James Madison Dukes women's basketball

James Madison Dukes
2017–18 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team
University James Madison University
Head coach Sean O'Regan (1st season)
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Location Harrisonburg, Virginia
Arena Convocation Center
(Capacity: 6,426)
Nickname Dukes
Student section Electric Zoo
Colors Purple and Gold[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1986, 1987, 1988, 1991
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
Conference regular season champions
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016

The James Madison Dukes women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association. [2]

History

The team was founded in 1920, though records only go back to 1972. [3] They joined the CAA in 1983. In the 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament and the 1991 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, they upset the #1 seed (Virginia in the former and Penn State in the latter) while ranked #8 (the lowest seed at the time), being the first team to ever do that on the women's side (the size of the tournament for the former was 40 while the latter had 48 teams). They are one of only three schools to upset a #1 seed while ranked as the lowest seed (the other being Southwest Missouri State in 1992 and Harvard in 1998). They have made the NCAA Tournament in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2016. They have made the WNIT in 2001, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017, and 2018 finishing as runner up in 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "JMU Logos and Marks". Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "James Madison University". jmusports.com.
  3. ↑ "Women's Basketball Year by Year". James Madison University.
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