West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
The West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represents West Virginia University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition.West Virginia has earned twelve bids to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.In 2017, they won the Big 12 Tournament, despite finishing sixth in the regular season.[2] The first women's basketball team was started in 1973, as a result of the Title IX mandates.The first coach was Kittie Blakemore, who was asked to create a schedule against ten local teams.
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