Maine Black Bears women's basketball

The Maine Black Bears women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Maine in Orono, Maine, United States. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference.[2]

Maine Black Bears women's basketball
2023–24 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Maine
Head coachAmy Vachon (6th season)
ConferenceAmerica East
LocationOrono, Maine
ArenaCross Insurance Center/Memorial Gym
(Capacity: 6,674/5,712)
NicknameBlack Bears
ColorsMaine blue, white, and navy[1]
     
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament round of 32
1999
NCAA tournament appearances
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2018, 2019
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2018, 2019
Conference regular season champions
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

History

From 1985 to 2004, the Black Bears went to 15 North Atlantic Conference/America East Conference tournament championships, winning seven of them and finishing as runner-up in the other eight.[3] During the 2017–18 and 2018-19 season Maine has won back to back America East regular season and conference tournament championships.[4]

Postseason

Maine has made nine appearances in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. The combined record of the Black Bears is 1-9.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1995 #16First Round#1 ConnecticutL 75−105
1996 #11First Round#6 George WashingtonL 67−83
1997 #13First Round#4 LSUL 79−88
1998 #13First Round#4 NC StateL 64−89
1999 #10First Round
Second Round		#7 Stanford
#2 Old Dominion		W 60−58
L 62−72
2000 #12First Round#5 North CarolinaL 57−62
2004 #13First Round#4 Texas TechL 50−60
2018 #15First Round#2 TexasL 54−83
2019 #14First Round#3 NC StateL 51−63

Maine has made five appearances in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. the combined record of the Black Bears is 0–5.[5][6]

Year Round Opponent Result
2003 First Creighton L 74–67
2005 First West Virginia L 74–59
2015 Round 1 Villanova L 71–60
2016 Round 1 Quinnipiac L 90–43
2022 Round 1 Boston College L 69–44

Year by year results
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Coaches' poll AP poll
Peter Gavett (NAC) (1983–1988)
1983–84 Peter Gavett 16–11
1984–85 Peter Gavett 21–93–2
1985–86 Peter Gavett 22–79–3
1986–87 Peter Gavett 24–411–3
1987–88 Peter Gavett 23–612–2
Peter Gavett: 106–37 (.741)35–10 (.778)
Trish Roberts (NAC) (1988–1992)
1988–89 Trish Roberts 19–813–1
1989–90 Trish Roberts 23–711–1
1990–91 Trish Roberts 20–89–1
1991–92 Trish Roberts 20–911–2
Trish Roberts: 82–32 (.719)44–5 (.898)
Joanne Palombo-McCallie (America East/NAC) (1992–2000)
1992–93 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 9–204-10
1993–94 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 20–712-2
1994–95 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 24–614-2NCAA First Round
1995–96 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 27–518-0NCAA First Round
1996–97 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 22–817-1NCAA First Round
1997–98 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 21–913-5NCAA First Round
1998–99 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 24–717-11stNCAA Second Round
1999–00 Joanne Palombo-McCallie 20–1114-4NCAA First Round
Joanne Palombo-McCallie: 167–73 (.696)109–25 (.813)
Sharon Versyp (America East) (2000–2005)
2000–01 Sharon Versyp 12–169-9
2001–02 Sharon Versyp 16–129-7
2002–03 Sharon Versyp 25–616-01st
2003–04 Sharon Versyp 25–717-11stNCAA First Round
2004–05 Sharon Versyp 20–1016-21st
Sharon Versyp: 98–51 (.658)67–19 (.779)
Ann McInerney (America East) (2005–2007)
2005–06 Ann McInerney 10–195-117th
2006–07 Ann McInerney 13–157-95th
Ann McInerney: 23–34 (.404)12–20 (.375)
Cindy Blodget (America East) (2007–2011)
2007–08 Cindy Blodget 7–234-128th
2008–09 Cindy Blodget 5–253-139th
2009–10 Cindy Blodget 8–214-128th
2010–11 Cindy Blodget 4–252-159th
Cindy Blodget: 24–94 (.203)13–52 (.200)
Richard Barron (America East) (2011–2017)
2011–12 Richard Barron 8–234-128th
2012–13 Richard Barron 4–243-129th
2013–14 Richard Barron 17–1510-64th
2014–15 Richard Barron 23–914-2T-1stWNIT First Round
2015–16 Richard Barron 26–915-1T-1stWNIT First Round
2016–17 Richard Barron 18–169-74th
Richard Barron: 96–96 (.500)55–40 (.579)
Amy Vachon (America East) (2017–present)
2017–18 Amy Vachon 23–913–3T–1stNCAA First Round
2018–19 Amy Vachon 25–815–11stNCAA First Round
2019–20 Amy Vachon 18–1412–42nd
2020–21 Amy Vachon 17–313–21st
2021–22 Amy Vachon 20–1215–31stWNIT First Round
2022–23 Amy Vachon 14–1310–53rd
Amy Vachon: 117–59 (.665)78–18 (.813)
Total:713–477 (.599)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Colors – Branding Toolbox – University of Maine. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. "University of Maine Athletics". goblackbears.com.
  3. "2016-17 EBB Quick Facts" (PDF). University of Maine Athletics.
  4. "Maine wins American East, 1st NCAA Tourney bid since 2004". Associated Press. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  5. "Archived Fields (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  6. "2003 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament" (PDF). womensnit.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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