James Madison Dukes women's basketball

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James Madison Dukes
James Madison University Athletics logo.svg
UniversityJames Madison University
Head coachSean O'Regan (3rd season)
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
LocationHarrisonburg, Virginia
ArenaAtlantic Union Bank Center (from 2020–21)
(Capacity: 8,500)
NicknameDukes
Student sectionElectric Zoo
ColorsPurple and gold[1]
   
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
Kit body vegasgoldsides.png
Away jersey
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Team colours
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
AIAW Tournament Appearances
1975
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, 2018, 2019

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 (CAA).[2] The Dukes are led by fifth-year head coach Sean O'Regan.

The Dukes have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament twelve times, most recently in 2016. Including Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) berths, the Dukes have played in a post-season tournament each season since 2006.

History[]

James Madison's women's basketball program is among the oldest in the nation, being founded in 1920. The program's first coach, Althea Loose Johnston, coached the team to a 106-33-5 record during her 22 year career. [3] Through the end of the 2018–19 season, the Dukes have compiled a record of 1123-549 (.672), the fourth most wins among all Division I programs and only one of 12 with over 1,000 wins.

In the 1986 and 1991 NCAA women's tournaments, 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, 2018, and 2019, finishing as runner-up in 2012.

Postseason results[]

NCAA Division I tournament results[]

The Dukes have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament twelve times. Their overall record in tournament games is 8–12.

Year Round Seed Opponent Result
1986 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #8 Providence
Virginia
Western Kentucky		 W 55–53
W 71–62
L 72–51
1987 Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #4 Vanderbilt
Texas		 W 68–60
L 91–51
1988 Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #4 Clemson
Tennessee		 W 70–63
L 72–52
1989 First Round
Second Round		 #6 Providence
Ohio State		 W 94–74
L 81–66
1991 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 #8 Kentucky
Penn State
Clemson		 W 70–62
W 73–71
L 57–55
1996 First Round #13 Duke L 85–53
2007 First Round #9 Pittsburgh L 71–61
2010 First Round #9 Temple L 65–53
2011 First Round #11 Oklahoma L 86–72
2014 First Round
Second Round		 #11 Gonzaga
Texas A&M		 W 72–63
L 85–69
2015 First Round #12 Ohio State L 90–80
2016 First Round #11 DePaul L 97–67

WNIT results[]

The Dukes have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) nine times. They have an overall tournament record of 22-9. In the 2012 tournament, the Dukes finished as runners-up to Oklahoma State.

Year Round Opponent Result
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals		 Temple
Georgetown
Mississippi State
Ohio State		 W 59–57
W 78–74
W 63–61
L 74–65
2006 First Round Charlotte L 70–62
2008 First Round
Second Round
Third Round		 Radford
Indiana
Kentucky		 W 80–58
W 86–81^OT
L 84–76
2009 First Round
Second Round		 American
Richmond		 W 61–59
L 59–57
2012 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship		 Davidson
Wake Forest
South Florida
Virginia
Syracuse
Oklahoma State		 W 64–49
W 84–76^OT
W 72–45
W 68–59
W 74–71
L 75-68
2013 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals		 North Carolina A&T
NC State
Fordham
Florida		 W 77–64
W 72–66
W 77–61
L 85-80
2017 First Round
Second Round
Third Round		 Radford
Virginia
Villanova		 W 80–59
W 61–55
L 69–67^OT
2018 First Round
Second Round
Third Round		 ETSU
Radford
West Virginia		 W 60–52
W 62–35
L 67–55
2019 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals		 North Carolina A&T
South Florida
Virginia Tech
Georgetown
Northwestern		 W 48–37
W 71–54
W 70–66
W 54–44
L 74-69

References[]

  1. ^ "JMU Logos and Marks". January 3, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "James Madison University". jmusports.com.
  3. ^ "JMU Women's Basketball History & Records" (PDF). James Madison University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13.

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