Mode: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 1986–87 |
Prev Year: | 1985–86 |
Next Year: | 1987–88 |
Team: | Texas Longhorns |
Conference: | Southwest Conference |
Short Conf: | SWC |
Aprank: | 1 |
Coachrank: | 3 |
Record: | 31–2 |
Conf Record: | 16–0 |
Hc Year: | 11th |
Asst Coach1: | Lynn Pool |
Asst Coach2: | Colleen Matsuhara |
Champion: | SWC champion SWC tournament champion Orange Bowl Invitational champion |
Tourney Result: | Final Four |
The 1986–87 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1986–87 college basketball season. It was head coach Jody Conradt's 11th season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Southwest Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. After losing a mid-December home game to Tennessee, they won 25 consecutive games before finishing the season 31–2, 16–0 in SWC play to win the regular season and SWC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they reached the Final Four for the second straight season.
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See main article: 1986–87 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.