Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State Spartans
	2019–20 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
University	Michigan State University
Head coach	Suzy Merchant (13th season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	East Lansing, Michigan
Arena	Breslin Student Events Center ; (Capacity: 16,280)
Nickname	Spartans
Colors	Green and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament runner-up
	2005
NCAA tournament Final Four
	2005
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
	2005
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	2005, 2006, 2009
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1991, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019
NCAA tournament appearances
	1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
AIAW tournament appearances
	1977
Conference tournament champions
	2005
Conference regular season champions
	1997, 2005, 2011, 2014

The Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Spartans play home basketball games at the Breslin Student Events Center on the university campus in East Lansing, Michigan.^[2]^[3]

History

The Spartans began play in 1972. In 1991, the Spartans made their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, their first postseason appearance since the 1977 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament. In 2005, the Spartans won 33 games (a school record), advancing all the way to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, before losing 84–62 to Baylor. The Spartans have been to 14 NCAA Tournaments in the past 25 years, the most recent being in 2014.

The Spartans have made 14 appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. Their combined record is 17–14.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1991	Second Round†	Oklahoma State	L 96–94 (3OT)
1996	First Round Second Round	UMass Connecticut	W 60–57 (OT) L 88–68
1997	First Round Second Round	Portland North Carolina	W 75–70 (OT) L 81–71
2003	First Round	TCU	L 50–47
2004	First Round Second Round	Arizona Texas	W 72–60 L 80–61
2005	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Finals	Alcorn State USC Vanderbilt Stanford Tennessee Baylor	W 73–41 W 61–59 W 76–64 W 76–69 W 68–64 L 84–62
2006	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Wisconsin-Milwaukee Kentucky Duke	W 65–46 W 67–63 L 86–61
2007	First Round Second Round	Delaware Rutgers	W 69–58 L 70–57
2009	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Middle Tennessee State Duke Iowa State	W 60–59 W 63–49 L 69–68
2010	First Round Second Round	Bowling Green Kentucky	W 72–62 L 70–52
2011	First Round Second Round	Northern Iowa Green Bay	W 69–66 L 65–56
2012	First Round	Louisville	L 67–55
2013	First Round Second Round	Marist Maryland	W 55–47 L 74–49
2014	First Round Second Round	Hampton North Carolina	W 91–61 L 62–53

† The Spartans received a bye into the Second Round.

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Venues	Jenison Fieldhouse (1972–1989) Breslin Student Events Center (1989–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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Teams	Illinois Fighting Illini Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Maryland Terrapins Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans Minnesota Golden Gophers Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Lady Lions Purdue Boilermakers Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wisconsin Badgers
Future teams	Oregon Ducks UCLA Bruins USC Trojans Washington Huskies (all joining in 2024)
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24