Pepperdine Waves women's basketball

The Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, United States. The school's team currently competes in the West Coast Conference.^[2] The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was in 2006. Their home arena is the Firestone Fieldhouse, a multi-purpose facility that hosts basketball, volleyball, and many other athletic and university events. They share this facility with the Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team.

Pepperdine Waves women's basketball
2024–25 Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team
University	Pepperdine University
Head coach	Katie Faulkner (1st season)
Conference	West Coast Conference
Location	Malibu, California
Arena	Firestone Fieldhouse (capacity: 3,104)
Nickname	Waves
Student section	Riptide
Colors	Blue, white, and orange[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
2000, 2002, 2003, 2006
AIAW tournament Elite Eight
Division II: 1978
Other AIAW tournament results Appearances Division II: 1978, 1979
Conference tournament champions
2002, 2003, 2006
Conference regular-season champions
1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

Postseason Results

The Waves have made the NCAA Tournament four times (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006) and the WNIT six times (1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2019). As of the end of the 2015–16 season, the Waves had an all-time record of 622–579.^[3][4]

NCAA tournament results

The Waves have appeared in the NCAA tournament four times.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2000	#13	First Round	#4 Virginia	L 62–74
2002	#8	First Round	#9 Villanova	L 46–67
2003	#12	First Round	#5 Louisiana Tech	L 60–94
2006	#15	First Round	#2 Oklahoma	L 66–78

NIT results

The Waves have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) six times. Most recently in 2019 they made it to the Sweet Sixteen of the Women's National Invitational Tournament.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1999	First Round	New Mexico	L 81 - 69
2001	First Round	Arizona	L 85 - 65
2004	First Round	Washington	L 71 - 59
2010	First Round	BYU	L 62 - 58
2011	First Round	Oklahoma St.	L 62 - 58
2019	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	California Baptist Saint Mary's Wyoming	W 91 - 79 W 65 - 61 L 61 - 60

AIAW College Division/Division II

The Waves made two appearances in the AIAW National Division II basketball tournament, with a combined record of 1–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1978	First Round Quarterfinals	Fordham Biola	W, 65–63 L, 60–96
1979	First Round	Tougaloo	L, 41–69