Howard Bison women's basketball

Howard Bison
Howard Bison
	2024–25 Howard Bison women's basketball team
University	Howard University
Head coach	Ty Grace (10th season)
Conference	MEAC
Location	Washington, D.C.
Arena	Burr Gymnasium ; (capacity: 2,700)
Nickname	Bison
Colors	Navy blue and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament appearances
	1982, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2022
Conference tournament champions
	1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2022
Conference regular season champions
	1987, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2022

The Howard Bison women's basketball team represents Howard University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Bison play their home games at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C.^[2]

History

Howard has won the MEAC Tournament 11 times, but they have only competed in six NCAA Tournaments due to the MEAC champion not going to the Tournament from 1983 to 1994. Sanya Tyler was the coach for all but one of the Bison's tournament championships in her tenure, beginning in 1980. In the 1982 Tournament, they lost to Long Beach 95–57 in the first round. In the 1996 Tournament, they lost 94–63 to Connecticut in the first round. In 1997, they lost 111–59 to Stanford in the first round. In 1998, they lost 91–71 to North Carolina in the first round. In 2001, they lost 100–61 to Iowa State. They have appeared in the WNIT twice (2012 and 2013). In the former, they lost 59–56 to Virginia. In the latter, they lost to Penn 65–60, both times being in the first round.^[3]

Postseason results

NCAA tournament

The Bison have appeared in six NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 1–6.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	#8	First Round	#1 Long Beach State	L 57–95
1996	#16	First Round	#1 Connecticut	L 63–94
1997	#16	First Round	#1 Stanford	L 59–111
1998	#15	First Round	#2 North Carolina	L 71–91
2001	#15	First Round	#2 Iowa State	L 61–100
2022	#16	First Four First Round	#16 Incarnate Word #1 South Carolina	W 55–51 L 21–79