Michigan State Spartans women's basketball
The Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The Spartans play home basketball games at the Breslin Student Events Center on the university campus in East Lansing, Michigan.
History
The Spartans began play in 1972. In 1991, the Spartans made their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, their first postseason appearance since the 1977 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament. In 2005, the Spartans won 33 games, advancing all the way to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, before losing 84–62 to Baylor. The Spartans have been to 14 NCAA Tournaments in the past 25 years, the most recent being in 2014.Coaching history
Postseason
The Spartans have made 14 appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. Their combined record is 17–14.| 1991 | Second Round† | Oklahoma State | L 96–94 |
| 1996 | First Round Second Round | UMass Connecticut | W 60–57 L 88–68 |
| 1997 | First Round Second Round | Portland North Carolina | W 75–70 L 81–71 |
| 2003 | First Round | TCU | L 50–47 |
| 2004 | First Round Second Round | Arizona Texas | W 72–60 L 80–61 |
| 2005 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Finals | Alcorn State USC Vanderbilt Stanford Tennessee Baylor | W 73–41 W 61–59 W 76–64 W 76–69 W 68–64 L 84–62 |
| 2006 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | Wisconsin-Milwaukee Kentucky Duke | W 65–46 W 67–63 L 86–61 |
| 2007 | First Round Second Round | Delaware Rutgers | W 69–58 L 70–57 |
| 2009 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | Middle Tennessee State Duke Iowa State | W 60–59 W 63–49 L 69–68 |
| 2010 | First Round Second Round | Bowling Green Kentucky | W 72–62 L 70–52 |
| 2011 | First Round Second Round | Northern Iowa Green Bay | W 69–66 L 65–56 |
| 2012 | First Round | Louisville | L 67–55 |
| 2013 | First Round Second Round | Marist Maryland | W 55–47 L 74–49 |
| 2014 | First Round Second Round | Hampton North Carolina | W 91–61 L 62–53 |
† The Spartans received a bye into the Second Round.
Big Ten Medal of Honor
- 1983 – Karen Wells
- 1985 – Kelly Belanger
- 1986 – Julie Polakowski
- 1990 – Eileen Shea
- 2006 – Liz Shimek
- 2010 – Allyssa DeHaan
Big Ten Coach of the Year
- 1988 – Karen Langeland
- 2005 – Joanne P. McCallie
- 2011 – Suzy Merchant