UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball

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Texas–Arlington Mavericks
2020–21 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
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UniversityUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Head coachShereka Wright (1st season)
ConferenceSun Belt
LocationArlington, Texas
ArenaCollege Park Center
(Capacity: 7,000)
NicknameMavericks
ColorsRoyal blue, white, and orange[1]
     
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away


NCAA Tournament Appearances
2005, 2007
Conference tournament champions
2005, 2007
Conference regular season champions
2005, 2007, 2009, 2019

The UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Sun Belt Conference and representing the University of Texas at Arlington. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on the university's campus in Arlington, Texas. The team appeared in the 2005 NCAA tournament, losing to #4 seed Texas Tech in the first round, 69–49, and the 2007 NCAA tournament, dropping their first round game to #4 seed Texas A&M 58–50. The team has also made three postseason appearances in the NIT, the first in 1998 as an at-large, the second in 2009 and the most recent was another at-large bid in 2017.

Team history[]

Grubbs Vocational College women's basketball team, circa 1921
UT Arlington celebrating a victory at Texas Hall in 2005
UT Arlington in action against Louisiana–Monroe
UT Arlington in action in the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The Mavericks began their first year of play in the 1972–73 season in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Legendary coach Jody Conradt joined the Mavericks in their second year and was head coach for three years. When all women’s sports joined the NCAA and began play in the same conferences as the men’s sports, UTA began competing in the Southland Conference in 1982–83. Since that time, they have won three regular season titles and two tournament titles. They have finished as the regular season runner-up four times and been the tournament runner-up twice.

UTA joined the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012–13 season. It was also their final year in the WAC, as UTA joined the Sun Belt Conference July 1, 2013.

Facilities[]

Until February 2012, the Mavericks played at Texas Hall, which is a 3,300-seat theater on the campus. The teams played on the stage, and fans could watch the game from either the theater seats or the bleacher section.

A new arena called the College Park Center with a seating capacity of 7,000 hosted the final four regular-season home games for the team in 2012.[2][3] The facility is located on the eastern side of the campus along with new housing, parking, and retail developments. The Mavericks have not had a home court advantage at CPC as UTA sports a 35-42 records. The last three years have been better, as the team is 28-16 (as of the 2016-17 season).

Coaches[]

The Mavericks have had 9 coaches, listed below, in their 42-year history. Krista Gerlich is the current coach. Her first full season began in October, 2013. She is currently in her third season as the Mavericks's head coach.

  • Carla Lowry – 1973-1973 (1 seasons)
  • Jody Conradt – 1973–1976 (3 seasons)
  • Cindy Salser – 1976–1979 (3 seasons)
  • Connie Kelch – 1979–1989 (10 seasons)
  • Jerry Isler – 1989–1992 (3 seasons)
  • Mike Dean – 1992–2000 (8 seasons)
  • Donna Capps – 2000–2007 (7 seasons)
  • Samantha Morrow – 2007–2013 (5 seasons)
  • Krista Gerlich – 2013–present (enter 5th season)

Season-by-season results[]

UT Arlington in action against Louisiana
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Carla Lowry (Independent) (1973–1973)
1973 Lowry 3–7
Carla Lowry: 3–7 (.300)
Jody Conradt (Independent) (1973–1976)
1973–1974 Conradt 9–14
1974–1975 Conradt 11–14
1975–1976 Conradt 23–11
Jody Conradt: 43–39 (.524)
Cindy Salser (Independent) (1976–1979)
1976–1977 Salser 20–11
1977–1978 Salser 21–10
1978–1979 Salser 10–17
Cindy Salser: 51–38 (.573)
Connie Kelch (Independent) (1979–1982)
1979–1980 Kelch 12–16
1980–1981 Kelch 18–18
1981–1982 Kelch 20–17
Connie Kelch: 50–51 (.495)
Connie Kelch (Southland Conference) (1982–1989)
1982–1983 Kelch 10–17 1–4 T-4th
1983–1984 Kelch 14–14 5–7 5th
1984–1985 Kelch 13–14 8–4 2nd
1985–1986 Kelch 11–15 5–5 4th
1986–1987 Kelch 8–18 3–9 6th
1987–1988 Kelch 5–22 3–12 8th
1988–1989 Kelch 6–21 1–13 8th
Connie Kelch: 67–121 (.356) 25–54 (.316)
Jerry Isler (Southland Conference) (1989–1992)
1989–1990 Isler 11–17 7–7 T-4th
1990–1991 Isler 13–15 8–6 T-3rd
1991–1992 Isler 18–11 12–6 4th
Jerry Isler: 42–43 (.494) 27–19 (.587)
Mike Dean (Southland Conference) (1992–2000)
1992–1993 Dean 11–16 7–11 6th
1993–1994 Dean 14–13 11–7 5th
1994–1995 Dean 10–17 9–9 7th
1995–1996 Dean 14–13 9–9 T-5th
1996–1997 Dean 17–11 11–5 T-2nd
1997–1998 Dean 18–9 11–5 3rd
1998–1999 Dean 18–11 12–6 T-2nd WNIT 1st Round
1999–2000 Dean 13–15 9–9 6th
Mike Dean: 115–105 (.523) 79–61 (.564)
Donna Capps (Southland Conference) (2000–2007)
2000–2001 Capps 6–21 4–12 10th
2001–2002 Capps 14–15 12–8 4th
2002–2003 Capps 15–13 13–7 5th
2003–2004 Capps 19–12 11–5 3rd
2004–2005 Capps 21–10 13–3 T-1st NCAA 1st Round
2005–2006 Capps 20–9 13–3 2nd
2006–2007 Capps 24–9 16–0 1st NCAA 1st Round
Donna Capps: 119–89 (.572) 82–38 (.683)
Samantha Morrow (Southland Conference) (2007–2012)
2007–2008 Morrow 19–10 13–3 2nd
2008–2009 Morrow 22–11 14–2 T-1st WNIT 1st Round
2009–2010 Morrow 15–16 9–7 6th
2010–2011 Morrow 8–20 5–11 T-8th
2011–2012 Morrow 8–21 4–12 11th
Samantha Morrow (Western Athletic Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–2013 Morrow 7–23 4–14 T-9th
: 79–101 (.439) 49–49 (.500)
Krista Gerlich (Sun Belt Conference) (2013–Present)
2013–2014 Gerlich 4–25 3–15 10th
2014–2015 Gerlich 17-13 11-9 T 4th
2015–2016 Gerlich 15-16 10-10 6th
2016–2017 Gerlich 22-9 14-4 2nd WNIT 1st Round
2017–2018 Gerlich 18-12 12-6 T-3rd
Krista Gerlich: 76–75 (.503) 50–44 (.532)
Total: 645–669 (.491)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA Tournament results[]

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2005 #13 First Round #4 Texas Tech L 49-69
2007 #13 First Round #4 Texas A&M L 50-58

References[]

  1. ^ "Color: UT Arlington Identity System". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Carter, O.K. (2009-02-23). "UT-Arlington arena long-sought goal for city, school". Fort Worth Business Press. Vol. 21, no. 6. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
  3. ^ Tronche, John-Laurent (2009-02-16). "UT-Arlington to build $73 million events facility". Fort Worth Business Press. Vol. 21, no. 6. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.

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