NCAA 여자 | 04/02 01:15 | 138 | 코네티컷 허스키스 v Usc 트로전스 | L | 80-73 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/30 21:45 | 136 | 베일러 베어즈 v Usc 트로전스 | W | 70-74 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/26 02:00 | 124 | 캔자스 제이호크스 v Usc 트로전스 | W | 55-73 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/23 20:45 | 122 | 텍사스 A&M 코퍼스 크리스티 아일랜더스 v Usc 트로전스 | W | 55-87 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/10 21:00 | 1 | [34] Usc 트로전스 v 스탠포드 카디널 [12] | W | 74-61 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/09 03:30 | 2 | [27] UCLA 브루인스 v Usc 트로전스 [34] | W | 70-80 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/08 02:00 | 3 | [162] 애리조나 와일드캐츠 v Usc 트로전스 [34] | W | 62-65 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/02 19:00 | - | [37] Usc 트로전스 v 애리조나 스테이트 선 데블스 [259] | W | 70-55 | |
NCAA 여자 | 03/01 01:00 | - | [41] Usc 트로전스 v 애리조나 와일드캐츠 [138] | W | 95-93 | |
NCAA 여자 | 02/25 20:00 | - | [63] 유타 유테스 v Usc 트로전스 [35] | L | 74-68 | |
NCAA 여자 | 02/24 03:00 | - | [42] 콜로라도 버펄로즈 v Usc 트로전스 [39] | W | 81-87 | |
NCAA 여자 | 02/18 20:00 | - | [39] Usc 트로전스 v 오리건 스테이트 [22] | W | 58-50 |
The USC Trojans women's basketball team, or the Women of Troy, is the collegiate women's basketball team that represents the University of Southern California, in the Pac-12 Conference. The team rose to prominence in 1976, at which time scholarships became available to female basketball players. They were the first Division I team to give these scholarships.
The Women of Troy made their first appearance in the Final Four in the 1981 AIAW Tournament. Following the successful 1982 season, in which USC reached the Elite Eight of the first NCAA tournament, the Trojans went on to win national championships in 1983 and 1984. The 1983 championship team included three All-Americans, Paula McGee, Cheryl Miller, and Rhonda Windham. The 1983 team went 31–2 in the regular and post-season combined. The 1983 team bested their opponent, Louisiana Tech, by a mere 2 points. The final score was 69–67. The 1984 championship team went 29–4 in the regular and post season. The 1984 team faced University of Tennessee. The victory this year came by a healthy eleven points. The final score was 72–61. USC made the National Championship again in 1986 but did not prevail. They lost to University of Texas 97–81. They since have yet to appear in the National Championship.
In 1987 and 1994 the Trojans won the Pac-10 Championship. The Trojans had begun their longest playoff drought in 1998, which was broken when the team made it to the playoff bracket in 2005. Not until 2011 did the Trojans make it to the postseason again. In 2006 USC opened the Galen Center, which was the new home of the Women of Troy. It can seat over 10,000 fans, and it was sold out in 2007 for a game between the Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. It was the first time in history that an NCAA women's basketball game was sold out. Every year since 1986, at least one member of the Trojans team has been honored in the Pac-10 awards. To date, eleven players who played for USC have won Olympic medals.
Given USC's early and iconic development of women's basketball, the legacy was featured in an HBO documentary entitled "Women of Troy," which premiered on March 10, 2020.