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Vanderbilt Commodores Women's Basketball School History

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Coverage: 43 seasons (1981-82 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1981-82): 858-489 .637 W-L%

Conferences: SEC

Conference Champion: 0 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 28 Years (40-28), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships

NCAA Champion:

Ranked in AP Poll: 23 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 342 Weeks (Total)

Seasons where the school was classified as a major school (i.e., Division I or equivalent).
* Indicates season for which the school's overall and/or conference record has been adjusted by penalty. See our database of forfeits and vacated games.

43 Seasons

SRS back to 2001-02

43 Seasons Table
			Overall			Conference
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
1	2023-24	SEC	23	10	.697	9	7	.563	16.42	10.27	68.5	62.3				Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	12	Shea Ralph (23-10)
2	2022-23	SEC	12	19	.387	3	13	.188	8.10	11.58	67.6	71.1						Shea Ralph (12-19)
3	2021-22	SEC	16	19	.457	4	12	.250	12.34	10.74	63.0	61.4						Shea Ralph (16-19)
4	2020-21	SEC	4	4	.500	0	3	.000	-0.79	3.21	74.3	78.3						Stephanie White (4-4)
5	2019-20	SEC	14	16	.467	4	12	.250	10.22	10.89	66.8	67.5						Stephanie White (14-16)
6	2018-19	SEC	7	23	.233	2	14	.125	4.99	11.26	64.5	70.8						Stephanie White (7-23)
7	2017-18	SEC	7	24	.226	3	13	.188	3.36	13.46	69.1	79.2						Stephanie White (7-24)
8	2016-17	SEC	14	16	.467	4	12	.250	8.45	10.89	68.7	71.1						Stephanie White (14-16)
9	2015-16	SEC	18	14	.563	5	11	.313	15.29	9.16	62.5	56.4						Stephanie White (18-14)
10	2014-15	SEC	15	16	.484	5	11	.313	9.77	13.30	61.6	62.7						Melanie Balcomb (15-16)
11	2013-14	SEC	18	13	.581	7	9	.438	16.36	11.46	71.5	66.6		16		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	8	Melanie Balcomb (18-13)
12	2012-13	SEC	21	12	.636	9	7	.563	18.70	11.61	65.7	56.5	16	13		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Melanie Balcomb (21-12)
13	2011-12	SEC	23	10	.697	9	7	.563	19.16	8.85	71.8	61.5		20		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	7	Melanie Balcomb (23-10)
14	2010-11	SEC	20	12	.625	10	6	.625	16.23	9.07	71.3	64.1	24	23		Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	10	Melanie Balcomb (20-12)
15	2009-10	SEC	23	11	.676	9	7	.563	18.18	11.77	69.6	63.2	22	16		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	6	Melanie Balcomb (23-11)
16	2008-09	SEC	26	9	.743	10	4	.714	-1.75	-14.41	71.9	58.9	12	12	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Melanie Balcomb (26-9)
17	2007-08	SEC	25	9	.735	11	3	.786	-6.84	-12.51	71.1	56.6	23	20	21	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	4	Melanie Balcomb (25-9)
18	2006-07	SEC	28	6	.824	10	4	.714	-11.37	-18.37	76.3	61.9	16	7	7	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	2	Melanie Balcomb (28-6)
19	2005-06	SEC	21	11	.656	8	6	.571	-2.56	0.94	70.0	61.1	17	17		Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	8	Melanie Balcomb (21-11)
20	2004-05	SEC	24	8	.750	10	4	.714	2.58	-2.09	77.5	58.8	13	13	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	5	Melanie Balcomb (24-8)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
21	2003-04	SEC	26	8	.765	8	6	.571	10.87	-4.13	70.5	60.2		13	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Melanie Balcomb (26-8)
22	2002-03	SEC	22	10	.688	9	5	.643	4.89	0.39	74.0	64.0	12	8	14	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	4	Melanie Balcomb (22-10)
23	2001-02	SEC	30	7	.811	10	4	.714	30.22	14.98	72.5		3	3	4	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	1	Jim Foster (30-7)
24	2000-01	SEC	24	10	.706	8	6	.571			77.2		20	10	10	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Jim Foster (24-10)
25	1999-00	SEC	21	13	.618	6	8	.429			67.7					Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	9	Jim Foster (21-13)
26	1998-99	SEC	13	14	.481	6	8	.429			70.6		20	18				Jim Foster (13-14)
27	1997-98	SEC	20	9	.690	9	5	.643			68.1		10	5	18	Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	6	Jim Foster (20-9)
28	1996-97	SEC	20	11	.645	6	6	.500			69.0		9	6	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	6	Jim Foster (20-11)
29	1995-96	SEC	23	8	.742	7	4	.636			76.9		5	2	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Jim Foster (23-8)
30	1994-95	SEC	28	7	.800	8	3	.727			80.7		12	6	6	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	1	Jim Foster (28-7)
31	1993-94	SEC	25	8	.758	9	2	.818			80.4		5	5	12	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	2	Jim Foster (25-8)
32	1992-93	SEC	30	3	.909	9	2	.818			74.5		3	1	1	Lost NCAA Tournament National Semifinal	1	Jim Foster (30-3)
33	1991-92	SEC	22	9	.710	6	5	.545			76.2		8	4	13	Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Final	3	Jim Foster (22-9)
34	1990-91	SEC	19	12	.613	4	5	.444			75.0		13	13		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	10	Phil Lee (19-12)
35	1989-90	SEC	23	11	.676	5	4	.556			79.4		22	17		Lost NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal	6	Phil Lee (23-11)
36	1988-89	SEC	21	8	.724	5	4	.556			80.1					Lost NCAA Tournament First Round	7	Phil Lee (21-8)
37	1987-88	SEC	18	10	.643	4	5	.444			75.1		14	14				Phil Lee (18-10)
38	1986-87	SEC	23	10	.697	4	5	.444						11	18	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Phil Lee (23-10)
39	1985-86	SEC	22	9	.710	4	5	.444						20	20	Lost NCAA Tournament Second Round	5	Phil Lee (22-9)
40	1984-85	SEC	14	13	.519	2	6	.250					12	12				Phil Lee (14-13)
Rk	Season	Conf	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	SRS	SOS	PS/G	PA/G	AP Pre	AP High	AP Final	NCAA Tournament	Seed	Coach(es)
41	1983-84	SEC	23	9	.719	2	6	.250						20				Phil Lee (23-9)
42	1982-83	SEC	12	14	.462	2	6	.250										Phil Lee (12-14)
43	1981-82	SEC	20	14	.588	2	8	.200										Phil Lee (20-14)

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