Three Final Four Appearances
Oklahoma’s season has played well into April the past few years as its trips to the last dance are among the most frequent of any women’s college basketball team this decade. The Sooners reached Final Fours in San Antonio in 2002 and 2010 and arrived in St. Louis in 2009. Oklahoma is one of the most formidable opponents to face as the season comes to a close as it has never lost a regional final, when the trip to the Final Four is on the line.
Connecticut
8
2002-2004 // 2008-2012
Tennessee
6
2002-2005 // 2007-2008
LSU
5
2004-2008
Stanford
5
2009-2012
Oklahoma
3
2002 // 2009-2010
Baylor
3
2005 // 2010 // 2012
Duke
3
2002-2003 // 2006
North Carolina
2
2006-2007
Notre Dame
2
2011-2012
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OU’s three Final Four appearances ranks ninth in
NCAA history and fifth since 2002.
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Back-to-Back
The University of Oklahoma program became just the seventh program in the past decade and one of 16 in NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball history to reach the Final Four in consecutive seasons with a remarkable 2009-10 campaign.
The Sooners are one of 35 programs to reach an NCAA Women’s Final Four, but are one of only seven to
Oklahoma has established itself among the elite as one of just five programs in the past decade to advance to the Final Four three or more times.
have reached the pinnacle of the sport within the past four years.
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Oklahoma is one of just seven programs to have back-to-back
NCAA Final Four in the past decade.
appearances in the
2010 Final Four
The route ran through the Sooner State, ending in familiar territory, as Oklahoma earned a consecutive berth in the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Despite the loss of the previous year’s star-studded senior class and a season-ending injury to All-America candidate Whitney Hand, the Sooners never wavered from their identity of resilience. OU fought through the nation’s toughest schedule, claimed a program record four overtime wins and were rewarded with a road to the Final Four that started at home.
Oklahoma’s three Final Four appearances leads Big 12 Conference Teams.
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The Sooners handled South Dakota State and UALR at the Lloyd Noble Center in the first and second rounds before winning dramatically at the Kansas City Regional. Oklahoma needed last-minute heroics to take down Notre Dame, 77-72, in overtime and rallied to defeat a pesky Kentucky squad, 88-68.
Connecticut
Second-ranked Stanford loomed in San Antonio, site of the OU’s first Final Four trip and national runner-up finish in 2002, and despite a valiant second-half effort to take an 18-point deficit to one possession, the Sooners fell 73-66.
Connecticut
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Tradition
Final four appearances (2002-2012)
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
2009
2010
2011
2012
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