Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball

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Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball

University

Texas A&M University

Conference

Big 12

Location

College Station, Texas

Head Coach

Gary Blair (5th year)

Arena

Reed Arena
(Capacity: 12,500)

Nickname

Aggies

Colors

Maroon and White

Uniforms



Home



Away

NCAA Tournament Appearances

1994, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008

Conference Tournament Champions

Southwest Conference: 1996
Big 12 Conference: 2008

Conference Regular Season Champions

Big 12 Conference: 2007

The Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I women's basketball. The team is coached by Gary Blair. The Aggies play home games at Reed Arena, a 12,500-capacity arena in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M University.

In the 2006-07 season, Texas A&M was the only program in the Big 12 Conference to have both men's and women's teams competing in the NCAA Tournament - the men as a 3 seed and the women as a 4 seed.^[1]^[2]

1 Women's basketball history
- 1.1 Season-by-season results
2 Notable players
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Women's basketball history

Women's basketball at Texas A&M first debuted in the 1974–75 season. In 1994, they went to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. In 1995, they won the WNIT championship. In 1996, they were the SWC Champions and went to the First Round of the NCAA tournament. Since then, the team had not achieved much notable postseason success until the hiring of Gary Blair before the 2003–04 season. In the 2004–05 season, Blair took his team to the WNIT quarterfinals. In the 2005–06 season, the team advanced to the NCAA First Round. In the 2006–07 season, the team won the Big 12 regular season championship, and advanced to the NCAA Second Round.^[3] The 2007–08 team finished 8th in the AP Poll, the highest in team history. It also received the highest seed in the NCAA tournament out of all five appearances, and finished in the Elite Eight, the longest NCAA tournament run in history.^[4]

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Kay Don (1974 — 1977)
1974–1975	Kay Don	24–9	—	—	—
1975–1976	Kay Don	18–11	—	—	—
1976–1977	Kay Don	14–17	—	—	—
Kay Don:		56–37	—
Wanda Bender (1977 — 1979)
1977–1978	Wanda Bender	19–18	—	—	—
1978–1979	Wanda Bender	26–18	—	—	—
Wanda Bender:		45–36	—
Cherri Rap (1979 — 1984)
1979–1980	Cherri Rap	19–12	—	—	—
1980–1981	Cherri Rap	7–22	—	—	—
1981–1982	Cherri Rap	9–20	—	—	—
1982–1983†	Cherri Rap	11–16	2–6	7th	—
1983–1984	Cherri Rap	13–15	6–10	6th	—
Cherri Rap:		59–85	8–16	† A&M starts SWC play after the AIAW's dissolution
Lynn Hickey (1984 — 1994)
1984–1985	Lynn Hickey	14–14	7–9	T–5th	—
1985–1986	Lynn Hickey	16–13	9–7	T–4th	—
1986–1987	Lynn Hickey	9–17	5–11	T–6th	—
1987–1988	Lynn Hickey	16–13	9–7	T–4th	—
1988–1989	Lynn Hickey	17–12	8–8	5th	—
1989–1990	Lynn Hickey	16–12	8–8	T–5th	—
1990–1991	Lynn Hickey	14–14	8–8	5th	—
1991–1992	Lynn Hickey	15–13	7–7	T–4th	—
1992–1993	Lynn Hickey	15–12	7–7	4th	—
1993–1994	Lynn Hickey	23–8	11–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Lynn Hickey:		155–128	79–75
Candi Harvey (1994 — 1998)
1994–1995	Candi Harvey	21–9	9–5	T–2nd	NWIT Champions
1995–1996	Candi Harvey	20–12	8–5	4th	NCAA First Round
1996–1997‡	Candi Harvey	9–18	3–13	T–10th	—
1997–1998	Candi Harvey	9–19	4–12	T–9th	—
Candi Harvey:		59–58	24–35	‡ A&M starts Big 12 play.
Peggie Gillom (1998 — 2003)
1998–1999	Peggie Gillom	7–20	2–14	12th	—
1999–2000	Peggie Gillom	11–16	3–13	11th	—
2000–2001	Peggie Gillom	12–16	2–14	12th	—
2001–2002	Peggie Gillom	13–16	5–11	9th	—
2002–2003	Peggie Gillom	10–18	3–13	T–9th	—
Peggie Gillom:		53–86	15–65
Gary Blair (2003 — present)
2003–2004	Gary Blair	9–19	2–14	T–11th	—
2004–2005	Gary Blair	16–15	4–12	T–9th	WNIT Quarterfinals
2005–2006	Gary Blair	23–9	11–5	3rd	NCAA First Round
2006–2007	Gary Blair	25–7	13–3	T–1st	NCAA Second Round
2007–2008	Gary Blair	29–8	11–5	T–3rd	NCAA Elite Eight
Gary Blair:		102–58	41–39
Total:		529–488
National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion

Source: ^[3]

[edit] Notable players

Name	Career at Texas A&M	Notability	Year drafted by WNBA	Reference
Morenike Atunrase	2004–08	WNBA player for the San Antonio Silver Stars	2008	^[5]
A'Quonesia Franklin	2004–08	WNBA player for the Sacramento Monarchs	2008	^[6]
Jaynetta Saunders	1999–01	Former WNBA player for Phoenix Mercury	2001	^[7]^[8]
Toccara Williams	2000–04	Former WNBA player for San Antonio Silver Stars	2004	^[9]