The Colorado Buffaloes

Colorado Buffaloes

The University of Colorado Boulder sponsors 16 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's team are called the Buffaloes or Golden Buffaloes . "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993...

 women's basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team represents the University of Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...

 and competes in the Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

 of NCAA Division I.

Conferences

Colorado has played in the Big 8 and the Big 12 conferences. The Buffaloes joined the Big 12 in 1997 when the Big 8 merged with several former members of the defunct Southwest Conference.

Coaches

Colorado's head women's basketball coach is Linda Lappe, who is entering her first season at Colorado. Lappe hired assistant coaches Jennie Baranczyk, Johnna Pointer, and Jonas Chatterton.

Record

Data through 2006-07 season.

Year	Coach	Big 12	Pct.	Overall	Pct.	Postseason
1975-76	Carol Hochsprung	2-10 (IC)	.083	2-11	.154
1976-77	Jerry Zancanelli	5-8 (IC)	.385	8-12	.400
1977-78]	Jerry Zancanelli	5-8 (IC)	.385	14-12	.538
1978-79	Jerry Zancanelli	6-6 (IC)	.500	18-14	.563
1979-80	Rene Portland Rene Portland Maureen Theresa "Rene" Muth Portland is an American former head women's college basketball coach known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team. Her career resume includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, five Big Ten Conference...	10-3 (3/IC)	.769	22-9	.710
1980-81	Rene Portland	9-1 (1/IC)	.900	18-11	.621	AIAW AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament -1973 tournament:The 1973 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site was Queens College in Flushing, New York...
1981-82	Russell "Sox" Walseth	10-0 (1/IC)	1.000	28-5	.848
1982-83	Russell "Sox" Walseth	8-2 (T1/IC)	.800	28-8	.778
1983-84	Russell "Sox" Walseth	7-5 (BE)	.583	21-8	.724
1984-85	Ceal Barry	3-11 (7/BE)	.214	10-18	.357
1985-86	Ceal Barry	2-12 (8/BE)	.143	6-22	.214
1986-87	Ceal Barry	9-5 (2/BE)	.643	21-9	.700
1987-88	Ceal Barry	6-8 (6/BE)	.429	14-14	.500
1988-89	Ceal Barry	8-6 (3/BE)	.571	21-11	.656	NCAA
1989-90	Ceal Barry	14-0 (1/BE)	1.000	27-4	.871	NCAA
1990-91	Ceal Barry	10-4 (3/BE)	.714	17-11	.607
1991-92	Ceal Barry	8-6 (T4/BE)	.571	18-11	.631
1992-93	Ceal Barry	11-3 (2/BE)	.786	22-9	.710	NCAA
1993-94	Ceal Barry	12-2 (1/BE)	.857	27-4	.871	NCAA Regional
1994-95	Ceal Barry	12-2 (1/BE)	.857	27-5	.844	NCAA Regional
1995-96	Ceal Barry	14-0 (1/BE)	1.000	30-3	.909	NCAA Regional
1996-97	Ceal Barry	9-5 (4/BE)	.643	26-9	.743	NCAA
1997-98	Ceal Barry	12-4 (T2)	.750	23-9	.719	NCAA Regional
1998-99	Ceal Barry	5-11 (8th)	.313	12-16	.429
1999–2000	Ceal Barry	7-9 (T8th)	.438	15-14	.517	WNIT
2000-01	Ceal Barry	4-12 (10th)	.250	10-19	.345
2001-02	Ceal Barry	11-5 (4th)	.688	22-9	.710	NCAA
2002-03	Ceal Barry	11-5 (T3rd)	.688	24-10	.706	NCAA Regional
2003-04	Ceal Barry	11-5 (4th)	.688	24-8	.750	NCAA Regional
2004-05	Ceal Barry	11-5 (3rd)	.688	22-8	.733	NCAA
2005-06	Ceal Barry	2-14 (T11th)	.125	9-19	.321
2006-07	Kathy McConnell-Miller	6-10 (T7th)	.375	13-17	.433
2007-08	Kathy McConnell-Miller
OVERALL		270-145	.651	599-350	.631
Big Eight Conference		190-69	.734
Big 12 Conference		80-80	.500

External links

• Colorado Buffaloes Women's basketball Media Guide