YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS D4 D 10 D 17 D 27 D 28 D 30 J5 J6 J7 J 11 J 14 J 20 J 21 J 22 J 25 J 28 J 31 F2 F4 F 11 F 14 F 17 F 23 F 24 M 10 M 11 M 12 M 23 M 24 M 25
— — — — 19 19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 20 20 20
— 6 — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — 20 — — — — — — — — — — — — 5 6
at Nebraska William Penn UNLV vs. Southern Conn. St. vs. Rhode Island at Montclair State at Simpson at Wichita State vs. Phillips Wayland Baptist at Missouri State Iowa State% Kansas% Nebraska% Kansas at William Penn at Wichita State NW Missouri State Nebraska at Iowa State Central Missouri Wichita State at Kansas NW Oklahoma State at Luther# Nebraska-Omaha## Missouri## Utah### Tennessee### Tennessee Tech###
W W W L W L W W L L W W W W W L W L W L W W W W W W W W L L
64-56 57-53 73-71 46-55 59-50 57-78 80-50 77-47 68-78 64-72 74-56 60-59 68-65 60-50 62-55 61-75 76-53 57-71 75-53 57-58 76-61 64-60 62-56 78-62 72-56 90-61 70-54 70-32 69-81 58-68
% Big Eight Tourney (Boulder, Colo.) ## AIAW Region VI (Decorah, Iowa) ### AIAW National Tourney (Minneapolis, Minn.)
F3 F6 F 13 F 19 F 23 F 26 M9 M 10 M 11 M 16 M 17
— — — — — — — — — — —
— 19 — — — 16 — — 17 1 11
at Wichita State at Missouri Nebraska Central Missouri Wichita State at Kansas at Minnesota## Drake## Kansas## Old Dominion# Valdosta State#
W W W W W W (2OT) W W L L L
81-63 64-62 75-61 81-74 90-51 92-91 84-80 79-70 59-75 75-96 92-104
% Big Eight Tournament (Lincoln, Neb.) * K-State Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) ## AIAW Region VI (Minneapolis, Minn.) # AIAW South Sectional (Cookeville, Tenn.)
LYNN HICKEY • 1979-84 • 125-39 (.762) Lynn Hickey’s Wildcats won 23 games and advanced to a national postseason tournament in each of her five years at the helm. An AllAmerican and summa cum laude graduate at Ouachita Baptist College, Hickey won two Big Eight Conference titles and coached K-State’s first Kodak All-American, Priscilla Gary. Hickey left K-State to become the head coach at Texas A&M, a post she held for 10 years. She later became the senior associate athletics director there and is now the director of athletics at Texas-San Antonio. Hickey was inducted into the Kansas State Sports Hall of Fame in August of 2004.
1977-78 • Big 8 Regular Season Champions Record: 20-14 (.588) H: 11-2 A: 4-6 N: 5-6 Head Coach: Judy Akers Played eight games against Top 10 opponents • Captured the league championship • Took second place in AIAW Region VI Tournament.
Date N 24 N 25 N 26 N 30 D2 D6 D9 D 10 D 15 D 15 D 16 D 17 D 29 J5 J6 J7 J 13 J 18 J 20 J 21 J 25 J 27 J 28 J 31 F3 F4 F8 F 10 F 14 F 21 F 25 M9 M 10 M 11
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — vs. Houston 16 — vs. Louisiana Tech 16 — vs. Missouri 16 — vs. Central Missouri — 3 Wayland Baptist — — Nebraska — 14 at Missouri — — New Mexico — — vs. Tennessee Tech — — vs. Mississippi — — vs. Miss. Gulf Coast — 17 vs. Ohio State — — Minnesota — — Oklahoma State% — — at Kansas% — — Oklahoma% — — Missouri State — — at UNLV — 11 at UCLA — — at Long Beach State — — at Kansas — — vs. UNLV — — at Kansas — — Wichita State — — at Nebraska — 15 Missouri — — NW Missouri State — — Iowa State — — at Central Missouri — 17 Kansas — — at Wichita State — — Minnesota## — — Drake## — 13 Missouri##
1979-80 Record: 26-9 (.743) H: 11-0 A: 6-6 N: 9-3 Head Coach: Lynn Hickey
W/L W L (OT) L W L W W W L L W L W W L L W L L L W W L W W W W W (OT) L W W W W L
Score 73-69 82-90 58-70 74-69 56-60 72-50 76-66 79-60 59-73 57-62 77-64 55-65 70-30 95-69 53-75 61-67 74-51 84-113 62-123 88-99 66-65 89-62 63-76 84-63 63-57 71-61 71-69 66-64 57-73 74-68 78-33 96-81 66-52 68-70
% Big Eight Tournament (Lincoln, Neb.) ## AIAW Region VI (Manhattan, Kan.)
1978-79 • Big 8 Regular Season Champions
Undefeated at Ahearn Field House (11-0) • Took second place in Region VI Tournament • Finished third in East Sectional (Sweet Sixteen) • Ranked 13th in final women’s poll.
Date N 23 N 24 N 30 D4 D6 D 10 D 14 D 29 J3 J4 J5 J8 J 10 J 11 J 17 J 18 J 19 J 25 J 26 J 28 F2 F7 F 12 F 15 F 19 F 22 F 25 F 28 F 29 M1 M6 M7 M8 M 12 M 15
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — vs. Cal Poly Pomona — — at New Mexico — — Wayland Baptist — — Nebraska — — Colorado — — at Missouri 18 — Oklahoma 15 — Wyoming 15 — vs. Air Force 15 — vs. Illinois State 15 — vs. New Mexico 14 7 at Rutgers 14 — at Fordham 14 — at Seton Hall 13 — Iowa State% 13 — at Missouri% 13 20 Colorado% 14 11 vs. Cheyney State 14 9 at Kansas 14 9 at Kansas 13 — Wichita State 11 — Drake 11 — Missouri 11 — Minnesota 11 — at Central Missouri 11 — Iowa State 12 10 Kansas 12 — Wichita State+ 12 10 Kansas+ 12 — Central Missouri+ 12 — Minnesota## 12 — at Drake## 12 15 Kansas## 14 — at Boston### 14 2 at Tennessee###
W/L W W W W W L W W W W L L W W W L W W L W W W W W L W W W W L W W L W L
Score 78-75 65-60 79-69 90-75 106-75 81-90 96-73 75-54 92-52 72-60 57-68 56-81 66-64 66-45 80-66 76-81 81-69 68-51 60-85 67-66 73-53 89-78 69-60 103-68 73-79 84-76 61-52 73-71 79-74 60-73 70-63 74-65 80-89 72-68 64-84
J5 J8 J9 J 10 J 15 J 16 J 17 J 24 J 27 J 31 F3 F6 F7 F 13 F 17 F 23 F 25 F 27 M2 M6 M 13
16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 20 — — — — — — — — — — — —
13 18 — — — — 5 — 5 — — — — — 6 — — — — — —
Stephen F. Austin vs. Illinois vs. Minnesota at Wichita State Nebraska% Missouri% at Kansas% at Minnesota Kansas Creighton Wichita State vs. Boston vs. Virginia State at Drake at Kansas at Loyola Marymount Pittsburg State Central Missouri Wichita State! South Dakota Drake##
W W L W W W L L L W L L W L L W W W L W L
83-75 67-52 70-71 93-70 74-72 85-77 60-85 54-70 68-88 77-53 66-67 59-62 84-43 79-94 63-74 70-36 (Forf.) 78-73 61-65 104-52 69-76
% Big Eight Tournament (Lawrence, Kan.) ! AIAW Playoff Game (Emporia, Kan.) ## AIAW Region VI (Minneapolis, Minn.)
1981-82 • Big 8 Champions Record: 26-6 (.813) H: 15-1 A: 8-4 N: 3-1 Head Coach: Lynn Hickey Posted 10th 20-win season in program history • Lynn Hickey picks up 50th coaching win at KState with a 79-63 win vs. Pittsburgh • Big Eight champions • Posted a school-record 17-game winning streak • Took second in East Regional • Reached the Elite Eight in first NCAA women’s tournament.
Date N 23 N 27 N 28 D4 D5 D8 D 12 D 18 D 20 D 22 J2 J4 J5 J7 J 14 J 15 J 16 J 22 J 23 J 26 F3 F6 F 11 F 13 F 16 F 20 F 23 F 27 M5 M 13 M 18 M 20
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — Pacific Christian — — Pittsburgh^ — 4 South Carolina^ — — vs. South Dakota — — vs. Wayland Baptist — — at Missouri — — Oklahoma City — — at Central Missouri — 19 Detroit — — Jackson State — — at Arkansas — — at Mississippi State — — at Memphis State — 20 at Tennessee — — Missouri% — — Nebraska% — 15 Colorado% — — at Tulsa — — at Oklahoma State — — at Kansas — — Wichita State — — Minnesota — — at Creighton — — at Iowa State — — Drake — — Creighton — — Kansas — — at Wichita State 19 — Central Missouri 19 — Stephen F. Austin$ 18 7 Old Dominion$$$ 18 2 Cheyney State$$$$
W/L W W L W W W W W W W L L L L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L
Score 103-36 79-63 65-81 73-60 93-78 64-62 71-64 66-64 70-35 73-56 53-68 78-79 72-83 68-83 72-69 81-57 76-71 94-54 71-63 83-74 69-64 77-68 79-49 72-50 82-74 89-36 80-69 68-63 66-61 78-75 76-67 71-93
^ Converse Little Apple Classic (Manhattan, Kan.) % Big Eight Tournament (Manhattan, Kan.) $ NCAA East Regional First Round (Manhattan, Kan.) $$$ NCAA East Regional (Manhattan, Kan.) $$$$ NCAA East Regional (Raleigh, N.C.)
Record: 20-11 H: 6-4 A: 8-3 N: 6-4 Head Coach: Judy Akers Judy Akers picked up her 200th coaching victory at K-State with a 64-62 win at Missouri • Ninth consecutive league championship • Took second in Region VI Tournament • Fourth place in AIAW South Sectional • In Akers’ last season, she left with 206 wins in 11 seasons.
Date N 24 N 25 N 29 D1 D2 D5 D6 D 12 D 21 D 22 D 23 J6 J8 J 18 J 19 J 20 J 26 J 27 J 30 F2
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — vs. Brigham Young — — at New Mexico — — Long Beach State — — at Texas Tech — 6 at Wayland Baptist — — at Nebraska — — at Iowa State — 19 Missouri — — vs. High Point — — vs. Pfeiffer — — vs. Clemson — — at Minnesota — — Iowa — — Oklahoma State% — — Missouri% — — at Nebraska% — — Texas Women’s^ — — Minnesota^ — 18 Kansas — 14 UCLA
W/L W L L W L W W L W W W W W W L L W L W L
Score 101-96 68-77 62-70 83-66 71-76 77-71 89-64 60-71 86-81 89-77 73-70 100-62 93-80 86-64 74-84 65-68 66-62 66-68 73-65 60-64
% Big Eight Tournament (Columbia, Mo.) + Southern Subregional (Pittsburg, Kan.) ## AIAW Region VI (Des Moines, Iowa) ### AIAW National Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.)
1980-81 Record: 23-11 (.676) H: 11-2 A: 7-5 N: 5-4 Head Coach: Lynn Hickey Started season 9-0, the second-best start in school history • Loss to Kansas ended 21-game home winning streak • Took second in the Big Eight Conference • Qualified for the Region VI Tournament. Date N 22 N 25 N 27 N 28 N 29 D2 D6 D9 D 12 D 19 D 20 D 22 J3
AP Rankings KSU Opp Opponent — — Tulsa 15 — at Pittsburg State 15 — Iowa State 15 — Washington State 15 — Memphis 14 — Missouri 14 — at Creighton 13 — at Nebraska 13 — at Wichita State 13 10 at UCLA 13 12 vs. South Carolina 13 — at Pepperdine 16 — Nebraska-Omaha
W/L W W W W W W W W W L W W W
Score 109-78 96-40 98-62 67-48 82-75 74-68 73-63 75-63 57-56 70-83 82-62 84-80 79-77
Kansas State Hall of Famer Lynn Hickey (below) holds the K-State record for career winning percentage, winning 76.2 percent of games during her five-year tenure with the Wildcats.
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