Year-by-Year Results (1981-90)Year-by-Year Results (1981-90)
Women's Basketball

Year-by-Year Results (1981-90)

1980-81
Won 15, Lost 16
Conference: NCAC (5-7, 5th)
Final Ranking: AP-NR
Coach: Dotty McCrea
  Nov. 20 vs. Azusa Pacific # W 73-42
  Nov. 21 vs. UC Santa Barbara # W 86-70
  Nov. 22 at Cal Poly # W 64-59
  Nov. 24 UCLA L 67-78
  Dec. 3 at Arizona W 85-76
  Dec. 4 vs. Wichita State $ L 68-71
  Dec. 5 vs. Portland State $ W 84-64
  Dec. 6 vs. UT Arlington $ W 75-65
  Dec. 9 SAN FRANCISCO STATE L 64-66
  Dec. 12 CAL POLY W 78-72
  Dec. 13 WASHINGTON L 78-84 (OT)
  Dec. 20 MONTANA L 49-66
  Dec. 31 MONTCLAIR STATE W 84-80
  Jan. 3 at No. 12 USC L 64-84
  Jan. 5 at Cal Poly Pomona W 69-64
  Jan. 8 LSU L 60-85
  Jan. 10 SAN JOSE STATE * L 66-75
  Jan. 17 at Fresno State * W 69-48
  Jan. 21 at San Francisco * L 54-70
  Jan. 24 at Pacific * L 74-80
  Jan. 28 SANTA CLARA * L 54-63
  Jan. 30 FRESNO STATE * W 79-65
  Feb. 4 PACIFIC * W 70-50
  Feb. 7 at San Jose State * L 49-61
  Feb. 11 at Idaho W 71-68
  Feb. 13 at No. 14 Oregon L 62-97
  Feb. 14 at Oregon State L 53-78
  Feb. 17 at California * W 73-72
  Feb. 24 SAN FRANCISCO * L 78-79 (2OT)
  Feb. 27 at Santa Clara * W 61-58
  March 2 CALIFORNIA * L 87-93 (OT)
* Northern California Athletic Conference
# Cal Poly Classic at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
$ Roadrunner Classic at Las Cruces, N.M.
 
1981-82
Won 19, Lost 8
Conference: NCAC (9-3, 2nd)
Final Ranking: AP-NR
Coach: Dotty McCrea
  Nov. 20 vs. No. 17 Texas # L 78-89
  Nov. 21 vs. Weber State # W 83-79
  Dec. 4 at No. 4 USC L 57-76
  Dec. 5 at No. 5 Long Beach State L 57-60
  Dec. 12 at San Francisco State W 79-71
  Dec. 18 CAL POLY POMONA W 85-57
  Dec. 19 vs. Alaska Anchorage $ W 68-48
  Dec. 20 vs. San Francisco State $ W 64-40
  Dec. 22 vs. Cal State Fullerton $ W 80-78
  Dec. 29 PEPPERDINE W 82-42
  Dec. 30 IDAHO W 79-65
  Jan. 2 TEXAS A&M W 86-55
  Jan. 5 at Montana @ L 52-65
  Jan. 6 vs. Washington @ W 69-67
  Jan. 12 at Santa Clara * W 73-70
  Jan. 15 CALIFORNIA * L 69-80
  Jan. 19 at Pacific * W 73-57
  Jan. 23 SAN JOSE STATE * L 65-74
  Jan. 30 FRESNO STATE * W 77-70
  Feb. 2 SAN FRANCISCO * W 78-56
  Feb. 9 at California * L 65-96
  Feb. 13 SANTA CLARA * W 62-53
  Feb. 17 PACIFIC * W 91-68
  Feb. 20 at San Jose State * W 85-72
  Feb. 25 at Fresno State * W 74-64
  March 3 at San Francisco * W 66-60
  March 14 at No. 7 Maryland % L 48-82
* Northern California Athletic Conference
# Anheuser-Busch Classic at San Jose, Calif.
$ Wahine Classic at Honolulu, Hawaii
@ Lady Grizzly Classic at Missoula, Mont.
% NCAA First Round at College Park, Md.
 
1982-83
Won 19, Lost 16
Conference: WCAA (5-9, 5th)
Final Ranking: AP-NR
Coach: Dotty McCrea
  Nov. 19 vs. Delta State # W 88-79
  Nov. 20 at Fresno State # L 71-72
  Nov. 24 SANTA CLARA W 71-61
  Nov. 26 at No. 20 California L 85-87
  Nov. 28 NORTHWESTERN W 76-73
  Dec. 2 vs. Texas Tech $ W 77-70
  Dec. 3 at San Jose State $ W 84-66
  Dec. 8 SAN JOSE STATE L 66-68
  Dec. 10 vs. Utah State @ W 80-57
  Dec. 11 at Santa Clara @ W 80-56
  Dec. 17 SAN FRANCISCO L 75-77
  Dec. 18 PEPPERDINE W 85-70
  Dec. 27 UNLV L 68-69
  Dec. 30 No. 17 UCLA * L 68-70
  Jan. 7 vs. Nebraska % W 81-70
  Jan. 8 at San Francisco % W 74-58
  Jan. 14 at Cal State Fullerton * L 67-68
  Jan. 15 at UC Irvine W 65-62
  Jan. 20 No. 12 ARIZONA STATE * W 66-56
  Jan. 24 ARIZONA * W 74-61
  Feb. 1 WASHINGTON STATE W 78-64
  Feb. 4 No. 2 USC * L 64-92
  Feb. 5 CAL STATE FULLERTON * W 80-68
  Feb. 12 SAN DIEGO STATE * W 78-60
  Feb. 15 at No. 10 Long Beach State * L 60-95
  Feb. 18 at No. 11 Arizona State * L 53-79
  Feb. 19 at Arizona * L 60-70
  Feb. 23 FRESNO STATE W 66-63
  Feb. 25 at Alaska-Anchorage & W 74-46
  Feb. 26 vs. No. 4 Old Dominion & L 49-83
  Feb. 27 vs. Drake & L 73-85
  March 5 at UCLA * L 69-92
  March 8 at San Diego State * W 85-72
  March 10 No. 7 LONG BEACH STATE * L 51-96
  March 12 at USC * L 63-81
* Western Collegiate Athletic Association
# Don-A-Deb Tournament at Fresno, Calif.
$ Anheuser-Busch Classic at San Jose, Calif.
@ Santa Clara Tournament at Santa Clara, Calif.
% Sourdough Classic at San Francisco, Calif.
& Alaska Anchorage Tournament at Anchorage, Alaska
 
1983-84
Won 5, Lost 23
Conference: WCAA (1-13, T7th)
Final Ranking: AP-NR
Coach: Dotty McCrea
  Nov. 16 FRESNO STATE L 66-68
  Nov. 22 at Santa Clara W 57-41
  Nov. 25 at San Jose State W 73-72
  Nov. 29 PACIFIC L 75-84
  Dec. 2 vs. Baylor (at UNLV) L 59-63
  Dec. 4 at UNLV L 55-80
  Dec. 9 at San Francisco L 63-69
  Dec. 10 CALIFORNIA L 64-73
  Dec. 16 Cal Poly Pomona L 68-71
  Jan. 2 vs. No. 16 Missouri # L 32-72
  Jan. 3 vs. Florida State # L 50-73
  Jan. 4 vs. Penn State # L 63-73
  Jan. 13 at Cal State Fullerton * L 61-72
  Jan. 14 at No. 7 Long Beach State * L 62-73
  Jan. 17 SAINT MARY'S W 75-55
  Jan. 20 UCLA * L 51-83
  Jan. 21 at No. 4 USC * L 56-82
  Jan. 28 No. 3 USC * L 44-86
  Feb. 2 at Arizona State * L 71-83
  Feb. 4 at Arizona * L 49-58
  Feb. 10 at Pepperdine W 73-69
  Feb. 11 at San Diego State * L 67-81
  Feb. 17 at UCLA * L 48-68
  Feb. 24 CAL STATE FULLERTON * L 57-70
  Feb. 25 No. 7 LONG BEACH STATE * L 56-89
  March 1 ARIZONA * W 60-57
  March 3 ARIZONA STATE * L 72-84
  March 10 SAN DIEGO STATE * L 43-86
* Western Collegiate Athletic Association
# Dial Classic at Miami, Fla.
 
1984-85
Won 9, Lost 19
Conference: WCAA (2-12, 7th)
Final Rankings: AP-NR, USA Today-NR
Coach: Dotty McCrea
  Nov. 17 at California L 59-66
  Nov. 21 SANTA CLARA L 46-69
  Nov. 24 at UC Santa Barbara W 64-54
  Nov. 27 SAN JOSE STATE W 75-72
  Nov. 30 PEPPERDINE L 65-71
  Dec. 7 at Fresno State L 57-72
  Dec. 15 SAN FRANCISCO W 69-59
  Dec. 28 at No. 9 Ohio State # L 47-79
  Dec. 29 vs. No. 14 Rutgers # L 53-82
  Jan. 2 at Lafayette W 55-53
  Jan. 4 at Monmouth L 55-62
  Jan. 6 at Seton Hall W 75-74 (OT)
  Jan. 12 CAL STATE FULLERTON * L 51-66
  Jan. 17 ARIZONA * W 63-52
  Jan. 21 ARIZONA STATE * W 68-67
  Jan. 23 at Pacific W 81-77
  Jan. 25 at Saint Mary's W 61-54
  Feb. 1 at UCLA * L 58-72
  Feb. 2 at No. 3/4 Long Beach State * L 56-98
  Feb. 9 No. 15/15 SAN DIEGO STATE * L 59-73
  Feb. 15 at Arizona State * L 56-84
  Feb. 16 at Arizona * L 49-57
  Feb. 20 No. 12/13 USC * L 68-80
  Feb. 23 at Cal State Fullerton * L 66-80
  March 1 No. 4/4 LONG BEACH STATE * L 61-79
  March 2 UCLA * L 61-75
  March 8 at No. 19/18 San Diego State * L 60-76
  March 10 at No. 15/12 USC * L 60-77
* Western Collegiate Athletic Association
# Buckeye Classic at Columbus, Ohio
 
1985-86
Won 13, Lost 15
Conference: Pac-West (1-7, 5th)
Final Rankings: AP-NR, USA Today-NR
Coach: Tara VanDerveer
  Nov. 22 vs. Hawaii # W 68-65
  Nov. 23 vs. Arizona # L 67-68
  Nov. 26 at Santa Clara L 56-80
  Nov. 29 at San Francisco W 77-66
  Dec. 6 vs. Washington $ L 58-71
  Dec. 7 vs. Portland $ W 79-52
  Dec. 10 SAN FRANCISCO STATE W 110-57
  Dec. 14 No. 16/13 UNLV W 62-59
  Dec. 20 UC SANTA BARBARA W 61-59
  Jan. 2 vs. Washington State @ W 61-50
  Jan. 3 vs. Montana State @ W 83-65
  Jan. 4 vs. Fresno State @ L 50-64
  Jan. 7 IOWA STATE W 83-82
  Jan. 11 at Cal State Fullerton L 57-68
  Jan. 13 UTAH W 77-65
  Jan. 17 SAINT MARY'S W 72-71
  Jan. 21 at California L 59-77
  Jan. 24 UCLA * L 62-65
  Jan. 25 No. 5/5 USC * L 59-81
  Jan. 31 at Arizona State * L 58-70
  Feb. 1 at Arizona * L 58-69
  Feb. 8 FRESNO STATE L 62-65
  Feb. 17 CALIFORNIA L 69-73
  Feb. 20 at No. 7/7 USC * L 62-88
  Feb. 22 at UCLA * L 43-65
  March 1 ARIZONA STATE * W 75-69
  March 3 U.S. INTERNATIONAL W 79-71
  March 8 ARIZONA * L 59-75
* Pac-West
# Anheuser-Busch Classic at San Jose, Calif.
$ Gonzaga Invitational at Spokane, Wash.
@ Nevada Invitational at Reno, Nev.
 
1986-87
Won 14, Lost 14
Conference: Pac-10 (8-10, T6th)
Final Rankings: AP-NR, USA Today-NR
Coach: Tara VanDerveer
– Nov. 28 vs. Cleveland State # W 95-69
– Nov. 29 at UNLV # W 68-54
# –/21 Dec. 4 at West Virginia L 65-73
# –/21 Dec. 5 at Pittsburgh W 59-49
– Dec. 13 SAN JOSE STATE W 94-43
– Dec. 19 RICE W 78-67
– Dec. 20 FRESNO STATE L 64-81
– Dec. 29 NEBRASKA $ W 68-65
– Dec. 30 No. 4/4 VIRGINIA $ L 66-69
– Jan. 2 UCLA * W 62-60
– Jan. 4 No. 9/8 USC * L 59-72
– Jan. 8 at Washington * L 59-86
– Jan. 10 at Washington State * W 71-67
– Jan. 15 BRIGHAM YOUNG L 82-94
– Jan. 17 CALIFORNIA * W 77-59
– Jan. 22 ARIZONA STATE * W 92-77
– Jan. 24 ARIZONA * W 87-57
– Jan. 30 at Oregon State * L 53-70
– Jan. 31 at Oregon * L 51-65
– Feb. 5 at No. 18/20 USC * L 57-79
– Feb. 7 at UCLA * L 49-64
– Feb. 12 WASHINGTON STATE * W 73-61
– Feb. 14 No. 19/17 WASHINGTON * L 57-67
– Feb. 20 at California * L 68-84
– Feb. 26 at Arizona * W 62-57
– Feb. 28 at Arizona State * L 71-81
– March 5 No. 18/21 OREGON * L 54-63
– March 7 OREGON STATE * W 58-56
* Pac-10
# UNLV/7UP Invitational at Las Vegas, Nev.
$ Lucky/Cardinal Classic at Stanford, Calif.
 
1987-88
Won 27, Lost 5
Conference: Pac-10 (14-4, 3rd)
Final Rankings: AP-13th, USA Today-14th
Coach: Tara VanDerveer
#20/22 Nov. 27 at Utah W 87-71
#20/22 Nov. 28 at BYU W 84-83
#17/19 Dec. 1 at Fresno State W 61-53
#17/19 Dec. 4 Loyola Marymount # W 83-38
#17/19 Dec. 5 at Hawaii # W 82-76
#15/15 Dec. 12 SANTA CLARA W 80-67
#14/14 Dec. 18 SAN FRANCISCO W 75-43
#14/14 Dec. 19 NC STATE W 69-59
#12/10 Dec. 29 MINNESOTA $ W 87-64
#12/10 Dec. 30 OKLAHOMA $ W 91-66
#12/10 Jan. 2 PURDUE W 75-69
#11/9 Jan. 8 ARIZONA * W 101-71
#11/9 Jan. 9 ARIZONA STATE * W 84-66
#10/8 Jan. 14 at Washington State * W 59-54
#10/8 Jan. 16 at No. 16/16 Washington * L 60-77
#11/12 Jan. 22 at California * W 95-71
#11/12 Jan. 23 at San Jose State W 55-33
#10/10 Jan. 29 OREGON * W 84-48
#10/10 Jan. 30 OREGON STATE * W 71-48
#10/9 Feb. 5 at Arizona State * W 84-79
#10/9 Feb. 6 at Arizona * W 64-49
#10/9 Feb. 12 No. 12/11 WASHINGTON * W 70-66
#10/9 Feb. 13 WASHINGTON STATE * W 66-53
#9/8 Feb. 19 CALIFORNIA * W 94-79
#8/7 Feb. 26 at Oregon State * W 65-56
#8/7 Feb. 27 at Oregon * W 65-57
#8/8 March 4 at UCLA * L 64-74
#8/8 March 5 at No. 15/16 USC * L 69-87
#11/14 March 11 No. 14/12 USC * W 77-67
#11/14 March 12 UCLA * L 74-75
#13/15 March 20 at No. 16/17 Montana @ W 74-72 (OT)
#13/14 March 24 at No. 4/5 Texas % L 58-79
* Pac-10
# Early Season Tournament at Honolulu, Hawaii
$ Cardinal Classic at Stanford, Calif.
@ NCAA Second Round at Missoula, Mont.
% NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal at Austin, Texas
 
1988-89
Won 28, Lost 3
Conference: Pac-10 (18-0, 1st)
Final Rankings: AP-4th, USA Today-5th
Coach: Tara VanDerveer
#8/9 Nov. 25 WISCONSIN W 119-62
#6/9 Nov. 29 at Fresno State W 62-58
#6/9 Dec. 2 vs. Missouri # W 75-60
#6/9 Dec. 3 at Northwestern # W 94-82
#5/5 Dec. 9 No. 20/25 COLORADO W 106-75
#5/5 Dec. 18 at No. 1/1 Tennessee L 60-83
#6/7 Dec. 20 at No. 19/20 Duke W 91-76
#6/7 Dec. 21 at No. –/22 NC State L 72-80
#9/10 Dec. 29 CONNECTICUT $ W 72-53
#9/10 Dec. 30 HOUSTON $ W 95-65
#8/9 Jan. 6 at USC * W 89-50
#8/9 Jan. 7 at UCLA * W 73-71
#7/7 Jan. 13 WASHINGTON STATE * W 89-60
#7/7 Jan. 14 WASHINGTON * W 72-60
#7/7 Jan. 20 CALIFORNIA * W 77-59
#6/6 Jan. 27 at Oregon * W 92-69
#6/6 Jan. 28 at Oregon State * W 75-64
#4/5 Feb. 3 ARIZONA STATE * W 87-68
#4/5 Feb. 4 ARIZONA * W 94-68
#4/5 Feb. 9 at No. –/23 Washington * W 69-65
#4/5 Feb. 11 at Washington State W 89-67
#4/5 Feb. 17 at California * W 87-79
#4/5 Feb. 24 OREGON STATE * W 93-56
#4/5 Feb. 25 OREGON * W 107-73
#4/5 March 3 at Arizona * W 95-56
#4/5 March 4 at Arizona State * W 108-72
#4/5 March 10 USC * W 100-85
#4/5 March 11 UCLA * W 104-66
#4/5 March 18 ILLINOIS STATE @ W 105-77
#4/5 March 23 vs. No. 8/11 Iowa % W 98-74
#4/5 March 25 at No. 3/4 Louisiana Tech & L 75-85
* Pac-10
# Roger L. White Invitational at Evanston, Ill.
$ Cardinal Classic at Stanford, Calif.
@ NCAA Second Round at Stanford, Calif.
% NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinal at Ruston, La.
& NCAA Midwest Regional Final at Ruston, La.
 
1989-90
Won 32, Lost 1
NCAA CHAMPIONS
Conference: Pac-10 (17-1, T1st)
Final Rankings: AP-2nd, USA Today-1st
Coach: Tara VanDerveer
#3/3 Nov. 24 vs. Michigan State # W 73-63
#3/3 Nov. 25 vs. Ohio # W 113-65
#3/3 Dec. 10 SAN DIEGO STATE W 109-45
#3/3 Dec. 15 No. 2/2 TENNESSEE W 85-71
#2/2 Dec. 19 at Holy Cross W 88-65
#2/2 Dec. 21 at Boston College W 81-74
#2/2 Dec. 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN $ W 105-58
#2/2 Dec. 30 No. 23/24 PROVIDENCE $ W 89-64
#2/2 Jan. 2 SAN FRANCISCO W 90-46
#2/2 Jan. 5 at Oregon State * W 84-62
#2/2 Jan. 7 at Oregon * W 76-57
#2/2 Jan. 11 No. 7/8 WASHINGTON * W 102-62
#2/2 Jan. 13 WASHINGTON STATE * W 92-70
#2/2 Jan. 18 at UCLA * W 98-80
#2/2 Jan. 20 at USC * W 98-64
#2/2 Jan. 23 No. 6/8 LONG BEACH STATE W 105-91
#2/2 Jan. 25 ARIZONA * W 92-69
#2/2 Jan. 27 ARIZONA STATE * W 90-63
#2/2 Feb. 2 at California * W 87-60
#2/2 Feb. 8 at Washington St. * W 90-64
#2/2 Feb. 10 at No. 7/8 Washington * L 78-81
#3/3 Feb. 15 USC * W 86-60
#3/3 Feb. 17 UCLA * W 91-65
#3/2 Feb. 22 at Arizona State * W 106-64
#3/2 Feb. 24 at Arizona * W 113-70
#2/2 March 2 CALIFORNIA * W 112-84
#2/2 March 8 OREGON * W 75-45
#2/2 March 10 OREGON STATE * W 94-48
#2/2 March 18 No. 16/17 HAWAII @ W 106-76
#2/1 March 22 No. 24/12 MISSISSIPPI % W 78-65
#2/1 March 24 No. 22/8 ARKANSAS & W 114-87
#2/1 March 30 vs. No. 12/4 Virginia ± W 75-66
#2/1 April 1 vs. No. 9/2 Auburn § W 88-81
* Pac-10
# Communiplex Hall of Fame Classic at Cincinnati, Ohio
$ Cardinal Classic at Stanford, Calif.
@ NCAA Second Round at Stanford, Calif.
% NCAA West Regional Semifinal at Stanford, Calif.
& NCAA West Regional Final at Stanford, Calif.
± NCAA Final Four at Knoxville, Tenn.
§ NCAA Championship at Knoxville, Tenn.