Texas–Arlington Mavericks
2022–23 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Head coachShereka Wright (1st season)
ConferenceWAC
LocationArlington, Texas
ArenaCollege Park Center
(Capacity: 7,000)
NicknameMavericks
ColorsRoyal blue, white, and orange[1]
     
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
2005, 2007, 2022
Conference tournament champions
2005, 2007, 2022
Conference regular season champions
2005, 2007, 2009, 2019

The UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Western Athletic Conference and representing the University of Texas at Arlington. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on the university's campus in Arlington, Texas. The team appeared in the 2005 NCAA tournament, losing to #4 seed Texas Tech in the first round, 69–49, and the 2007 NCAA tournament, dropping their first round game to #4 seed Texas A&M 58–50. The team has also made three postseason appearances in the NIT, the first in 1998 as an at-large, the second in 2009 and the most recent was another at-large bid in 2017.

In 2018/19, the Mavericks finished in a tie for the Sun Belt regular season title. UTA played in the WNIT again, winning their first-round game against Stephen F. Austin, the first postseason win in program history.

Team history

Grubbs Vocational College women's basketball team, circa 1921
UT Arlington celebrating a victory at Texas Hall in 2005
UT Arlington in action against Louisiana–Monroe
UT Arlington in action in the 2020 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

The Mavericks began their first year of play in the 1972–73 season in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Legendary coach Jody Conradt joined the Mavericks in their second year and was head coach for three years. When all women’s sports joined the NCAA and began play in the same conferences as the men’s sports, UTA began competing in the Southland Conference in 1982–83. Since that time, they have won three regular season titles and two tournament titles. They have finished as the regular season runner-up four times and been the tournament runner-up twice.

UTA joined the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012–13 season. It was a short stint as UTA joined the Sun Belt Conference July 1, 2013. After nine athletic seasons, UTA rejoined the WAC on July 1, 2023.

Facilities

Until February 2012, the Mavericks played at Texas Hall, which is a 3,300-seat theater on the campus. The teams played on the stage, and fans could watch the game from either the theater seats or the bleacher section.

A new arena called the College Park Center with a seating capacity of 7,000 hosted the final four regular-season home games for the team in 2012.[2][3] The facility is located on the eastern side of the campus along with new housing, parking, and retail developments. The Mavericks did not initially have a home court advantage at CPC as UTA sported a 24-39 record at the end of the 2015/16 season. Since then, the team has made a CPC a much harder place to visit, posting winning home records every year since then, 72-23 overall. As of the conclusion of the 2022/23 season, UTA is 96-62, a winning percentage of .608.

Coaches

The Mavericks have had 9 coaches, listed below, in their 42-year history. Krista Gerlich is the current coach. Her first full season began in October, 2013. She is currently in her fourth season as the Mavericks's head coach.

  • Carla Lowry – 1973-1973 (1 seasons)
  • Jody Conradt – 1973–1976 (3 seasons)
  • Cindy Salser – 1976–1979 (3 seasons)
  • Connie Kelch – 1979–1989 (10 seasons)
  • Jerry Isler – 1989–1992 (3 seasons)
  • Mike Dean – 1992–2000 (8 seasons)
  • Donna Capps – 2000–2007 (7 seasons)
  • Samantha Morrow – 2007–2013 (5 seasons)
  • Krista Gerlich – 2013–2020 (7 seasons)
  • Shereka Wright - 2020 - present

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The Mavericks have appeared in three NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 0–3.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2005 #13First Round#4 Texas TechL 49-69
2007 #13First Round#4 Texas A&ML 50-58
2022 #14 First Round #3 Iowa State L 71-78

NIT results

The Mavericks have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) four times. Their combined record is 1–4.

Year Round Opponent Result
1999First RoundBaylorL 60–71
2009First RoundOklahoma StL 72–82
2017First RoundTulaneL 57–62
2019First Round
Second Round		Stephen F. Austin
TCU		W 60–54
L 54–71

Season-by-season results

UT Arlington in action against Louisiana
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Carla Lowry (Independent) (1973–1973)
1973 Lowry 3–7
Carla Lowry: 3–7 (.300)
Jody Conradt (Independent) (1973–1976)
1973–1974 Conradt 9–14
1974–1975 Conradt 11–14
1975–1976 Conradt 23–11
Jody Conradt: 43–39 (.524)
Cindy Salser (Independent) (1976–1979)
1976–1977 Salser 20–11
1977–1978 Salser 21–10
1978–1979 Salser 10–17
Cindy Salser: 51–38 (.573)
Connie Kelch (Independent) (1979–1982)
1979–1980 Kelch 12–16
1980–1981 Kelch 18–18
1981–1982 Kelch 20–17
Connie Kelch: 50–51 (.495)
Connie Kelch (Southland Conference) (1982–1989)
1982–1983 Kelch 10–171–4T-4th
1983–1984 Kelch 14–145–75th
1984–1985 Kelch 13–148–42nd
1985–1986 Kelch 11–155–54th
1986–1987 Kelch 8–183–96th
1987–1988 Kelch 5–223–128th
1988–1989 Kelch 6–211–138th
Connie Kelch: 67–121 (.356)25–54 (.316)
Jerry Isler (Southland Conference) (1989–1992)
1989–1990 Isler 11–177–7T-4th
1990–1991 Isler 13–158–6T-3rd
1991–1992 Isler 18–1112–64th
Jerry Isler: 42–43 (.494)27–19 (.587)
Mike Dean (Southland Conference) (1992–2000)
1992–1993 Dean 11–167–116th
1993–1994 Dean 14–1311–75th
1994–1995 Dean 10–179–97th
1995–1996 Dean 14–139–9T-5th
1996–1997 Dean 17–1111–5T-2nd
1997–1998 Dean 18–911–53rd
1998–1999 Dean 18–1112–6T-2ndWNIT 1st Round
1999–2000 Dean 13–159–96th
Mike Dean: 115–105 (.523)79–61 (.564)
Donna Capps (Southland Conference) (2000–2007)
2000–2001 Capps 6–214–1210th
2001–2002 Capps 14–1512–84th
2002–2003 Capps 15–1313–75th
2003–2004 Capps 19–1211–53rd
2004–2005 Capps 21–1013–3T-1stNCAA 1st Round
2005–2006 Capps 20–913–32nd
2006–2007 Capps 24–916–01stNCAA 1st Round
Donna Capps: 119–89 (.572)82–38 (.683)
Samantha Morrow (Southland Conference) (2007–2012)
2007–2008 Morrow 19–1013–32nd
2008–2009 Morrow 22–1114–2T-1stWNIT 1st Round
2009–2010 Morrow 15–169–76th
2010–2011 Morrow 8–205–11T-8th
2011–2012 Morrow 8–214–1211th
Samantha Morrow (Western Athletic Conference) (2012–2013)
2012–2013 Morrow 7–234–14T-9th
Samantha Morrow: 79–101 (.439)49–49 (.500)
Krista Gerlich (Sun Belt Conference) (2013–2020)
2013–2014 Gerlich 4–253–1510th
2014–2015 Gerlich 17-1311-9T 4th
2015–2016 Gerlich 15-1610-106th
2016–2017 Gerlich 22-914-42ndWNIT 1st Round
2017–2018 Gerlich 18-1212-6T-3rd
2018–2019 Gerlich 24-815-31stWNIT 2nd Round
2019–2020 Gerlich 21-1114-43rd
Krista Gerlich: 121–94 (.563)79–51 (.608)
Shereka Wright (Sun Belt Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–2021 Wright 13-711-42nd West
2021–2022 Wright 20-811-42ndNCAA 1st Round
Shereka Wright (Western Athletic Conference) (2022–present)
2022–2023 Wright 14-178-10T-8th
Shereka Wright: 47–32 (.595)30–18 (.625)
Total:737–720 (.506)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ "UTA Color Palette". Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ Carter, O.K. (2009-02-23). "UT-Arlington arena long-sought goal for city, school". Fort Worth Business Press. Vol. 21, no. 6. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
  3. ↑ Tronche, John-Laurent (2009-02-16). "UT-Arlington to build $73 million events facility". Fort Worth Business Press. Vol. 21, no. 6. Fort Worth, Texas. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
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