Brown Bears women's basketball

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2024–25 Brown Bears women's basketball team

University

Brown University

First season

1973; 51 years ago (1973)

Head coach

Monique LeBlanc (5th season)

Conference

Ivy League

Location

Providence, Rhode Island

Arena

Pizzitola Sports Center
(capacity: 2,800)

Nickname

Bears

Student section

The Brown Bear's Den

Colors

Seal brown, cardinal red, and white

Uniforms

Home

Away

NCAA tournament appearances

1994

Conference regular season champions

1984, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2006

The Brown Bears women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Brown University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Bears play home basketball games at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island on the university campus.

History

Brown has won 6 Ivy League championships, three of them outright (1984, 1992, 1993) and three shared (1985, 1994, 2006). Twice they have played in a playoff (the league did not have a conference tournament until 2017) to determine the Ivy League bid for the NCAA Tournament, winning 72–62 win over Dartmouth in 1994 and losing 73–62 in 2006 to Dartmouth.

Season	Record	Conference Record	Coach
1973–74	11–1	n/a	Gail Davis
1974–75	16–4	3–2 (2nd)	Gail Davis
1975–76	13–7	2–1 (2nd)	Carole Kleinfelder
1976–77	7–11	1–2 (4th)	Gail Klock
1977–78	9–13	2–2 (5th)	Gail Klock
1978–79	7–13	1–2 (6th)	Gail Klock
1979–80	12–13	5–5 (6th)	Gail Klock
1980–81	8–17	4–6 (6th)	Maureen Enos
1981–82	9–15	4–5 (4th)	Maureen Enos
1982–83	12–12	7–5 (4th)	Maureen Enos
1983–84	16–8	10–2 (1st)	Maureen Enos
1984–85	15–11	9–3 (1st)	Maureen Enos
1985–86	12–14	5–7 (5th)	Maureen Enos
1986–87	9–15	6–8 (5th)	Maureen Enos
1987–88	6–20	5–9 (5th)	Maureen Enos
1988–89	16–10	9–5 (3rd)	Jean Marie Burr
1989–90	16–10	9–5 (2nd)	Jean Marie Burr
1990–91	19–7	10–4 (2nd)	Jean Marie Burr
1991–92	22–4	13–1 (1st)	Jean Marie Burr
1992–93	19–7	13–1 (1st)	Jean Marie Burr
1993–94	18–10	11–3 (1st)	Jean Marie Burr
1994–95	12–14	8–6 (3rd)	Jean Marie Burr
1995–96	10–16	7–7 (5th)	Jean Marie Burr
1996–97	15–11	10–4 (2nd)	Jean Marie Burr
1997–98	11–15	7–7 (6th)	Jean Marie Burr
1998–99	12–14	7–7 (4th)	Jean Marie Burr
1999-00	9–19	4–10 (7th)	Jean Marie Burr
2000–01	10–17	5–9 (6th)	Jean Marie Burr
2001–02	5–22	2–12 (8th)	Jean Marie Burr
2002–03	15–12	9–5 (T-2nd)	Jean Marie Burr
2003–04	16–11	9–5 (T-2nd)	Jean Marie Burr
2004–05	18–9	10–4 (3rd)	Jean Marie Burr
2005–06	18–10	12–2 (T-1st)	Jean Marie Burr
2006–07	5–23	3–11 (8th)	Jean Marie Burr
2007–08	2–26	1–13 (8th)	Jean Marie Burr
2008–09	3–25	1–13 (8th)	Jean Marie Burr
2009–10	8–20	5–9 (6th)	Jean Marie Burr
2010–11	10–18	6–8 (4th)	Jean Marie Burr
2011–12	16–12	7–7 (4th)	Jean Marie Burr
2012–13	9–19	3–11 (7th)	Jean Marie Burr
2013–14	10–18	4–10 (6th)	Jean Marie Burr
2014–15	10–18	4–10 (7th)	Sarah Behn
2015–16	15–13	3–11 (7th)	Sarah Behn
2016–17	17–13	7–7 (T-4th)	Sarah Behn

Postseason appearances

The Bears have made the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament once. They have a record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1994	#16	First Round	#1 Connecticut	L 60–79

References

"Brown University Athletics & Recreation Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
"Brown Bears Scores, Stats and Highlights". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
"Women's Basketball – News – GoColumbiaLions.com—Official Web Site of Columbia University Athletics". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"The Road to the Rest of Their Lives". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
"Brown Women's Basketball Year-by-Year Results – Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"Brown". Brownbears.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"Brown". Brownbears.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"Ivy League" (PDF). Ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
"Ivy League" (PDF). Ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-26.

External links

Official website

v t e Brown Bears women's basketball
Venues	Marvel Gymnasium (1973–1989) Pizzitola Sports Center (1989–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Brown University

Schools

Centers

Athletics

Teams	Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Sailing Men's rowing
Venues	Gouse Field Marvel Gymnasium Meehan Auditorium Murray Stadium Pizzitola Sports Center Stevenson Field

Campus

History

Student Life

Publications

Organizations

v t e Ivy League women's basketball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference tournament
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24