Location Arlington, TX Home Away Arena College Park Center | Nickname Mavericks Head coach Krista Gerlich Conference Sun Belt Conference | |
University University of Texas at Arlington Colors Royal Blue, White, and Orange | ||
The Texas–Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team is an NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Sun Belt Conference and representing the University of Texas at Arlington. Home games are played at College Park Center, located on University of Texas at Arlington's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2005 NCAA tournament, losing to #4 seed Texas Tech in the first round, 69–49, and the 2007 NCAA tournament, dropping their first round game to #4 seed Texas A&M 58–50. The team has also made two postseason appearances in the NIT, the first in 1998, the second in 2009.
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Team history
The Mavericks began their first year of play in the 1972–73 season in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. Legendary coach Jody Conradt joined the Mavericks in their second year and was head coach for three years. When all women’s sports joined the NCAA and began in the same conferences as the men’s sports, UTA began competing in the Southland Conference in 1982–83. In that time, they have won three regular season titles and two tournament titles. They have finished as the regular season runner-up four times and been the tournament runner-up twice.
UTA joined the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012–13 season. It was also their final year in the WAC, as UTA joined the Sun Belt Conference July 1, 2013.
Facilities
Until February 2012, the Mavericks played at Texas Hall, which is a 3,300 seat theater on the campus. The teams played on the stage, and fans could watch the game from either the theater seats or the bleacher section.
A new arena called the College Park Center with a seating capacity of 7,000 hosted the final four regular season home games for the team in 2012. The facility is located on the eastern side of the campus along with new housing, parking, and retail developments. The Mavericks have not had a home court advantage at CPC in the first year and a half, winning 4 out of 19 games, though they have won 3 of their last 5.
Coaches
The Mavericks have had 9 coaches, listed below, in their 42-year history. Krista Gerlich is the current coach. Her first full season began in October, 2013. She is currently in her third season as the Mavericks's head coach.