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Program Rating

1.04 Rating
#53 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
Grace Grocholski
34.0 MPG
Natalie Kussow
32.0 MPG
Mara Braun
31.0 MPG
Leah Harmon
30.0 MPG
Tayla Thomas
21.0 MPG
Gracie Merkle
18.0 MPG
Tori Oehrlein
14.0 MPG
Kennedy Klick
8.0 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 Dawn Plitzuweit 1-0
ESPN results + NCAA results 		100.0% 82.0 62.0 +20.0 1510 (#13) 74.4% (#68) 59.8 (#125) 59.3 (#125)
2025-2026 Dawn Plitzuweit 24-9
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		72.7% 74.1 58.8 +15.3 1422 (#18) 99.5% (#13) 77.2 (#17) 49.0 (#17)
2024-2025 Dawn Plitzuweit 25-11
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		69.4% 73.4 61.5 +11.9 1294 (#52) 97.8% (#32) 75.3 (#39) 55.6 (#39)
2023-2024 Dawn Plitzuweit 20-16
ESPN results + NCAA results + coach season records 		55.6% 69.5 66.1 +3.4 1087 (#111) 90.9% (#63) 68.9 (#64) 56.6 (#64)
2022-2023 Lindsay Whalen 11-19
ESPN results + coach season records 		36.7% 71.4 73.6 -2.2 866 (#242) 81.0% (#92) 71.5 (#101) 65.1 (#101)
2021-2022 Lindsay Whalen 15-18
ESPN results + coach season records 		45.5% 69.7 71.8 -2.1 1011 (#141) 83.8% (#82) 71.7 (#87) 63.9 (#87)
2020-2021 Lindsay Whalen 8-13
ESPN results + coach season records 		38.1% 68.7 78.7 -10.0 1054 (#137) 69.9% (#109) 70.5 (#122) 67.0 (#122)
2019-2020 Lindsay Whalen 16-15
ESPN results + coach season records 		51.6% 70.6 68.5 +2.1 1145 (#105) 90.1% (#59) 73.1 (#58) 61.3 (#58)
2018-2019 Lindsay Whalen 21-11
ESPN results + coach season records 		65.6% 69.5 60.5 +9.0 1253 (#67) 93.6% (#49) 70.2 (#49) 56.5 (#49)
2017-2018 Marlene Stollings 24-9
ESPN results + coach season records 		72.7% 84.9 74.8 +10.1 1372 (#34) 95.2% (#37) 85.9 (#30) 67.8 (#30)
2016-2017 Marlene Stollings 15-16
ESPN results + coach season records 		48.4% 73.7 74.5 -0.8 1166 (#91) 89.1% (#65) 74.9 (#62) 63.8 (#62)
2015-2016 Marlene Stollings 20-12
ESPN results + coach season records 		62.5% 83.6 79.8 +3.8 1226 (#74) 90.0% (#61) 84.1 (#61) 72.6 (#61)
2014-2015 Marlene Stollings 23-10
ESPN results + coach season records 		69.7% 76.2 71.9 +4.3 1263 (#56) 90.5% (#57) 76.7 (#47) 63.9 (#47)
2013-2014 Pam Borton 22-13
ESPN results + coach season records 		62.9% 68.7 63.5 +5.2 1246 (#54) 93.2% (#39) 71.6 (#43) 58.0 (#43)
2012-2013 Pam Borton 18-14
ESPN results + coach season records 		56.2% 69.4 65.5 +3.9 1090 (#109) 91.4% (#55) 71.1 (#57) 59.9 (#57)
2011-2012 Pam Borton 19-17
coach season records 		52.8% - - - 1079 (#126) 90.8% (#59) 67.4 (#62) 56.3 (#62)
2010-2011 Pam Borton 12-18
ESPN results + coach season records 		40.0% 64.0 65.6 -1.6 987 (#178) 84.2% (#77) 66.1 (#85) 58.6 (#85)
2009-2010 Pam Borton 13-17
ESPN results + coach season records 		43.3% 62.8 61.5 +1.3 929 (#223) 90.6% (#61) 65.8 (#63) 54.5 (#63)
2008-2009 Pam Borton 20-12
ESPN results + coach season records 		62.5% 62.3 59.8 +2.5 1265 (#54) 92.2% (#51) 66.4 (#45) 52.9 (#45)
2007-2008 Pam Borton 20-12
ESPN results + coach season records 		62.5% 67.0 63.2 +3.8 1237 (#61) 93.5% (#37) 70.1 (#42) 56.5 (#42)
2006-2007 Pam Borton 17-16
ESPN results + coach season records 		51.5% 66.8 63.2 +3.6 1096 (#117) 92.2% (#50) 68.7 (#57) 56.5 (#57)
2005-2006 Pam Borton 19-10
ESPN results + coach season records 		65.5% 67.5 64.0 +3.5 1166 (#79) 92.3% (#47) 70.8 (#49) 58.1 (#49)
2004-2005 Pam Borton 26-8
ESPN results + coach season records 		76.5% 67.9 55.3 +12.6 1296 (#18) 99.2% (#14) 70.9 (#14) 47.3 (#14)
2003-2004 Pam Borton 25-9
coach season records 		73.5% - - - 1234 (#55) 72.4% (#80) - -
2002-2003 Pam Borton 25-6
coach season records 		80.6% - - - - - - -
2001-2002 Brenda Frese 22-8
coach season records 		73.3% - - - - - - -
2000-2001 Cheryl Littlejohn 8-20
coach season records 		28.6% - - - - - - -
1999-2000 Cheryl Littlejohn 10-18
coach season records 		35.7% - - - - - - -
1998-1999 Cheryl Littlejohn 7-20
coach season records 		25.9% - - - - - - -
1997-1998 Cheryl Littlejohn 4-23
coach season records 		14.8% - - - - - - -
1996-1997 Linda Hill-MacDonald 4-24
coach season records 		14.3% - - - - - - -
1995-1996 Linda Hill-MacDonald 4-23
coach season records 		14.8% - - - - - - -
1994-1995 Linda Hill-MacDonald 12-15
coach season records 		44.4% - - - - - - -
1993-1994 Linda Hill-MacDonald 18-11
coach season records 		62.1% - - - - - - -
1992-1993 Linda Hill-MacDonald 14-12
coach season records 		53.8% - - - - - - -
1991-1992 Linda Hill-MacDonald 8-19
coach season records 		29.6% - - - - - - -
1990-1991 Linda Hill-MacDonald 6-22
coach season records 		21.4% - - - - - - -
1989-1990 LaRue Fields 8-20
coach season records 		28.6% - - - - - - -
1988-1989 LaRue Fields 7-21
coach season records 		25.0% - - - - - - -
1987-1988 LaRue Fields 9-18
coach season records 		33.3% - - - - - - -
1986-1987 Ellen Mosher Hanson 9-19
coach season records 		32.1% - - - - - - -
1985-1986 Ellen Mosher Hanson 8-20
coach season records 		28.6% - - - - - - -
1984-1985 Ellen Mosher Hanson 18-10
coach season records 		64.3% - - - - - - -

NCAA Tournament (1994-present)

Season Round Team Opponent Result Score OT Date
2017-2018 2nd Round (-) Minnesota (-) Oregon L 73-101 - 2018-03-18
2017-2018 1st Round (-) Minnesota (-) Green Bay W 89-77 - 2018-03-16
2014-2015 1st Round (-) Minnesota (-) DePaul L 72-79 - 2015-03-20