Auburn Tigers women's basketball
| Auburn Tigers women's basketball | |||||||||||
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| University | Auburn University | ||||||||||
| First season | 1972 | ||||||||||
| All-time record | 946–497 (.656) | ||||||||||
| Athletic director | John Cohen | ||||||||||
| Head coach | Larry Vickers (1st season) | ||||||||||
| Conference | Southeastern Conference | ||||||||||
| Location | Auburn, Alabama | ||||||||||
| Arena | Auburn Arena (capacity: 9,121) | ||||||||||
| Nickname | Tigers | ||||||||||
| Colors | Burnt orange and navy blue | ||||||||||
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| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||||||||||
| 1988, 1989, 1990 | |||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||
| 1981, 1987, 1990, 1997 | |||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||
| 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2009 | |||||||||||
The Auburn Tigers women's basketball program is the intercollegiate women's basketball team that represents Auburn University. The school competes in the Southeastern Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tigers play their homes games at Auburn Arena in Auburn, Alabama on the university campus. The program began in 1971.
Auburn has won five SEC regular season championships and four SEC tournament championships. Auburn has appeared in the NCAA tournament 21 times, making it as far as the championship game three times in a row in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Auburn has produced eight WNBA draft picks, including DeWanna Bonner who was selected with the fifth overall pick, the highest in Auburn history. Eight Auburn players have been named All-Americans and Auburn has had 73 All-SEC selections. Four Auburn players have been named SEC Player of the Year: Vickie Orr in 1988, Carolyn Jones in 1990 and 1991, Lauretta Freeman in 1993, and DeWanna Bonner in 2009. Former head coaches Joe Ciampi and Nell Fortner have been selected as SEC Coach of the Year a total of four times.