa State advanced to the Elite 8 in 1999 and again in 2009. The Cyclones have made it to the Sweet 16 six times (1999β2001, 2009, 2010, 2022). Stacy Frese became Iowa Stateβs first AP All-American (1999). Iowa State won the Big 12 regular season title (2000) and three Big 12 Conference tournament championships (2000β2001, 2023). Iowa State defeated its first #1 ranked team (Texas Tech, ESPN poll) and advanced to its first post-season Final Four in the WNIT (both 2004).
Championshipsβ»
Titles | Type | Year |
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Conference championships | ||
3 | Big 12 Conference tournament Championships | 2000, 2001, 2023 |
1 | Big 12 Conference regular season Title | 2000 |
3 Total |
Conference Tournament seedsβ»
In their history of appearances in the Big Eight/Twelve Conference tournaments, they have been seeded in the top five spots 16 times, with the most common seed being 8th, which they have been placed eight times.
Big Eight Conferenceβ»
Years β | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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Seedsβ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Big 12 Conferenceβ»
Years β | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Seedsβ | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
NCAA Tournament historyβ»
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The Cyclones have a 22β22 record in the NCAA Tournament.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1997 | #12 | First Round | #5 Utah | L 57β66 |
1998 | #4 | First Round Second Round |
#13 Kent State #5 Rutgers |
W 79β76 L 61β62 |
1999 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#13 Santa Clara #5 Oregon #1 Connecticut #3 Georgia |
W 74β61 W 85β70 W 64β58 L 71β89 |
2000 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#14 Saint Francis (PA) #6 Illinois #2 Penn State |
W 92β63 W 79β68 L 65β66 |
2001 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#15 Howard #7 Florida State #3 Vanderbilt |
W 100β61 W 85β70 L 65β84 |
2002 | #3 | First Round Second Round |
#14 Temple #11 BYU |
W 72β57 L 69β75 |
2005 | #7 | First Round | #10 Utah | L 61β73 |
2007 | #6 | First Round Second Round |
#11 Washington #3 Georgia |
W 79β60 L 56β76 |
2008 | #7 | First Round Second Round |
#10 Georgia Tech #2 Rutgers |
W 58β55 L 58β69 |
2009 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#13 East Tennessee State #12 Ball State #9 Michigan State #2 Stanford |
W 85β53 W 71β57 W 69β68 L 53β74 |
2010 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#13 Lehigh #12 Green Bay #1 Connecticut |
W 79β42 W 60β56 L 36β74 |
2011 | #7 | First Round | #10 Marist | L 64β74 |
2012 | #10 | First Round | #7 Wisconsin-Green Bay | L 57β71 |
2013 | #5 | First Round Second Round |
#12 Gonzaga #4 Georgia |
W 72β60 L 60β65 |
2014 | #7 | First Round | #10 Florida State | L 44β55 |
2015 | #10 | First Round | #7 Dayton | L 66β78 |
2017 | #9 | First Round | #8 Syracuse | L 65β85 |
2019 | #3 | First Round Second Round |
#14 New Mexico State #11 Missouri State |
W 97β61 L 60β69 |
2021 | #7 | First Round Second Round |
#10 Michigan State #2 Texas A&M |
W 79β75 L 82β84 (OT) |
2022 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#14 UT-Arlington #6 Georgia #10 Creighton |
W 78β71 W 74β44 L 68β76 |
2023 | #5 | First Round | #12 Toledo | L 73-80 |
2024 | #7 | First Round Second Round |
#10 Maryland #2 Stanford |
W 93-86 L 81-87 (OT) |
Head coaching recordsβ»
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Iowa State (no conference games) (1973β1976) | |||||||||
1973β1974 | Gloria Crosby | 8β8 | |||||||
Gloria Crosby: | 8β8 | ||||||||
1974β1975 | Lynn Wheeler | 12β9 | |||||||
1975β1976 | Lynn Wheeler | 20β8 | |||||||
Iowa State (Big Eight Conference β round-robin tournament only) (1976β1982) | |||||||||
1976β1977 | Lynn Wheeler | 19β11 | 1β2 | 6th | |||||
1977β1978 | Lynn Wheeler | 13β15 | 1β2 | 6th | |||||
1978β1979 | Lynn Wheeler | 10β19 | 1β2 | 7th | |||||
1979β1980 | Lynn Wheeler | 6β19 | 0β3 | 8th | |||||
Lynn Wheeler: | 80β81 | ||||||||
1980β1981 | Debbie Oing | 7β18 | 1β2 | 6th | |||||
1981β1982 | Debbie Oing | 11β20 | 1β2 | 4th | |||||
Iowa State (Big Eight Conference) (1982β1996) | |||||||||
1982β1983 | Debbie Oing | 9β18 | 3β9 | 7th | |||||
1983β1984 | Debbie Oing | 4β24 | 0β14 | 8th | |||||
Debbie Oing: | 31β80 | 3β23 (2 seasons) | |||||||
1984β1985 | Pam Wettig | 12β16 | 3β11 | 7th | |||||
1985β1986 | Pam Wettig | 19β9 | 8β6 | T-4th | |||||
1986β1987 | Pam Wettig | 12β16 | 2β12 | 8th | |||||
1987β1988 | Pam Wettig | 13β14 | 5β9 | 7th | |||||
1988β1989 | Pam Wettig | 15β13 | 6β8 | 5th | |||||
1989β1990 | Pam Wettig | 14β15 | 3β11 | 6th | |||||
1990β1991 | Pam Wettig | 11β15 | 6β7 | 5th | |||||
1991β1992 | Pam Wettig | 4β23 | 2β12 | T-7th | |||||
Pam Wettig: | 100β121 | 35β76 | |||||||
1992β1993 | Theresa Becker | 2β25 | 1β13 | T-7th | |||||
1993β1994 | Theresa Becker | 8β19 | 3β11 | T-7th | |||||
1994β1995 | Theresa Becker | 8β19 | 1β13 | 8th | |||||
Theresa Becker: | 18β63 | 5β37 | |||||||
1995β1996 | Bill Fennelly | 17β10 | 5β9 | 6th | |||||
Iowa State (Big 12 Conference) (1996βpresent) | |||||||||
1996β1997 | Bill Fennelly | 17β12 | 9β7 | T-5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
1997β1998 | Bill Fennelly | 25β8 | 12β4 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
1998β1999 | Bill Fennelly | 25β8 | 12β4 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
1999β2000 | Bill Fennelly | 27β6 | 13β3 | T-1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
2000β2001 | Bill Fennelly | 27β6 | 12β4 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
2001β2002 | Bill Fennelly | 24β9 | 9β7 | 6th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2002β2003 | Bill Fennelly | 12β16 | 7β9 | 8th | |||||
2003β2004 | Bill Fennelly | 18β15 | 7β9 | T-8th | NIT Semifinal | ||||
2004β2005 | Bill Fennelly | 23β7 | 12β4 | T-3rd | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2005β2006 | Bill Fennelly | 18β13 | 7β9 | T-8th | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
2006β2007 | Bill Fennelly | 26β9 | 10β6 | T-4th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2007β2008 | Bill Fennelly | 21β13 | 7β9 | T-7th | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2008β2009 | Bill Fennelly | 27β9 | 11β5 | T-3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
2009β2010 | Bill Fennelly | 25β8 | 11β5 | T-2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2010β2011 | Bill Fennelly | 22β11 | 9β7 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2011β2012 | Bill Fennelly | 18β13 | 9β9 | T-4th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2012β2013 | Bill Fennelly | 24β9 | 12β6 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2013β2014 | Bill Fennelly | 20β11 | 9β9 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2014β2015 | Bill Fennelly | 18β13 | 9β9 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2015β2016 | Bill Fennelly | 13β17 | 5β13 | 8th | |||||
2016β2017 | Bill Fennelly | 18β13 | 9β9 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
2017β2018 | Bill Fennelly | 14β17 | 7β11 | T-7th | |||||
2018β2019 | Bill Fennelly | 26β9 | 13β5 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
2019β2020 | Bill Fennelly | 18β11 | 10β8 | Tβ4th | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||
2020β2021 | Bill Fennelly | 17β11 | 12β6 | 4th | NCAA second round | ||||
2021β2022 | Bill Fennelly | 28β6 | 14β4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2022β2023 | Bill Fennelly | 22β9 | 11β7 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
2023β2024 | Bill Fennelly | 17β10 | 11β6 | ||||||
Bill Fennelly: | 607β311 | 284β203 | |||||||
Total: | 859β662 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Hilton Coliseumβ»
The Cyclones play at Hilton Coliseum, on the campus of Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclonesβ yearly attendance average has grown from 733 fans per game the season before Coach Fennelly came to ISU to over 10,000 per contest in 2011β2012. ISUβs attendance has ranked among the top 11 schools nationally in each of the last 17 seasons, including ranking fourth for three straight years from 1999 to 2002 and fourth. Or higher for seven straight years from 2007 to 2014. Iowa State was ranked 2nd in attendance in 2013 and 2014. The Cyclones enjoyed their first-ever sellout crowd in a 2004 WNIT/NIT doubleheader against Saint Joseph's. In 2009, Iowa State had a higher total attendance with over 156,000 than 16 of the 31 Division I conferences.
Season | Coach | Avg. attendance | Home games | National rank |
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1986β87 | Pam Wettig | 427 | 12 | |
1987β88 | Pam Wettig | 944 | 10 | |
1988β89 | Pam Wettig | 579 | 12 | |
1989β90 | Pam Wettig | 635 | 10 | |
1990β91 | Pam Wettig | 533 | 9 | |
1991β92 | Pam Wettig | 423 | 11 | |
1992β93 | Theresa Becker | 653 | 11 | |
1993β94 | Theresa Becker | 725 | 13 | |
1994β95 | Theresa Becker | 733 | 14 | |
1995β96 | Bill Fennelly | 1,706 | 10 | |
1996β97 | Bill Fennelly | 1,688 | 13 | |
1997β98 | Bill Fennelly | 3,775 | 17 | |
1998β99 | Bill Fennelly | 6,115 | 15 | 11 |
1999β00 | Bill Fennelly | 11,184 | 16 | 4 |
2000β01 | Bill Fennelly | 11,370 | 16 | 4 |
2001β02 | Bill Fennelly | 10,296 | 16 | 4 |
2002β03 | Bill Fennelly | 9,632 | 14 | 5 |
2003β04 | Bill Fennelly | 8,021 | 18 | 9 |
2004β05 | Bill Fennelly | 7,396 | 15 | 9 |
2005β06 | Bill Fennelly | 7,668 | 16 | 7 |
2006β07 | Bill Fennelly | 8,906 | 16 | 7 |
2007β08 | Bill Fennelly | 9,388 | 17 | 4 |
2008β09 | Bill Fennelly | 9,754 | 16 | 3 |
2009β10 | Bill Fennelly | 9,316 | 19 | 3 |
2010β11 | Bill Fennelly | 9,370 | 17 | 4 |
2011β12 | Bill Fennelly | 10,125 | 16 | 3 |
2012β13 | Bill Fennelly | 9,970 | 15 | 2 |
2013β14 | Bill Fennelly | 9,916 | 17 | 2 |
2014β15 | Bill Fennelly | 9,289 | 17 | 4 |
2015β16 | Bill Fennelly | 9,833 | 15 | 3 |
2016β17 | Bill Fennelly | 9,106 | 19 | 3 |
2017β18 | Bill Fennelly | 9,870 | 15 | 3 |
2018β19 | Bill Fennelly | 9,573 | 20 | 2 |
2019β20 | Bill Fennelly | 9,690 | 17 | 3 |
2020β21 | Bill Fennelly | 698 | 14 | * |
Retired jerseysβ»
Retired Jerseysβ»
Year Retired | Player | Jersey Number |
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1985 | Tonya Burns | #42 |
2004 | Jayme Olson | #53 |
2005 | Megan Taylor | #51 |
2010 | Angie Wellie | #32 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Iowa State University Style Guide" (PDF). Trademark.IAState.edu. February 20, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Women's Basketball Attendance". Web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "ISU Softball Coaches and Records β Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site β www.CYCLONES.com β The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports". www.CYCLONES.com. 2013-01-02. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ "Video". CNN. March 17, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
- ^ "All-Time USA Basketball Women's Teams Assistant Coaches". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ "Pam Wettig Bio β The University of Denver Official Athletic Site".
- ^ "Iowa State University Department of Athletics, Women's Basketball Subject Files, RS 24/18/1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library".
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
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