Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball

The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference.
Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten women's basketball tournament championships, along with annually ranking in the top 10 nationally in home attendance. The Boilermakers have appeared in the NCAA Final Four three times, and won the NCAA National Championship in 1999. The Boilermakers share a classic rivalry with the Indiana Hoosiers, of which Purdue owns a 52–27 series lead.

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History

In 1975, women's basketball became an intercollegiate sport at Purdue University. In 1982, the sport was elevated to revenue status, which meant more money was available. Under Coach Lin Dunn, Purdue qualified for its first NCAA Tournament game in 1989. Ten years later, Purdue won its first national championship by beating Duke University in the title game. Sharon Versyp, a former Purdue standout, was introduced as the head coach at the start of the 2006 season.

Current coaching staff

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Katie Gearlds - Head Coach
Beth Couture - Associate Coach
Michael Scruggs - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Alex Guyton - Assistant Coach
Jaelen Nice - Graduate Assistant
Karmell Brown - Graduate Assistant
Jessica Lipsett - Trainer
Jason Pullara - Strength Coach

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source

NCAA tournament results

1989	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 Arkansas 4 LSU	W 91–63L 53–54
1990	#4	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#5 Northern Illinois 1 Louisiana Tech	W 86–81L 47–91
1991	#2	Second Round	#10 Vanderbilt	L 63–69
1992	#3	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#11 Northern Illinois 2 Maryland	W 98–62L 58–64
1994	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#16 Radford 8 Washington 13 Texas A&M 2 Stanford 3 North Carolina	W 103–56W 86–59 W 82–56 W 82–65 L 74–89
1995	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#13 Portland 12 Montana 1 Vanderbilt 2 Stanford	W 74–59W 62–51 W 67–66 L 58–69
1996	#5	First Round	#12 Notre Dame	L 60–73
1997	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Maryland 1 Old Dominion	W 74–48L 65–69
1998	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#13 Washington 12 Colorado State 9 Notre Dame 3 Louisiana Tech	W 88–71W 77–63 W 70–65 L 65–72
1999	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#16 Oral Roberts 9 Kansas 4 North Carolina 3 Rutgers 1 Louisiana Tech 3 Duke	W 68–48W 55–41 W 82–59 W 75–62 W 77–63 W 62–45
2000	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Dartmouth 5 Oklahoma	W 70–66L 74–76
2001	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Title Game	#14 UC Santa Barbara 6 LSU 2 Texas Tech 4 Xavier 5 SW Missouri State 1 Notre Dame	W 75–62W 73–70 W 74–72 W 88–78 W 81–64 L 66–68
2002	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Austin Peay 7 Old Dominion	W 80–49L 70–74
2003	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Valparaiso 7 Virginia Tech 11 Notre Dame 1 Connecticut	W 66–51W 80–62 W 66–47 L 64–73
2004	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#15 St. Francis 7 Villanova 3 Georgia	W 78–59W 60–42 L 64–66
2005	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 New Mexico 1 Tennessee	W 68–56L 54–75
2006	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#13 Missouri State 5 UCLA 1 North Carolina	W 73–54W 61–54 L 68–70
2007	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Oral Roberts 7 Georgia Tech 3 Georgia 1 North Carolina	W 63–42W 76–63 W 78–65 L 72–84
2008	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Utah 1 Tennessee	W 66–59L 52–78
2009	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#11 Charlotte 3 North Carolina 7 Rutgers 1 Oklahoma	W 65–52W 85–70 W 67–61 L 68–74
2011	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Kansas State 1 Connecticut	W 53–45L 40–64
2012	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 South Dakota State 5 South Carolina	W 83–68L 61–72
2013	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Liberty 5 Louisville	W 77–43L 63–76
2014	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Liberty 5 Louisville	W 84–55L 66–73
2016	#11	First Round	#6 Oklahoma	L 45–61
2017	#9	First Round Second Round	#8 Green Bay 1 Notre Dame	W 74–62L 82–88
2023	#11	First Four	#11 St. John's	L 64–66