UNC Asheville Bulldogs women's basketball

The UNC Asheville Bulldogs women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents the University of North Carolina at Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big South Conference.^[2]

UNC Asheville Bulldogs women's basketball
2024–25 UNC Asheville Bulldogs women's basketball team
University	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Head coach	Tynesha Lewis (1st season)
Conference	Big South
Location	Asheville, North Carolina
Arena	Kimmel Arena (capacity: 3,200)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Royal blue and white[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
2007, 2016, 2017
Conference tournament champions
2007, 2016, 2017
Conference regular-season champions
2016

History

UNC Asheville began play in 1975. Prior to their competition in NCAA, they won the NAIA Women's Basketball Championships in 1984, 72–70 in overtime, over Portland.^[3] As of the end of the 2016–17 season, they have an all-time record of 432–709. They have won the Big South title once in the regular season (2016), finished as tournament runner up in 1998 and 2005 but also have won three tournament titles (2007, 2016, 2017), making the NCAA Tournament in those three years.^[4][5]

Postseason results

NCAA Division I

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2007	#14	First Round	#3 LSU	L 39−77
2016	#14	First Round	#3 Kentucky	L 31−85
2017	#16	First Round	#1 South Carolina	L 40−90

NAIA Division I

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1984	—	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	#8 Central Arkansas #1 SW Oklahoma State #4 Dillard #3 Portland	W, 62–60 W, 57–54 W, 81–64 W, 72–70 (OT)