Purdue Boilermakers | ||||
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University | Purdue University | |||
Head coach | Katie Gearlds (3rd season) | |||
Conference | Big Ten | |||
Location | West Lafayette, Indiana | |||
Arena | Mackey Arena (Capacity: 14,804) | |||
Nickname | Boilermakers | |||
Student section | Gold Mine | |||
Colors | Old gold and black | |||
Uniforms | ||||
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NCAA tournament champions | ||||
1999 | ||||
NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
2001 | ||||
NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
1994, "1999," 2001 | ||||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
1994, "1995," 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009 | ||||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 | ||||
NCAA tournament second round | ||||
1990, 1992, 1994 , 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 | ||||
NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2023 | ||||
Conference tournament champions | ||||
1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013 | ||||
Conference regular season champions | ||||
1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002 |
The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is: a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I. And the: Big Ten Conference.
Purdue is rich in tradition and "history," holding theββrecord for Big Ten women's basketball tournament championships, along with annually ranking in the "top 10 nationally in home attendance." The Boilermakers have appeared in the NCAA Final Four three times. And won the NCAA National Championship in 1999. The Boilermakers share a classic rivalry with the Indiana Hoosiers, of which Purdue owns a 52β27 series lead.
Historyβ»
In 1975, women's basketball became an intercollegiate sport at Purdue University. In 1982, the sport was elevatedββto revenue status, which meant more money was available. Under Coach Lin Dunn, Purdue qualified for its first NCAA Tournament game in 1989. Ten years later, Purdue won its first national championship by, beating Duke University in the title game. Sharon Versyp, a former Purdue standout, was introduced as the head coach at the start of the 2006 season.
Current coaching staffβ»
Source:
- Katie Gearlds - Head Coach
- Beth Couture - Associate Coach
- Michael Scruggs - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Alex Guyton - Assistant Coach
- Jaelen Nice - Graduate Assistant
- Karmell Brown - Graduate Assistant
- Jessica Lipsett - Trainer
- Jason Pullara - Strength Coach
Year by year resultsβ»
Conference tournament winners noted with # Source
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Coaches' poll | AP poll | |||
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Unknown (CIAW) (1968β1969) | ||||||||||
1968-69 | Unknown | β | β | CIAW Tenth Place | ||||||
: | β | β | ||||||||
Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||
Deborah Gebhardt (Big Ten) (1975β1976) | ||||||||||
1975-76 | Deborah Gephardt | 8β8 | 2β3 | 3 | IAIAW | |||||
Deborah Gephardt: | 8β8 | 2β3 | ||||||||
Ruth Jones (Big Ten) (1976β1986) | ||||||||||
1976-77 | Ruth Jones | 7β16 | 2β4 | 7th | IAIAW | |||||
1977-78 | Ruth Jones | 13β7 | 1β2 | T-5th | IAIAW | |||||
1978-79 | Ruth Jones | 7β19 | 0β1 | T-7th | IAIAW | |||||
1979-80 | Ruth Jones | 4β18 | 0β1 | T-6th | IAIAW | |||||
1980-81 | Ruth Jones | 14β18 | 0β1 | T-7th | IAIAW - 2nd | |||||
1981-82 | Ruth Jones | 13β17 | 0β1 | T-7th | IAIAW - 1st; MAIAW - 3rd | |||||
1982-83 | Ruth Jones | 10β16 | 3β15 | 8th | ||||||
1983-84 | Ruth Jones | 5β23 | 1β17 | 10th | ||||||
1984-85 | Ruth Jones | 12β16 | 6β12 | T-7th | ||||||
1985-86 | Ruth Jones | 16β11 | 9β9 | T-5th | ||||||
Ruth Jones: | 101β161 | 22β63 | ||||||||
Marsha Reall (Big Ten) (1986β1987) | ||||||||||
1986-87 | Marsha Reall | 18β9 | 10β8 | 5th | ||||||
Marsha Reall: | 18β9 | 10β8 | ||||||||
Lin Dunn (Big Ten) (1987β1996) | ||||||||||
1987-88 | Lin Dunn | 21β10 | 13β5 | 3rd | NWIT Second Place | |||||
1988-89 | Lin Dunn | 24β6 | 14β4 | 3rd | NCAA second round (Bye) | 17 | 15 | |||
1989-90 | Lin Dunn | 23β7 | 14β4 | 3rd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 14 | 15 | |||
1990-91 | Lin Dunn | 26β3 | 17β1 | 1st | NCAA second round (Bye) | 14 | 5 | |||
1991-92 | Lin Dunn | 23β7 | 14β4 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 16 | 11 | |||
1992-93 | Lin Dunn | 16β11 | 8β10 | 6th | ||||||
1993-94 | Lin Dunn | 29β5 | 16β2 | T-1st | NCAA Final Four | 3 | 8 | |||
1994-95 | Lin Dunn | 24β8 | 13β3 | T-1st | NCAA Elite Eight | 9 | 16 | |||
1995-96 | Lin Dunn | 20β11 | 11β5 | 4th | NCAA first round | 15 | ||||
Lin Dunn: | 206β68 | 120β38 | ||||||||
Nell Fortner (Big Ten) (1996β1997) | ||||||||||
1996-97 | Nell Fortner | 17β11 | 12β4 | T-1st | NCAA second round | 23 | ||||
Nell Fortner: | 17β11 | 12β4 | ||||||||
Carolyn Peck (Big Ten) (1997β1999) | ||||||||||
1997-98 | Carolyn Peck | 23β10 | 10β6 | T-3rd# | NCAA Elite Eight | 11 | 21 | |||
1998-99 | Carolyn Peck | 34β1 | 16β0 | 1st# | NCAA Champions | 1 | 1 | |||
Carolyn Peck: | 57β11 | 26β6 | ||||||||
Kristy Curry (Big Ten) (1999β2006) | ||||||||||
1999-2000 | Kristy Curry | 23β8 | 11β5 | T-3rd# | NCAA second round | 16 | 13 | |||
2000-01 | Kristy Curry | 31β7 | 14β2 | 1st | NCAA Runner-up | 2 | 9 | |||
2001-02 | Kristy Curry | 24β6 | 13β3 | 1st | NCAA second round | 14 | 9 | |||
2002-03 | Kristy Curry | 29β6 | 12β4 | T-2nd# | NCAA Elite Eight | 7 | 10 | |||
2003-04 | Kristy Curry | 29β4 | 14β2 | 2nd# | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 9 | 3 | |||
2004-05 | Kristy Curry | 17β13 | 9β7 | 5th | NCAA second round | |||||
2005-06 | Kristy Curry | 26β7 | 13β3 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | 11 | 11 | |||
Kristy Curry: | 179β51 | 86β26 | ||||||||
Sharon Versyp (Big Ten) (2006β2021) | ||||||||||
2006-07 | Sharon Versyp | 31β6 | 14β2 | 2nd# | NCAA Elite Eight | 7 | 11 | |||
2007-08 | Sharon Versyp | 19β15 | 11β7 | T-3rd# | NCAA second round | |||||
2008-09 | Sharon Versyp | 25β11 | 13β5 | T-2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | 16 | ||||
2009β10 | Sharon Versyp | 15β17 | 9β9 | 5th | WNIT second round | |||||
2010-11 | Sharon Versyp | 21β12 | 9β7 | 7th | NCAA second round | |||||
2011-12 | Sharon Versyp | 25β9 | 11β5 | T-2nd# | NCAA second round | 18 | 13 | |||
2012-13 | Sharon Versyp | 25β9 | 10β6 | T-3rd# | NCAA second round | 21 | 20 | |||
2013β14 | Sharon Versyp | 22β9 | 11β5 | T-4th | NCAA second round | 21 | 19 | |||
2014β15 | Sharon Versyp | 11β20 | 3β15 | T-13th | ||||||
2015β16 | Sharon Versyp | 20β12 | 10β8 | 6th | NCAA first round | |||||
2016β17 | Sharon Versyp | 23β13 | 10β5 | T-4th | NCAA second round | |||||
2017β18 | Sharon Versyp | 18β13 | 9β7 | T-7th | WNIT second round | |||||
2018β19 | Sharon Versyp | 19β15 | 8β10 | T-10th | ||||||
2019β20 | Sharon Versyp | 18β14 | 8β10 | 9th | ||||||
2020β21 | Sharon Versyp | 7β16 | 4β14 | 12th | ||||||
Sharon Versyp: | 301β192 | 141β116 | ||||||||
Katie Gearlds (Big Ten) (2021βpresent) | ||||||||||
2021β22 | Katie Gearlds | 17β15 | 7β11 | 9th | WNIT Second Round | |||||
2022β23 | Katie Gearlds | 19β11 | 9β8 | 7th | NCAA First Four | |||||
Katie Gearlds: | 36β26 | 16β19 | ||||||||
Total: | 921β536 | 429β272 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NCAA tournament resultsβ»
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1989 | #5 | First Round Second Round |
#12 Arkansas #4 LSU |
W 91β63 L 53β54 |
1990 | #4 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#5 Northern Illinois #1 Louisiana Tech |
W 86β81 L 47β91 |
1991 | #2 | Second Round | #10 Vanderbilt | L 63β69 |
1992 | #3 | Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#11 Northern Illinois #2 Maryland |
W 98β62 L 58β64 |
1994 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four |
#16 Radford #8 Washington #13 Texas A&M #2 Stanford #3 North Carolina |
W 103β56 W 86β59 W82β56 W 82β65 L 74β89 |
1995 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#13 Portland #12 Montana #1 Vanderbilt #2 Stanford |
W 74β59 W 62β51 W 67β66 L 58β69 |
1996 | #5 | First Round | #12 Notre Dame | L 60β73 |
1997 | #8 | First Round Second Round |
#9 Maryland #1 Old Dominion |
W 74β48 L 65β69 |
1998 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#13 Washington #12 Colorado State #9 Notre Dame #3 Louisiana Tech |
W 88β71 W 77β63 W 70β65 L 65β72 |
1999 | #1 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game |
#16 Oral Roberts #9 Kansas #4 North Carolina #3 Rutgers #1 Louisiana Tech #3 Duke |
W 68β48 W 55β41 W 82β59 W 75β62 W 77β63 W 62β45 |
2000 | #4 | First Round Second Round |
#13 Dartmouth #5 Oklahoma |
W 70β66 L 74β76 |
2001 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game |
#14 UC Santa Barbara #6 LSU #2 Texas Tech #4 Xavier #5 SW Missouri State #1 Notre Dame |
W 75β62 W 73β70 W 74β72 W 88β78 W 81β64 L 66β68 |
2002 | #2 | First Round Second Round |
#15 Austin Peay #7 Old Dominion |
W 80β49 L 70β74 (OT) |
2003 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#15 Valparaiso #7 Virginia Tech #11 Notre Dame #1 Connecticut |
W 66β51 W 80β62 W 66β47 L 64β73 |
2004 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#15 St. Francis (PA) #7 Villanova #3 Georgia |
W 78β59 W 60β42 L 64β66 |
2005 | #9 | First Round Second Round |
#8 New Mexico #1 Tennessee |
W 68β56 L 54β75 |
2006 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#13 Missouri State #5 UCLA #1 North Carolina |
W 73β54 W 61β54 L 68β70 |
2007 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#15 Oral Roberts #7 Georgia Tech #3 Georgia #1 North Carolina |
W 63β42 W 76β63 W 78β65 L 72β84 |
2008 | #9 | First Round Second Round |
#8 Utah #1 Tennessee |
W 66β59 L 52β78 |
2009 | #6 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#11 Charlotte #3 North Carolina #7 Rutgers #1 Oklahoma |
W 65β52 W 85β70 W 67β61 L 68β74 |
2011 | #9 | First Round Second Round |
#8 Kansas State #1 Connecticut |
W 53β45 L 40β64 |
2012 | #4 | First Round Second Round |
#13 South Dakota State #5 South Carolina |
W 83β68 L 61β72 |
2013 | #4 | First Round Second Round |
#13 Liberty #5 Louisville |
W 77β43 L 63β76 |
2014 | #4 | First Round Second Round |
#13 Liberty #5 Louisville |
W 84β55 L 66β73 |
2016 | #11 | First Round | #6 Oklahoma | L 45β61 |
2017 | #9 | First Round Second Round |
#8 Green Bay #1 Notre Dame |
W 74β62 L 82β88 (OT) |
2023 | #11 | First Four | #11 St. John's | L 64β66 |
National Awardsβ»
National Player of the Year (2)β»
- MaChelle Joseph (1992)
- Stephanie White (1999)
Wade Trophy (1)β»
- Stephanie White (1999)
All-American Consensus Selections (7)β»
- Joy Holmes (1991)
- MaChelle Joseph (1992)
- Stacey Lovelace (1995)
- Stephanie White (1999)
- Katie Douglas (2000, 2001)
- Shereka Wright (2004)
Academic All-American First Team Selections (5)β»
- Sue Bartz (1982)
- Carol Emanuel (1983)
- Stephanie White (1999)
- Camille Cooper (2001)
- Katie Douglas (2001)
- Candice Hall (2001)
National Coach of the Year (1)β»
- Carolyn Peck (1999)
Big Ten Awardsβ»
Player of the Year (8)β»
- Joy Holmes (1991)
- MaChelle Joseph (1992)
- Stacey Lovelace (1995)
- Jannon Roland (1997)
- Stephanie White (1999)
- Katie Douglas (2000, 2001)
- Shereka Wright (2004)
Suzy Favor Female Athlete of the Year (4)β»
- Joy Holmes (1991)
- MaChelle Joseph (1992)
- Stephanie White (1999)
- Katie Douglas (2001)
Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball Recipient (6)β»
- Joy Holmes (1991)
- MaChelle Joseph (1992)
- Stacey Lovelace (1995)
- Jannon Roland (1997)
- Stephanie White (1999)
- Katie Douglas (2001)
Defensive Player of the Year (4)β»
- Kelly Komara (2002)
- Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (2007)
- Ae'Rianna Harris (2018, 2019) - the first two-time winner in Purdue history.
6th Player of the Year (2)β»
- Brittany Rayburn (2009)
- Whitney Bays (2014)
Freshman of the Year (4)β»
- MaChelle Joseph (1989)
- Leslie Johnson (1994)
- Katie Gearlds (2004)
- Mary Ashley Stevenson (2024)
Coach of the Year (5)β»
- Ruth Jones (1986)
- Lin Dunn (1989,1991)
- Nell Fortner (1997)
- Carolyn Peck (1999)
All-time recordsβ»
Big Ten Win/Loss Records (As of 2015 Regular Season)β»
- Illinois: 52-17
- Indiana: 52-27
- Iowa: 36-30
- Maryland: 1-5
- Michigan: 50-18
- Michigan State: 38-29
- Minnesota: 43-19
- Nebraska: 5-2
- Northwestern: 45-21
- Ohio State: 28-43
- Penn State: 27-19
- Rutgers: 2-2
- Wisconsin: 48-18
Career recordsβ»
- Most Points: MaChelle Joseph - 2,405 (1989β91)
- Most Rebounds: Stacey Lovelace - 876 (1993β96)
- Most Assists: MaChelle Joseph - 628 (1989β91)
- Most Steals: Katie Douglas - 327 (1998-01)
- Most Blocks: AeβRianna Harris - 350 (2016β20)
- Most 3-Point Field Goals: Katie Gearlds - 238 (2003β07)
Single season recordsβ»
- Most Points: Stephanie White (1998β99) / Katie Gearlds (2006β07) - 707
- Most Rebounds: Leslie Johnson - 306 (1993β94)
- Most Assists: Lisa Jahner - 201 (1987β88)
- Most Steals: Kelly Komara - 120 (2001β02)
- Most Blocks: Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton - 108 (2006β07)
- Most 3-Point Field Goals: Katie Gearlds - 88 (2006β07)
Single game recordsβ»
- Most Points: Katie Gearlds - 41 (2007)
- Most Rebounds: Leslie Schultz - 25 (1981)
- Most Assists: MaChelle Joseph - 16 (1992)
- Most Steals: Joy Holmes - 12 (1989)
See alsoβ»
- 1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I women's college basketball
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Purdue Fonts and Colors". Purdue Marketing and Communications. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Purdue Women's Basketball Roster". Purdue.
- ^ "Media Guide". Purdue University. Retrieved 10 Aug 2015.
- ^ "Purdue History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.