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Program Rating

1.11 Rating
#42 National Rank
2026-2027 As of Season

Joint program + coach model (log-odds scale): the program's own quality apart from its coach, ranked among that season's Division I programs.

Core Rotation by Season

Season PG SG SF PF C B1 B2 B3
2026-2027
Lulu Twidale
34.0 MPG
Ruby Perkins
30.0 MPG
Gisella Maul
27.0 MPG
Shannon Dowell
23.0 MPG
Taylor Barnes
28.0 MPG
Albina Syla
17.0 MPG
Naya Ojukwu
12.0 MPG
Jovana Jevtovic
11.0 MPG

Top five minute earners are ordered guard-to-big, then the next three rotation players are shown off the bench. Coverage: 2026-2027 to 2026-2027.

Season History

Show All Seasons
Season Coach Record Win % PPG DPPG Margin Elo Pyth Adj PPG Adj Opp PPG
2026-2027 Charmin Smith 1-0
ESPN results + NCAA results 		100.0% 80.0 58.0 +22.0 1306 (#46) 77.3% (#60) 59.5 (#107) 58.2 (#107)
2025-2026 Charmin Smith 21-15
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		58.3% 69.8 63.8 +6.0 1158 (#97) 95.1% (#48) 72.0 (#49) 56.4 (#49)
2024-2025 Charmin Smith 25-9
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		73.5% 72.9 64.4 +8.5 1238 (#72) 97.4% (#38) 75.7 (#35) 55.4 (#35)
2023-2024 Charmin Smith 19-15
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		55.9% 66.2 65.3 +0.9 1116 (#101) 93.3% (#56) 71.1 (#61) 57.9 (#61)
2022-2023 Charmin Smith 13-17
ESPN results + coach season records 		43.3% 68.1 69.6 -1.5 959 (#181) 87.6% (#80) 72.1 (#79) 62.0 (#79)
2021-2022 Charmin Smith 11-13
ESPN results + coach season records 		45.8% 68.5 66.4 +2.1 865 (#251) 92.4% (#53) 66.2 (#84) 57.8 (#84)
2020-2021 Charmin Smith 1-16
ESPN results + coach season records 		5.9% 49.8 69.4 -19.6 913 (#211) 28.9% (#219) 58.7 (#205) 62.3 (#205)
2019-2020 Charmin Smith 12-19
ESPN results + coach season records 		38.7% 66.1 71.4 -5.3 1129 (#113) 82.3% (#81) 70.7 (#90) 63.6 (#90)
2018-2019 Lindsay Gottlieb 20-13
ESPN results + coach season records 		60.6% 72.7 70.0 +2.7 1302 (#50) 96.1% (#29) 76.3 (#35) 60.1 (#35)
2017-2018 Lindsay Gottlieb 21-11
ESPN results + coach season records 		65.6% 69.0 65.9 +3.1 1286 (#57) 93.3% (#47) 72.9 (#45) 58.3 (#45)
2016-2017 Lindsay Gottlieb 20-14
ESPN results + coach season records 		58.8% 68.7 65.1 +3.6 1229 (#68) 94.5% (#38) 72.5 (#33) 56.7 (#33)
2015-2016 Lindsay Gottlieb 15-17
ESPN results + coach season records 		46.9% 67.6 66.5 +1.1 1170 (#88) 92.1% (#51) 71.0 (#45) 57.6 (#45)
2014-2015 Lindsay Gottlieb 24-10
ESPN results + coach season records 		70.6% 69.8 62.6 +7.2 1346 (#35) 95.5% (#31) 71.9 (#26) 55.1 (#26)
2013-2014 Lindsay Gottlieb 22-10
ESPN results + coach season records 		68.8% 69.8 66.0 +3.8 1314 (#43) 93.9% (#37) 72.5 (#36) 57.8 (#36)
2012-2013 Lindsay Gottlieb 32-4
ESPN results + coach season records 		88.9% 71.8 58.5 +13.3 1461 (#13) 98.5% (#13) 73.2 (#14) 52.2 (#14)
2011-2012 Lindsay Gottlieb 25-10
coach season records 		71.4% - - - 1303 (#37) 97.3% (#21) 72.3 (#18) 54.3 (#18)
2010-2011 Joanne Boyle 18-16
ESPN results + coach season records 		52.9% 62.9 60.7 +2.2 1069 (#136) 89.2% (#64) 65.5 (#61) 54.4 (#61)
2009-2010 Joanne Boyle 24-13
ESPN results + coach season records 		64.9% 66.1 60.4 +5.7 1262 (#27) 95.4% (#30) 68.6 (#28) 52.7 (#28)
2008-2009 Joanne Boyle 27-7
ESPN results + coach season records 		79.4% 67.1 54.8 +12.3 1328 (#40) 98.9% (#9) 69.0 (#13) 47.1 (#13)
2007-2008 Joanne Boyle 27-7
ESPN results + coach season records 		79.4% 64.6 54.3 +10.3 1341 (#31) 97.4% (#22) 67.5 (#23) 49.4 (#23)
2006-2007 Joanne Boyle 23-9
ESPN results + coach season records 		71.9% 67.9 60.1 +7.8 1216 (#59) 95.1% (#29) 69.4 (#28) 53.8 (#28)
2005-2006 Joanne Boyle 18-12
ESPN results + coach season records 		60.0% 64.8 60.4 +4.4 1091 (#115) 92.7% (#44) 66.2 (#46) 53.4 (#46)
2004-2005 Caren Horstmeyer 11-18
ESPN results + coach season records 		37.9% 66.0 71.3 -5.3 864 (#246) 76.3% (#94) 67.5 (#111) 63.7 (#111)
2003-2004 Caren Horstmeyer 12-17
coach season records 		41.4% - - - 1140 (#104) 77.2% (#64) - -
2002-2003 Caren Horstmeyer 10-19
coach season records 		34.5% - - - - - - -
2001-2002 Caren Horstmeyer 7-21
coach season records 		25.0% - - - - - - -
2000-2001 Caren Horstmeyer 12-16
coach season records 		42.9% - - - - - - -
1999-2000 Marianne Stanley 11-17
coach season records 		39.3% - - - - - - -
1998-1999 Marianne Stanley 12-15
coach season records 		44.4% - - - - - - -
1997-1998 Marianne Stanley 6-22
coach season records 		21.4% - - - - - - -
1996-1997 Marianne Stanley 6-21
coach season records 		22.2% - - - - - - -
1995-1996 Gooch Foster 7-20
coach season records 		25.9% - - - - - - -
1994-1995 Gooch Foster 10-17
coach season records 		37.0% - - - - - - -
1993-1994 Gooch Foster 8-20
coach season records 		28.6% - - - - - - -
1992-1993 Gooch Foster 19-10
coach season records 		65.5% - - - - - - -
1991-1992 Gooch Foster 20-9
coach season records 		69.0% - - - - - - -
1990-1991 Gooch Foster 14-14
coach season records 		50.0% - - - - - - -
1989-1990 Gooch Foster 17-12
coach season records 		58.6% - - - - - - -
1988-1989 Gooch Foster 13-15
coach season records 		46.4% - - - - - - -
1987-1988 Gooch Foster 15-15
coach season records 		50.0% - - - - - - -
1986-1987 Gooch Foster 21-10
coach season records 		67.7% - - - - - - -
1985-1986 Gooch Foster 16-12
coach season records 		57.1% - - - - - - -
1984-1985 Gooch Foster 15-12
coach season records 		55.6% - - - - - - -

NCAA Tournament (1994-present)

Season Round Team Opponent Result Score OT Date
2024-2025 1st Round (-) California (-) Mississippi State L 46-59 - 2025-03-22
2018-2019 2nd Round (-) California (-) Baylor L 63-102 - 2019-03-25
2018-2019 1st Round (-) California (-) North Carolina W 92-72 - 2019-03-23
2017-2018 1st Round (-) California (-) Virginia L 62-68 - 2018-03-16
2016-2017 2nd Round (-) California (-) Baylor L 46-86 - 2017-03-20
2016-2017 1st Round (-) California (-) Louisiana State W 55-52 - 2017-03-18
2014-2015 2nd Round (-) California (-) Texas L 70-73 - 2015-03-22
2014-2015 1st Round (-) California (-) Wichita State W 78-66 - 2015-03-20
2013-2014 2nd Round (-) California (-) Baylor L 56-75 - 2014-03-24
2013-2014 1st Round (-) California (-) Fordham W 64-63 - 2014-03-22
2012-2013 Final Four (-) California (-) Louisville L 57-64 - 2013-04-07
2012-2013 Elite 8 (-) California (-) Georgia W 65-62 OT 2013-04-01
2012-2013 Sweet 16 (-) California (-) Louisiana State W 73-63 - 2013-03-30
2012-2013 2nd Round (-) California (-) South Florida W 82-78 OT 2013-03-25
2012-2013 1st Round (-) California (-) Fresno State W 90-76 - 2013-03-23
2011-2012 2nd Round (-) California (-) Notre Dame L 62-73 - 2012-03-20
2011-2012 1st Round (-) California (-) Iowa W 84-74 - 2012-03-18