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Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball

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Saint Louis Billikens
2024–25 Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team
UniversitySaint Louis University
Head coachRebecca Tillett (3rd season)
ConferenceAtlantic 10
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri
ArenaChaifetz Arena
(capacity: 10,600)
NicknameBillikens
Student sectionSLUnatics
ColorsSLU blue and white[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
2023
Conference tournament champions
2023
Conference regular season champions
2016

The Saint Louis Billikens women's basketball team is a college basketball program representing Saint Louis University. They compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[2]

History

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As of the end of the 2021–22 season, the Bilikens had an all-time record of 552–734. They have made appearances in the WNIT in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2024. They were the 2024 WNIT champions .[3][4]

Season Record Coach
1975–76 8–6 Thad Strobach (8–6)
1976–77 6–8 John O’Brien (176–147)
1977–78 15–8
1978–79 18–7
1979–80 18–6
1980–81 15–13
1981–82 11–11
1982–83 14–14
1983–84 16–9
1984–85 16–10
1985–86 16–10
1986–87 12–16
1987–88 11–16
1988–89 8–19
1989–90 3–24 Steve Cochran (3–50)
1990–91 0–26
1991–92 2–25 Sharon Allen (17–90)
1992–93 5–21
1993–94 6–21
1994–95 4–23
1995–96 6–21 Jill Pizzotti (113–167)
1996–97 10–18
1997–98 13–14
1998–99 16–12
1999-00 11–17
2000–01 14–14
2001–02 14–15
2002–03 17–14
2003–04 8–19
2004–05 4–23
2005–06 7–20 Shimmy Gray-Miller (71–136)
2006–07 13–17
2007–08 10–20
2008–09 12–18
2009–10 11–19
2010–11 7–22
2011–12 11–20
2012–13 12–19 Lisa Stone (164–138)
2013–14 12–18
2014–15 15–16
2015–16 26–8
2016–17 25–9
2017–18 17–16
2018–19 15–16
2019–20 19–13
2020–21 14–5
2021–22 9–18
2022–23 17–17 Rebecca Tillett (39–35)
2023-24 22–18

NCAA tournament appearances

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The Billikens have made 1 appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2023 #13 First Round (4) Tennessee L 50–95

WNIT

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The Saint Louis Billkens have made 5 appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. Their combined record is 11-4. They were WNIT champions in 2024.

Year Round Opponent Result
2016 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Arkansas–Little Rock
Ball State
Western Kentucky
W 70–69
W 59–57
L 76–78OT
2017 First Round
Second Round
IUPUI
Indiana
W 62–57
L 53–71
2018 First Round Kansas State L 61–75
2021 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals
DePaul
Milwaukee
Northern Iowa
W 74–72
W 64–44
L 50–58
2024 First Round
Second Round
Super 16
Great 8
Semifinals
Championship
Central Arkansas
Northern Iowa
Purdue Ft. Wayne
Wisconsin
Vermont
Minnesota
W 66-61
W 68–64
W 82–78
W 65-60
W 57-54
W 69-50

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Colors and Fonts". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball - News - SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University". SLUBillikens.com. 2017-02-11. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  3. ^ https://admin.xosn.com/fls/27200//pdfs/2016-17%20SLU%20WBB%20Prospectus.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://admin.xosn.com/fls/27200//pdfs/2016-17%20WBB%20Record%20Book.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=27200 [bare URL PDF]
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