:North Texas Mean Green women's basketball

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|name = North Texas Mean Green
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|university = University of North Texas

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|current = 2024–25 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team

|conference = American Athletic Conference

|location = Denton, Texas

|coach = Jason Burton

|tenure = 2nd

|arena = The Super Pit

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|nickname = Mean Green

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The North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in NCAA Division I college basketball, competing as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Since their 1976 inception, the team has played its home games at the Super Pit.

Season-by season record

Tina Slinker has the most wins as coach of the Mean Green, with 241 (along with 287 losses), in 19 seasons as coach. Of the 10 winning seasons in school history, she had coached six of them. The Mean Green played in the Southland Conference from 1983 to 1996, the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2000, the Sun Belt Conference from 2000 to 2013 before joining Conference USA in 2013.{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ntex/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/201617WBBFactBook3.pdf |title=Records book |website=grfx.cstv.com |format=PDF |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063345/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ntex/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/201617WBBFactBook3.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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style="text-align:left"\|1976–77	Cherri Rapp	11–13	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1977–78	Cherri Rapp	16–14	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1978–79	Cherri Rapp	16–15	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1979–80	Denise Smith	4–20	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1980–81	Denise Smith	9–19	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1981–82	Denise Smith	14–14	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1982–83	Denise Smith	6–19	n/a
style="text-align:left"\|1983–84	Judy Nelson	2–25	0–12
style="text-align:left"\|1984–85	Judy Nelson	4–22	1–11
style="text-align:left"\|1985–86	Judy Nelson	20–10{{cite tweet\|number=1353825589938040833\|user=ZacBabb\|title=Took North Texas from a 2–25 record in 1984 to 20–10 and an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1986. Remains the only a… \|date=25 January 2021}}	7–3
style="text-align:left"\|1986–87	Judy Nelson	15–13	6–6
style="text-align:left"\|1987–88	Judy Nelson	14–14	7–7
style="text-align:left"\|1988–89	Judy Nelson	11–15	4–10
style="text-align:left"\|1989–90	Tina Slinker	16–11	7–7
style="text-align:left"\|1990–91	Tina Slinker	6–20	4–10
style="text-align:left"\|1991–92	Tina Slinker	8–18	5–13
style="text-align:left"\|1992–93	Tina Slinker	9–17	6–12
style="text-align:left"\|1993–94	Tina Slinker	10–17	7–11
style="text-align:left"\|1994–95	Tina Slinker	10–17	10–8
style="text-align:left"\|1995–96	Tina Slinker	11–16	9–9
style="text-align:left"\|1996–97	Tina Slinker	5–21	2–12
style="text-align:left"\|1997–98	Tina Slinker	10–17	4–10
style="text-align:left"\|1998–99	Tina Slinker	20–8	11–3
style="text-align:left"\|1999-00	Tina Slinker	17–11	8–6
style="text-align:left"\|2000–01	Tina Slinker	19–11	10–6
style="text-align:left"\|2001–02	Tina Slinker	21–9	12–3
style="text-align:left"\|2002–03	Tina Slinker	12–16	6–9
style="text-align:left"\|2003–04	Tina Slinker	11–17	7–8
style="text-align:left"\|2004–05	Tina Slinker	14–14	9–6
style="text-align:left"\|2005–06	Tina Slinker	19–9	9–6
style="text-align:left"\|2006–07	Tina Slinker	9–20	6–12
style="text-align:left"\|2007–08	Tina Slinker	14–18	8–10
style="text-align:left"\|2008–09	Shanice Stephens	11–20	6–12
style="text-align:left"\|2009–10	Shanice Stephens	9–22	5–13
style="text-align:left"\|2010–11	Shanice Stephens	5–25	2–14
style="text-align:left"\|2011–12	Karen Aston	15–16	7–9
style="text-align:left"\|2012–13	Mike Petersen	11–19	10–10
style="text-align:left"\|2013–14	Mike Petersen	12–18	6–10
style="text-align:left"\|2014–15	Mike Petersen	5–24	4–14
style="text-align:left"\|2015–16	Jalie Mitchell	11–19	5–13
2016–17 \|Jalie Mitchell \|12–19 \|8–10
2017–18 \|Jalie Mitchell \|17–14 \|6–10
2018–19 \|Jalie Mitchell \|18–16 \|7–9
2019–20 \|Jalie Mitchell \|12–19 \|6–12
2020–21 \|Jalie Mitchell \|13–7 \|10–4
2021–22 \|Jalie Mitchell \|17–13 \|10–7
2022–23 \|Jalie Mitchell \|11–19 \|8–12
2023–24 \|Jason Burton \|23–7 \|13–5 (T–1st)
2024–25 \|Jason Burton \|25–9 \|15–3 (2nd)

Postseason results

=NCAA tournament results=

The Mean Green have appeared in the NCAA tournament once.

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| 1986

First Round

Washington

L 54–69

=WNIT Tournament results=

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament four times. Their record is 1–4.

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align="center" \| 2001	First Round	Oklahoma State	L 79–67
align="center" \| 2002	First Round	Washington	L 82–61
align="center" \| 2022	First Round	Tulsa	L 75–62
align="center" \| 2025	Second Round Super 16	UT Arlington Troy	W 78–67 L 86–88

=WBI results=

The Mean Green have appeared in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) once. Their record is 3–1.

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| 2019

First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

UT-Rio Grande Valley
Utah State
North Alabama
Appalachian State

W 56–42
W 56–54
W 56–53
L 76–59

Broadcasts

North Texas games are broadcast on the radio by the Mean Green Sports Network, part of the Learfield family. While games were previously on 88.1 KNTU, broadcasts are now streamed only on The Varsity Network app. Zac Babb handles play-by-play duties, while Michelle Brooks serves as a color commentator for home games and select road contests.

Television broadcasts are carried by ESPN+, ESPN3, and C-USA TV.

References

==External links==

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