Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball explained

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Lamar Lady Cardinals
Current:2023–24 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team
University:Lamar University
Location:Beaumont, Texas
Coach:Aqua Franklin
Tenure:5th
Arena:Montagne Center
Capacity:10,080
Nickname:Lady Cardinals
Studentsection:The Flock
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Ncaaeliteeight:1991
Ncaasweetsixteen:1991
Ncaaroundof32:1991
Ncaatourneys:1991, 2010
Conference Tournament:American South

1991
Southland: 2010

Conference Season:American South

1991
Sun Belt: 1992
Southland: 2010, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2024

Division Season:Southland: 2008 (East), 2010 (West)

The Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition.[1] The team plays in the 10,080 seat Montagne Center. The Lady Cardinals currently compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Southland Conference.

History

The Lady Cardinals have competed as members of four conferences at the NCAA Division I level. Lamar competed in the Southland Conference beginning in 1983. The Lady Cardinals competed in the American South Conference from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1998, the Lady Cardinals competed as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Lamar returned to the Southland Conference beginning with the 1998–99 season. The Lady Cardinals moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 2021 rejoining the Southland Conference on July 11, 2022 after one year in the WAC.[2] [3]

Al Barbre years

In the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Lamar, under coach Al Barbre, made a run as a tenth seed in the Austin regional. The 1991 Lady Cardinals defeated Texas, LSU and Arkansas before being defeated by Virginia in the Elite Eight. Virginia went on to lose in the National championship game by 3 points.

Larry Tidwell years

See main article: Larry Tidwell. Larry Tidwell coached the women's basketball team from 2007 through the end of the 2012-2013 season. Coach Tidwell turned the team around from a struggling program to a perennial power in the Southland Conference. In 2010 the team won the regular season and conference tournament to advance to the 2010 NCAA tournament. The Lady Cardinals made their first ever appearance in the preseason WNIT in the fall of 2010. In the 2011 season, coach Tidwell's Lady Cardinals received their first top 100 RPI ranking (RPI #80) since the figures were made public in the 2005 season.[4] The 2010-2011 squad finished with a record of 25-8 and made an appearance in the 2011 post season WNIT.

Coach Tidwell resigned his position in March, 2013 to take a position at University of Texas-Pan American as head women's basketball coach.[5]

Robin Harmony years

See main article: Robin Harmony. Robin Harmony was named head coach on April 30, 2013[6] and remained until April 2019. Her first Lady Cardinal team shared the Southland Conference regular season title. The Lady Cardinals also participated in their second WNIT and fourth post season tournament appearance in five seasons.[7] The Lady Cardinals competed in the WBI tournament in 2017. The team won the 2017-18 Southland Conference regular season title repeating as champions in 2018-19. The Lady Cardinals represented the Southland Conference in the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the third and the fourth time.

Coach Harmony resigned her position on April 19, 2019 to become head women's basketball coach for the College of Charleston.[8] [9] [10]

Aqua Franklin years

See main article: Aqua Franklin. Aqua Franklin was named head coach on May 1, 2019 becoming the 14th women's basketball head coach in program history. Her 2024 team won the Southland Conference regular season championship. Franklin was named as 2023–24 conference coach of the year.[11] [12]

Year-by-year results

Notes:*1990-1991 wins vacated by the NCAA
*The Lady Cardinals competed in the AIAW through 1982. From that point forward, they competed in NCAA Division I.

Source:[13]

Yearly attendance

Below is the Lady Cardinals' home attendance since the 2004–05 season.

Season Average High
Yearly Home Attendance
2022-23[14] [15] 1,089 1,458
2021-22[16] 882 1,512
2020-21[17] 572 1,239
2019-20[18] 1,142 3,856
2018-19[19] 1,992 5,218
2017-18[20] 720 1,297
2016-17[21] 708 921
2015-16[22] 694 888
2014-15[23] 793 997
2013-14[24] 764 891
2012-13[25] 725 1,232
2011-12[26] 1,005 2,427
2010-11[27] 1,555 4,164
2009-10[28] 1,040 1,902
2008-09[29] 393 1,012
2007-08[30] 461 1,187
2006-07[31] 328 1,071
2005-06[32] 359 560
2004-05[33] 383 531

As of the 2022-23 season.

Record single game home attendance for a women's game (9,143) was set in a second-round game of the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament played in the Montagne Center against the LSU Tigers on March 17, 1991.[34] [35]

Postseason

Sources: [36]

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Cardinals have appeared in two NCAA Division I Tournaments, all as Lamar University. Their combined record is 3 - 2.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result/Score
NCAA Division I Tournament Results
  1. 10
First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
  1. 7 Texas
    #2 LSU
    #3 Arkansas
    #1 Virginia
W 77 - 63
W 93 - 73
W 91 - 75
L 70 - 85
  1. 14
First Round
  1. 3 West Virginia
L 48 - 58

WNIT results

The Cardinals have appeared in four Women's National Invitation Tournaments (WNIT). Their combined record is 0 - 4.

Year Round Opponent Result/Score
WNIT Results
First Round Arkansas L 65 - 91
First Round Southern Mississippi L 50 - 75
First Round L 68 - 80
First Round L 71 - 73

WBI results

The Cardinals have appeared in two Women's Basketball Invitational Tournaments (WBI). Their record is 1 - 2.

Year Round Opponent Result/Score
WBI Results
First Round
Second Round 		Presbyterian
South Dakota 		W 70 - 48
L 48 - 71
First Round L 72 - 73

Awards and honors

Sources:[37] [38] [39] [40]

Western Athletic Conference

Freshman of the Year

Southland Conference

Coach of the Year

Player of the Year

Defensive Player of the Year

All Conference First Team

Newcomer of the Year

Freshman of the Year

All-Conference Defensive Team

Southland Conference individual record holders

American South Conference

All-Conference First Team

Newcomer of the Year

Coach of the Year

Sun Belt Conference

All-Conference First Team

All Tournament Team

Freshman of the Year

Coach of the Year

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lamar University Lady Cardinals - 2010-11 Women's Basketball Quick Facts . . April 25, 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114441/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/lama/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/WBBQuickFacts102210.pdf . March 4, 2016.
  2. WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions . Western Athletic Conference . January 21, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
  3. Web site: Thomas Scott . Lamar moving to Southland Conference -- immediately . Hearst . July 11, 2022 . July 11, 2022.
  4. Web site: Christopher Dabe . Lamar women crack top 100 in RPI - In The Cards - Beaumont Enterprise . Blog.beaumontenterprise.com . 2011-01-24 . 2011-03-28.
  5. Web site: Larry Tidwell resigns as Lamar women's basketball coach. Lamar Athletics. lamarcardinals.com. 18 July 2014.
  6. Web site: Robin Harmony named women's hoops coach - LAMARCARDINALS.COM - Lamar Cardinals Official Athletic Site. lamarcardinals.com.
  7. Web site: Women's hoops to face Southern Miss in WNIT - LAMARCARDINALS.COM - Lamar Cardinals Official Athletic Site . lamarcardinals.com.
  8. Web site: Travis Rae . Harmony Steps Down as Women's Head Coach . Lamar University Athletics . April 20, 2019 . April 19, 2019.
  9. Web site: Charleston hires Lamar's Harmony as women's basketball coach . USA Today . April 20, 2019 . April 19, 2019.
  10. Web site: BC-BKW--College of Charleston-Coach . The Associated Press . April 20, 2019 . April 19, 2019.
  11. Web site: Lamar's Akasha Davis and Aqua Franklin sweep SLC Player & Coach of the Year awards, as All-Southland Conference Women's Basketball Teams and superlative awards announced . Southland Conference . March 13, 2024 . March 9, 2024.
  12. Web site: Travis Rae. Franklin Named Women's Head Basketball Coach . Lamar University Athletics . June 5, 2022 . May 1, 2019.
  13. Web site: 2012-13 Women's Basketball Information Guide. www.lamarcardinals.com. Lamar University. 18 July 2014. 72.
  14. Web site: 2022 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  15. Web site: NCAA Statistics - Lamar University Cardinals 2022-23 Women's Basketball . NCAA . March 8, 2023.
  16. Web site: 2021 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  17. Web site: 2020 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  18. Web site: 2019 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  19. Web site: 2018 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  20. Web site: 2017 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  21. Web site: 2016 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  22. Web site: 2015 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  23. Web site: 2014 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  24. Web site: 2013 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  25. Web site: 2012 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  26. Web site: 2011 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  27. Web site: 2010 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  28. Web site: 2009 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  29. Web site: 2008 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  30. Web site: 2007 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  31. Web site: 2006 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  32. Web site: 2005 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  33. Web site: 2004 Women's Basketball Schedule. Lamar University Athletics. March 8, 2023.
  34. Web site: FINAL 1991 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STATISTICS REPORT . National Collegiate Athletic Association . February 12, 2015.
  35. Web site: LSU Women's Basketball 2009-10 Media Guide. 19 October 2009 . LSU Athletics . February 12, 2015.
  36. Web site: Lamar University 2014-15 Women's Information Guide. 14 November 2014 . Lamar University . December 12, 2014. 51.
  37. Web site: 2014-15 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASKETBALL. Southland Conference. October 19, 2014.
  38. Web site: 2012-13 Women's Basketball Information Guide. Lamar Athletics. 24 October 2014. 74.
  39. Web site: Kenneth Cline . Davis Garners WAC Freshman of the Year Honors . Lamar University Athletics . June 5, 2022 . March 7, 2022.
  40. Web site: Matt Faye . Lamar guard named Southland Conference Freshman of the Year . Hearst Newspapers II, LLC . March 8, 2023 . March 3, 2023.

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