Eastern Kentucky -Dames

Eastern Kentucky -Dames

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The Eastern Kentucky Colonels women's basketball team is a women's college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, Kentucky. After having played women's basketball in the Ohio Valley Conference since it began sponsoring women's sports in 1977, EKU joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in July 2021. The 2024–25 season will mark EKU's fourth season as a member institution in the ASUN Conference. Home games are played at Baptist Health Arena, seating 6,500 fans for basketball contests.

History

Eastern Kentucky began play in 1971. They won the Kentucky Women's Intercollegiate Conference (KWIC) Tournament in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976. They joined the Ohio Valley Conference when that conference started sponsoring women's sports in 1977, they won five regular season championships (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005) and two tournament championships (1997, 2005). The Colonels have made the postseason five times, with two being in the NCAA Tournament (1997, 2005), two in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (2002, 2024), and one in the Women's Basketball Invitational (2013). As of the end of the 2023–24 season, they have an all-time record of 720–730.

In 2021, Greg Todd was named the 10th head basketball coach in program history. He led the program to a 22–12 overall record during the 2023–24 season, the first 20-win season since 2004–05. EKU appeared in the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament for the third consecutive season, defeating Lipscomb 99–68 on the road in the quarterfinals, ultimately helping the team receive an at-large bid to the 2024 Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament, losing to Purdue Fort Wayne 83–75 in the opening round on the road.

Het basketbalteam van de USA "Eastern Kentucky - Dames" is een van de meest succesvolle teams in de NCAA Division I geschiedenis. Het team heeft 10 NCAA kampioenschappen gewonnen, meer dan enig ander team in de geschiedenis van het toernooi. Led by coach Matthew Smith, the team has a 35-2 record in the NCAA Tournament and has won its last 11 games.

Het Easter Kentucky - Dames team staat bekend om zijn snelle speltempo en agressieve verdediging. Het team heeft een aantal van de beste speelsters in het land, waaronder All-Americans Victoria Dunlap en Alice Reckamp. Dunlap is een 6-3 center die gemiddeld 20 punten en 10 rebounds per wedstrijd scoort. Reckamp is een 6-1 forward die gemiddeld 18 punten en 8 rebounds per wedstrijd scoort.

Het Eastern Kentucky - Dames team is een van de favoriete teams om de NCAA kampioenschap in 2023 te winnen. Het team heeft veel ervaring in het toernooi en is een van de meest getalenteerde teams in het land.