Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball

Northern Colorado Bears
Northern Colorado Bears
	2024–25 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team
University	University of Northern Colorado
Head coach	Kristen Mattio (4th season)
Conference	Big Sky
Location	Greeley, Colorado
Arena	Bank of Colorado Arena ; (capacity: 2,992)
Nickname	Bears
Colors	Blue and gold;
NCAA tournament second round
	Division II: 1998, 2000
NCAA tournament appearances
	Division I: 2018; Division II: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
Conference tournament champions
	2018
Conference regular season champions
	2018

The Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley, Colorado, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big Sky Conference.^[2]

History

Northern Colorado began play in 1970, though records only go back to 1974. They were members of the Intermountain Athletic Conference (IAC) from 1975 to 1982, the Continental Divide Conference (CDC) from 1982 to 1989, and the North Central Conference (NCC) from 1989 to 2003 before being reclassified to Division I in 2003. They joined the Big Sky Conference in 2006. They played in the WBI in 2011 and the WNIT in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2019. They made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018. As of the end of the 2020–21 season, the Bears have an all-time record of 661–644.^[3]

Division I Season-by-Season Results

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Postseason
Ron Vlasin (Independent) (2003–2006)
2003-04	Ron Vlasin	16-11		Independent during transition from DII to DI
2004-05	Ron Vlasin	12-16
2005-06	Ron Vlasin	13-15
Ron Vlasin Win–loss Total:		41-42
Jaime White (Big Sky) (2006–2014)
2006-07	Jaime White	5-24	2-14
2007-08	Jaime White	14-16	8-8
2008-09	Jaime White	12-18	5-11
2009-10	Jaime White	14-16	6-10
2010-11	Jaime White	17-14	12-4	WBI
2011-12	Jaime White	20-12	11-5	WNIT
2012-13	Jaime White	21-13	15-5	WNIT
2013-14	Jaime White	14-15	8-12
Jaime White Win–loss Total:		117-128
Kamie Ethridge (Big Sky) (2014–2019)
2014-15	Kamie Ethridge	22-13	12-6	WNIT
2015-16	Kamie Ethridge	13-16	8-10
2016-17	Kamie Ethridge	22-8	14-4
2017-18	Kamie Ethridge	26-7	15-3	NCAA Tournament First Round
Kamie Ethridge Win–loss Total:		88-44
Jenny Huth (Big Sky) (2018–2021)
2018-19	Jenny Huth	21-11	3-13	WNIT
2019-20	Jenny Huth	13-18	8-12
2020-21	Jenny Huth	14-12	12-7
Jenny Huth Win–loss Total:		48-41
Kristen Mattio (Big Sky) (2021–present)
2021–22	Kristen Mattio	3–22	2–13
2022–23	Kristen Mattio	0–0	0–0
Kristen Mattio Win–loss Total:		3–22 (.120)
Total:		Win Loss Total
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Postseason

NCAA Division I tournament results

The Bears have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament once. Their combined record is 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2018	#10	First Round	#7 Michigan	L 61–75

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Bears made five appearances in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 2–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	First Round	Minnesota–Duluth	L, 72–77
1996	First Round	Minnesota–Duluth	L, 60–65
1997	First Round	Nebraska–Kearney	L, 76–82 (OT)
1998	First Round Second Round	Metro State North Dakota	W, 74–64 L, 68–96
2000	First Round Second Round	Nebraska–Kearney North Dakota	W, 81–79 L, 67–82