Georgia Lady Bulldogs

2023–24 Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team

University

University of Georgia

Head coach

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (2nd season)

Conference

SEC

Location

Athens, Georgia

Arena

Stegeman Coliseum
(Capacity: 10,523)

Nickname

Lady Bulldogs

Colors

Red and black^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA tournament runner-up

1985, 1996^[2]

NCAA tournament Final Four

1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999^[2]

NCAA tournament Elite Eight

1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2013

NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen

1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013

NCAA tournament appearances

1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023

Conference tournament champions

1983, 1984, 1986, 2001

Conference regular season champions

1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001^[3]

The Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team represents the University of Georgia in basketball. The Lady Bulldogs are a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The "Lady Dawgs," as they are sometimes called, play in Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Georgia. They have historically been among collegiate Womens Basketball's best programs. Georgia has won seven Southeastern Conference regular-season championships, four conference tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 36 times, tied for 2nd among all schools. The team is coached by Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. The Lady Bulldogs have also appeared in 5 Final Fours and 11 Elite Eights, but have never won a National Championship.

History

Coach Landers was hired as the team's first full-time coach in 1979.^[4] Since the initial NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament in 1982, the Lady Dogs have appeared every year until (and including) 2014 with the exception of 1992 and 1994.^[2]^[5]

Year by year results

Conference tournament winners noted with # Source^[6]

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Flossie M. Love (Independent) (1973–1974)
1973–74	Flossie M. Love	3–13	–		GAIAW
Flossie M. Love:		3–13	–
Elsa Heimerer (Independent) (1974–1977)
1974–75	Elsa Heimerer	8–9	–		GAIAW
1975–76	Elsa Heimerer	11–9	–		GAIAW
1976–77	Elsa Heimerer	2–19	–
Elsa Heimerer:		21–37	–
Dave Lucey (Independent) (1977–1978)
1977–78	Dave Lucey	7–16	–		GAIAW
Dave Lucey:		7–16	–
Carolyn Lehr (Independent) (1978–1979)
1978–79	Carolyn Lehr	6–19	–
Carolyn Lehr:		6–19	–
Andy Landers (Independent, SEC) (1979–2015)
1979–80	Andy Landers	16–12	–		GAIAW
1980–81	Andy Landers	27–10	–		AIAW Region III, NWIT Champions
1981–82	Andy Landers	21–9	–		NCAA First Round
1982–83	Andy Landers	27–7	4–4	3rd (SEC East) #	NCAA Final Four		9
1983–84	Andy Landers	30–3	7–1	T-1st (SEC East) #	NCAA Elite Eight		3
1984–85	Andy Landers	29–5	7–1	1st (SEC East)	NCAA Runner-up		8
1985–86	Andy Landers	30–2	9–0	1st#	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	4	2
1986–87	Andy Landers	27–5	7–2	T-2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	9	6
1987–88	Andy Landers	21–10	5–4	T-4th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	10	17
1988–89	Andy Landers	23–7	6–3	3rd	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)	18	10
1989–90	Andy Landers	25–5	6–3	4th	NCAA Second Round (Bye)	13	7
1990–91	Andy Landers	28–4	9–0	1st	NCAA Elite Eight	6	3
1991–92	Andy Landers	19–11	6–5	T-4th
1992–93	Andy Landers	21–13	4–7	T-8th	NCAA Second Round (Play-in)	21	21
1993–94	Andy Landers	17–11	5–6	T-7th
1994–95	Andy Landers	28–5	8–3	T-2nd	NCAA Final Four	4	12
1995–96	Andy Landers	28–5	10–1	1st	NCAA Runner-up	2	5
1996–97	Andy Landers	25–6	11–1	1st	NCAA Elite Eight	7	6
1997–98	Andy Landers	17–11	8–6	5th	NCAA First Round
1998–99	Andy Landers	27–7	9–5	3rd	NCAA Final Four	12	12
1999–2000	Andy Landers	32–4	13–1	T-1st	NCAA Elite Eight	5	4
2000–01	Andy Landers	27–6	11–3	T-2nd#	NCAA Second Round	13	4
2001–02	Andy Landers	19–11	6–8	9th	NCAA First Round
2002–03	Andy Landers	21–10	10–4	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	11	19
2003–04	Andy Landers	25–10	8–6	T-4th	NCAA Elite Eight	8	16
2004–05	Andy Landers	24–10	9–5	4th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	13	20
2005–06	Andy Landers	23–9	10–4	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	13	12
2006–07	Andy Landers	27–7	11–3	2nd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	13	13
2007–08	Andy Landers	23–10	8–6	T-4th	NCAA Second Round	24
2008–09	Andy Landers	18–14	7–7	7th	NCAA First Round
2009–10	Andy Landers	25–9	9–7	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	19	23
2010–11	Andy Landers	23–11	10–6	T-3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen	24
2011–12	Andy Landers	22–9	11–5	3rd	NCAA First Round	20	20
2012–13	Andy Landers	28–7	12–4	3rd	NCAA Elite Eight	13	14
2013–14	Andy Landers	20–12	7–9	9th	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Andy Landers	19–12	6–10	9th
Andy Landers:		862–299	273–144
Joni Taylor (SEC) (2015–2022)
2015–16	Joni Taylor	21–9	9–7	6th	NCAA First Round
2016–17	Joni Taylor	16–15	7–9	T-8th
2017–18	Joni Taylor	26–7	12–4	T-2nd	NCAA Second Round	18	19
2018–19	Joni Taylor	18–12	9–7	T-6th
2019–20	Joni Taylor	17–14	7–9	9th
2020–21	Joni Taylor	21–7	10–5	4th	NCAA Second Round
2021–22	Joni Taylor	20-8	9-7	6th	NCAA Second Round	15	12
Joni Taylor:		139–72 (.659)	63–48 (.568)
Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (SEC) (2022–present)
2022–23	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson	20–10	9–7	T-5th
Katie Abrahamson-Henderson:		22–11 (.667)	9–7 (.563)
Total:		1058–466 (.694)
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

NCAA tournament results

The Bulldogs have made the NCAA tournament 36 times. They have a combined record of 59−36.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	#5	First Round	#4 Arizona State	L 77−97
1983	#2	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#7 North Carolina #6 Indiana #1 Tennessee #1 USC	W 72−70 W 86−70 W 67–63 L 57–81
1984	#1	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#8 Louisville #4 Ole Miss #3 Tennessee	W 112−69 W 73−63 L 61–73
1985	#2	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#7 Tennessee Tech #6 UCLA #1 Long Beach State #4 Western Kentucky #1 Old Dominion	W 91−74 W 78−42 W 97–82 W 91–78 L 65–70
1986	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#8 Illinois #4 Tennessee	W 103−64 L 82−85
1987	#2	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#7 Kansas #3 Iowa	W 82−51 L 60−62
1988	#4	Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#5 Western Kentucky #1 Auburn	W 84−66 L 65−68
1989	#5	First Round Second Round	#12 Chattanooga #4 Clemson	W 90−69 L 65–78
1990	#2	Second Round	#7 Arkansas	L 70−81
1991	#1	Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#8 UNLV #4 Long Beach State #2 Stanford	W 86−62 W 87−77 L 67–75
1993	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 San Diego State #1 Stanford	W 85−68 L 60−93
1995	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#14 Indiana #11 Louisville #7 NC State #1 Colorado #1 Tennessee	W 81−64 W 81−68 W 98–79 W 82–79 L 51–73
1996	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	#15 St. Francis (PA) #7 Oklahoma State #11 Stephen F. Austin #1 Louisiana Tech #1 Stanford #1 Tennessee	W 98−66 W 83−55 W 78–64 W 90–76 W 86–76 L 65–83
1997	#2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#15 Eastern Kentucky #7 Arizona #6 Vanderbilt #1 Stanford	W 91−55 W 80−74 W 66–52 L 47–82
1998	#7	First Round	#10 George Washington	L 72−74
1999	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	#14 Liberty #11 SMU #2 Clemson #4 Iowa State #3 Duke	W 73−52 W 68−55 W 67–54 W 89–71 L 69–81
2000	#1	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#16 Montana #9 Stanford #5 North Carolina #2 Rutgers	W 74−46 W 83−64 W 83–57 L 51–59
2001	#2	First Round Second Round	#15 Liberty #10 Missouri	W 77−48 L 65–78
2002	#10	First Round	#7 Old Dominion	L 54−68
2003	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Charlotte #4 Rutgers #1 Duke	W 80−61 W 74−64 L 63–66
2004	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#14 Liberty #6 TCU #2 Purdue #4 LSU	W 78−53 W 85−71 W 66–64 L 60–62
2005	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#11 Rice #3 Texas #2 Duke	W 75−49 W 70−68 L 57–63
2006	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Marist #11 Hartford #2 Connecticut	W 75−60 W 73−54 L 75–77
2007	#3	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#14 Belmont #6 Iowa State #2 Purdue	W 53−36 W 76−56 L 65–78
2008	#8	First Round Second Round	#9 Iowa #1 North Carolina	W 67−61 L 66−80
2009	#11	First Round	#6 Arizona State	L 47−58
2010	#5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#12 Tulane #4 Oklahoma State #1 Stanford	W 64−59 W 74−71 (OT) L 36–73
2011	#6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#11 Middle Tenn #6 Florida State #2 Texas A&M	W 56−41 W 61−59 L 38–79
2012	#4	First Round	#13 Marist	L 70−76
2013	#4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	#13 Montana #5 Iowa State #1 Stanford #2 California	W 70−50 W 65−60 W 61–59 L 62–65 (OT)
2014	#8	First Round	#9 St. Joseph's	L 57−67
2016	#8	First Round	#9 Indiana	L 58−62
2018	#4	First Round Second Round	#13 Mercer #5 Duke	W 68−63 L 40−66
2021	#3	First Round Second Round	#14 Drexel #6 Oregon	W 67−53 L 50−57
2022	#6	First Round Second Round	#11 Dayton #3 Iowa State	W 70−54 L 44−67
2023	#10	First Round Second Round	#7 Florida State #2 Iowa	W 66−54 L 66−74

Home venues

Stegeman Coliseum

Player awards

National awards

USBWA National Freshman of the Year

Tasha Humphrey – 2005

Naismith College Player of the Year

Saudia Roundtree – 1996

SEC Awards

Player of the Year Award

Katrina McClain – 1987

Saudia Roundtree – 1996

Kelly Miller – 2000, 2001

School records

Source^[6]

Career leaders

Points Scored: Janet Harris (2641)
Rebounds: Janet Harris (1398)
Assists: Teresa Edwards (63)
Steals: Sherill Baker (426)
3-pointers: Cori Chambers (282)

Single-season leaders

Points Scored: Katrina McClain(796, 1987)
Rebounds: Janet Harris, (397, 1983)
Assists: Saudia Roundtree (226, 1995)
Steals: Sherill Baker (149, 2006)
3-pointers: Cori Chambers (85, 2007)

Single-game leaders

Points Scored: Coco Miller (45, 6 Dec 1997)
Rebounds: Katrina McClain (24, 10 Feb 1986)
Assists: Lady Hardmon 14, (6 Jan 1992)
Steals: Ashley Houts (10, 29 Nov 2006)

Triple-Doubles

Teresa Edwards 24 points, 10 rebs. & 10 assists. vs. Alabama 1 Mar 1986
Tracy Henderson 14 points, 13 rebs. & 10 blocks vs. Louisville 19 Mar 1995

Notes

References

External links

Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball

Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball
Venues	Stegeman Coliseum (1973–present)
Culture & lore	History Hairy Dawg Uga
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics