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Fixtures
| WNCAAB | 12/20 19:00 | - | Central Florida (W) vs BYU (W) | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/01 02:00 | - | BYU (W) vs TCU (W) | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/03 21:00 | - | BYU (W) vs Arizona State (W) | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/07 01:00 | - | Arizona (W) vs BYU (W) | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/10 19:00 | - | Houston (W) vs BYU (W) | - | View | |
| WNCAAB | 01/17 21:00 | - | BYU (W) vs Baylor (W) | - | View |
Results
| WNCAAB | 12/13 20:00 | - | UTEP (W) v BYU (W) | W | 46-81 | |
| WNCAAB | 12/12 02:00 | - | [145] Idaho State (W) v BYU (W) [17] | W | 59-68 | |
| WNCAAB | 12/07 01:00 | - | Portland (W) v BYU (W) | W | 53-87 | |
| WNCAAB | 12/03 21:00 | - | BYU (W) v Washington State (W) | W | 56-54 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/29 17:00 | - | Vanderbilt (W) v BYU (W) | L | 84-71 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/27 22:30 | - | [1] BYU (W) v Virginia Tech (W) [2] | W | 64-60 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/22 21:00 | - | Weber State (W) v BYU (W) | W | 62-79 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/20 02:00 | - | BYU (W) v Montana (W) | W | 70-69 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/15 21:00 | - | Fresno State (W) v BYU (W) | W | 43-63 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/14 02:00 | - | BYU (W) v Nebraska Omaha Women | W | 104-47 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/08 21:00 | - | [176] San Jose State (W) v BYU (W) [1] | W | 51-70 | |
| WNCAAB | 11/06 02:00 | - | [116] Coastal Carolina (W) v BYU (W) [1] | W | 57-91 |
Wikipedia - BYU Cougars women's basketball
The BYU Cougars women's basketball team is the women's college basketball program representing Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. The Cougars began female collegiate basketball competition in 1972 and have won 18 conference championships. They compete in the Big 12 Conference.
History
The BYU Cougars women's basketball team traces its roots to 1900, when a team was created at Brigham Young Academy, the precursor to BYU. Its official inaugural season was in 1972. From 1972 to 1977, the team was coached by Elaine Michaelis, during which time she simultaneously coached women's volleyball, field hockey, and softball at one point. The program found early success under coach Courtney Leishman, who took over in 1977, with the team winning five straight regular-season championships in the Intermountain Athletic Conference (IAC) from 1977–78 to 1981–82. The Cougars also made three appearances in the AIAW Tournament (1978, 1979, 1980), reaching the Sweet Sixteen in 1980. BYU made the transition to NCAA Division I and earned its first NCAA Tournament bid in the 1983–84 season. The Cougars competed in the High Country Athletic Conference (HCAC), Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and Mountain West Conference (MWC) during the years that followed, securing several conference titles. The team made notable NCAA Tournament appearances in the 1980s and 1990s, including a WAC Tournament Championship in 1993.
The most consistent period of success for the program came under head coach Jeff Judkins, who led the team from the 2001–02 season through 2021–22, becoming the winningest coach in program history. Judkins guided the Cougars to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen twice: 2002 and 2014. The team won multiple regular-season and tournament championships in both the Mountain West Conference and the West Coast Conference (WCC), which they joined in 2011. During their time in the WCC (2011–2023), BYU was a consistent contender, winning three WCC Tournament Championships (2012, 2015, 2019) and two WCC Regular Season Championships (2021, 2022). The BYU Cougars made a significant move in 2023, joining the Big 12 Conference.
As of 2025, the Cougars have been ranked in the AP poll a total of 38 times since 1977, with its highest rank at #15.