1986–87 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

1986–87 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
1986–87 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
SWC champion; SWC tournament champion; Orange Bowl Invitational champion
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 1
Record	31–2 (16–0 SWC)
Head coach	Jody Conradt (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Lynn Pool; Colleen Matsuhara;
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center
	Seasons ← 1985–86 1987–88 →

1986–87 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Texas †	16	–	0	1.000	31	–	2	.939
Arkansas	12	–	4	.750	20	–	12	.625
Houston	10	–	6	.625	19	–	10	.655
Texas Tech	10	–	6	.625	18	–	11	.621
Rice	7	–	9	.438	15	–	13	.536
Baylor	5	–	11	.313	8	–	20	.286
Texas A&M	5	–	11	.313	9	–	17	.346
SMU	4	–	12	.250	8	–	19	.296
TCU	3	–	13	.188	8	–	19	.296

† 1987 SWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986–87 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1986–87 college basketball season. It was head coach Jody Conradt's 11th season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Southwest Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. After losing a mid-December home game to Tennessee, they won 25 consecutive games before finishing the season 31–2, 16–0 in SWC play to win the regular season and SWC tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they reached the Final Four for the second straight season.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Beverly Williams	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Del Valle	Austin, TX
G	13	Lyssa McBride	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Clear Creek	Friendswood, TX
G	14	Pennee Hall	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Barber Hill	Mont Belvieu, TX
C	20	Susan Anderson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Mt. Baker	Everson, WA
G	21	Paulette Moegle	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr	San Marcos	San Marcos, TX
C	22	Ellen Bayer	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Fr	Saguaro	Scottsdale, AZ
F/C	24	Clarissa Davis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	John Jay	San Antonio, TX
F	25	Andrea Lloyd	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Moscow	Moscow, ID
F	32	C.J. Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Rancho	Las Vegas, NV
G/F	34	Yulonda Wimbish	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Victoria	Victoria, TX
F	43	Aaron Farris	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Arlington Heights	Fort Worth, TX
F	44	Marie Pesch	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Bovina	Bovina, TX
C	45	Michele Eglinger	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Scarborough	Houston, TX
F/C	50	Doreatha Conwell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Locke	Los Angeles, CA

Head coach

Jody Conradt

Assistant coach(es)

Lynn Pool
Colleen Matsuhara
Part-Time Assistant Coach
Cherri Rapp
Student Assistant Coach
Kamie Ethridge

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 28, 1986*	No. 1	vs. No. 7 Long Beach State USC Classic	W 100–86	1–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Nov 29, 1986*	No. 1	at No. 5 USC USC Classic	W 89–69^[2]	2–0	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
Dec 1, 1986*	No. 1	at Idaho	W 87–44	3–0	Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center Moscow, Idaho
Dec 5, 1986*	No. 1	Notre Dame Dr. Pepper Classic	W 84–59	4–0	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 6, 1986*	No. 1	No. 15 Ohio State Dr. Pepper Classic	W 99–78	5–0	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 9, 1986*	No. 1	at NE Louisiana	W 85–60	6–0	Fant–Ewing Coliseum Monroe, Louisiana
Dec 14, 1986*	No. 1	No. 3 Tennessee	L 78–85	6–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Dec 27, 1986*	No. 2	vs. Temple Orange Bowl/Burger King Invitational	W 93–57	7–1	James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida
Dec 28, 1986*	No. 2	vs. No. 16 Ohio State Orange Bowl/Burger King Invitational	W 97–63	8–1	James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida
Dec 29, 1986*	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Tennessee Orange Bowl/Burger King Invitational	W 88–74^[3]	9–1	James L. Knight International Center Miami, Florida
Jan 3, 1987	No. 1	Rice	W 85–53	10–1 (1–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 6, 1987	No. 1	at Arkansas	W 59–56	11–1 (2–0)	Barnhill Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jan 10, 1987	No. 1	at Baylor	W 88–58	12–1 (3–0)	Ferrell Center Waco, Texas
Jan 14, 1987	No. 1	at Texas A&M	W 94–60	13–1 (4–0)	G. Rollie White Coliseum College Station, Texas
Jan 17, 1987	No. 1	SMU	W 93–57	14–1 (5–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 19, 1987	No. 1	at TCU	W 99–67	15–1 (6–0)	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum Fort Worth, Texas
Jan 21, 1986*	No. 1	No. 19 Western Kentucky	W 63–41	16–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 24, 1987	No. 1	Texas Tech	W 74–52	17–1 (7–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Jan 28, 1987	No. 1	at Houston	W 79–73	18–1 (8–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 31, 1987	No. 1	at Rice	W 96–63	19–1 (9–0)	Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas
Feb 3, 1987	No. 1	Arkansas	W 91–65	20–1 (10–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 7, 1987	No. 1	Baylor	W 92–41	21–1 (11–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 10, 1987	No. 1	Texas A&M	W 96–50	22–1 (12–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 14, 1987	No. 1	at SMU	W 93–57	23–1 (13–0)	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Feb 17, 1987	No. 1	TCU	W 110–65	24–1 (14–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Feb 24, 1987	No. 1	at Texas Tech	W 74–52	25–1 (15–0)	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, Texas
Mar 1, 1987	No. 1	Houston	W 60–55	26–1 (16–0)	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
SWC tournament
Mar 5, 1987*	No. 1	vs. Texas Tech Semifinals	W 73–49	27–1	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
Mar 7, 1987*	No. 1	vs. Arkansas Championship game	W 72–70	28–1	Moody Coliseum Dallas, Texas
NCAA tournament
Mar 15, 1987*	(1 E) No. 1	(9 E) Saint Joseph's Second round	W 86–56	29–1	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
Mar 19, 1987*	(1 E) No. 1	vs. (4 E) No. 12 James Madison Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 91–57	30–1	Cumberland County Memorial Arena Fayetteville, North Carolina
Mar 21, 1987*	(1 E) No. 1	vs. (2 E) No. 5 Rutgers Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 85–77^[4]	31–1	Cumberland County Memorial Arena Fayetteville, North Carolina
Mar 27, 1987*	(1 E) No. 1	(1 MW) No. 3 Louisiana Tech National Semifinal – Final Four	L 75–79^[5]	31–2	Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Not released
Coaches	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3

References

^ "1986-87 Women's Basketball Schedule". Texas Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
^ "Lady Longhorns Win Title With an 89-69 Romp Over Trojans". The Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1986. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
^ "Texas turns tables on Tennessee women". The Tennessean. December 30, 1986. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Texas Edges Rutgers in East Regional, 85-77". The New York Times. March 22, 1987. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
^ "Texas Upset, 79-75". The New York Times. March 28, 1987. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[1] "1986-87 Women's Basketball Schedule". Texas Sports. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[2] "Lady Longhorns Win Title With an 89-69 Romp Over Trojans". The Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1986. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[3] "Texas turns tables on Tennessee women". The Tennessean. December 30, 1986. Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.

[4] "Texas Edges Rutgers in East Regional, 85-77". The New York Times. March 22, 1987. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[5] "Texas Upset, 79-75". The New York Times. March 28, 1987. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

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v t e Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Venues	Gregory Gymnasium (1974–1977) Frank Erwin Center (1977–2022) Moody Center (2022–present)
Rivalries	Texas A&M
People	WNBA draftees Head coaches
Culture and lore	Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight"
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References