The Mountaineers experienced success from the start of the 2010-11 season as WVU earned its highest-ever preseason ranking in the Associated Press poll at No. 11 with seniors Liz Repella and Sarah Miles earning Big East preseason honors. The season opened on a 19-0 win streak, the best start to a season in program history, and the Mountaineers moved up to the highest-ever ranking in program history at No. 6 in the polls, staying there for four-straight weeks. Within its undefeated start, WVU defeated No. 21 TCU, Virginia and No. 19 Iowa State on the way to becoming Paradise Jam Island Division Champions. Senior co-captains Repella and Madina Ali were named to the all-tournament team, while Repella also earned MVP honors. Driven by Carey’s motivation for defensive play, the Mountaineers’ scoring defense ranked No. 1 nationally for five-straight weeks and stayed within the top-10 nationwide for the entire regular season. WVU was led by five seniors, who amassed the most wins in two seasons in program history with a 53-15 mark. Carey recorded his 200th win as head coach at WVU on Feb. 19, 2011, as the Mountaineers tallied their highest point total of the season with a 90-79 win at Pitt. Under Carey’s guidance, WVU recorded six 20win seasons in the last eight years, made its fifth NCAA appearance in eight seasons and its fourth NCAA Second Round appearance in the last five seasons. Ali was named to the All-Big East Second Team, while Repella earned first-team honors for the second consecutive season. Repella was named a Capital One Academic All-America First
Carey’s Overall Coaching Record School Season Overall Conference
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1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 13 Seasons
14-13 19-12 22-9 9-17 25-7 24-4 17-10 20-9 28-3 28-3 28-4 28-4 26-7 288-102
9-10 (9th) 11-9 (7th) 14-6 (4th) 7-13 (11th) 18-3 (1st) 17-2 (1st) 13-5 (2nd) 12-7 (4th) 19-0 (1st) 18-1 (1st) 18-1 (1st) 16-3 (3rd) 14-4 (3rd)
2001-02 14-14 2002-03 15-13 2003-04 21-11 2004-05 21-13 2005-06 15-16 2006-07 21-11 2007-08 25-8 2008-09 18-15 2009-10 29-6 2010-11 24-10 2011-12 24-10 2012-13 17-14 12 Seasons 244-141 25 Seasons 532-243
6-10 (10th) 4-12 (t-11th) 10-6 (6th)* 7-9 (t-6th)# 4-12 (12th) 11-5 (4th)* 12-4 (3rd)* 5-11 (12th)@ 13-3 (2nd)* 8-8 (10th)* 11-5 (t-4th)* 9-9 (6th)*
*NCAA Tournament; #WNIT Runner-Up; @WNIT Second Round
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A Decade of Success
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The 2012-13 season marked the fourth consecutive NCAA appearance for Carey and the Mountaineers. Closing out its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-14 overall record and a 9-9 mark in league play, WVU landed a No. 6 Seed in its first-ever Big 12 Conference Tournament. Four Mountaineers added allconference honors to their names as Christal Caldwell earned first team, Ayana Dunning closed out her career with an honorable mention accolade, Jess Harlee was named to the Big 12 all-defensive team and Bria Holmes landed a spot on the Big 12 all-freshman team. Although it was its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference, Carey continued to play a tough schedule, facing eight opponents, four twice, ranked in the top-50 RPI, defeating back-to-back top-25 Associated Press ranked teams en route to three total wins over ranked opponents, recorded seven road wins and trailed by 10 or more in three games, in which the Mountaineers rallied for a comeback win. The West Virginia women’s basketball program set a new attendance record as 13,447 fans came to the Coliseum for WVU’s March 2 game against No. 1 Baylor, an attendance figure that ranked in the top-10 nationally for a regular-season game. Off the court, six Mountaineers were honored by the conference on the Academic All-Big 12 team, the most players of any team to earn the honor. In the 2011-12 season, Carey coached a Mountaineer squad returning only one senior and one starter from the previous season to its third consecutive NCAA tournament and fourth in the last five seasons. Predicted to finish ninth in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the Mountaineers exceeded expectations finishing in a tie for fourth place and earning a bye in the Big East Championship. WVU’s scoring defense ranked in the top 10 nationally all season, closing out the year at No. 6, and held 23 opponents to under 60 points. WVU defeated 17 opponents by a double-figure margin and out-rebounded 28 opponents, including 13 Big East teams in the regular season. For the first time in program history, WVU defeated three-straight top 25 teams, including the highest ranked opponent in program history as the Mountaineers took a 65-63 victory from No. 2 Notre Dame in front of a sold out crowd on national television. The win was WVU’s first ever in Notre Dame, Ind. Carey saw three players earn all-conference honors as junior Asya Bussie, the 15th player in WVU history to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds, was named All-Big East First Team, sophomore Christal Caldwell earned All-Big
Team member in backto-back seasons and was named to the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award AllAmerica second team as a finalist for the award. With 50 percent of its games on television and nine games nationally televised, including ESPN2’s Big Monday, WVU experienced some of its greatest crowds in program history. Six crowds ranked in the top 20 all time at the WVU Coliseum, helping the Mountaineers to a school record for total (49,648) and average (3,103) home attendance; ranking 35th of all NCAA Division I programs and recording the fifth-largest per game increase nationally from the previous season. In 2009-10, Carey guided WVU to the best record in school history with a 29-6 mark, its best finish in Big East regular-season play at second place with 13 league victories, the school’s second appearance in the Big East title game as the tournament’s No. 2 seed, the second-longest win streak (16) in school history and the highest national rankings in the program’s 37-year history (No. 7 in both major polls). WVU was undefeated at home for the second time in school history, boasted the most wins ever at the WVU Coliseum (17-0), and knocked off No. 13 Georgetown and No. 22 Pitt in the process. He was named Big East co-Coach of the Year, with Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma, and guided four players to All-Big East honors: Sarah Miles (Defensive Player of the Year and Second Team), Liz Repella (First Team), Asya Bussie (Unanimous All-Freshman Team) and Korinne Campbell (Honorable Mention). Repella and Miles also garnered all-league tournament team honors. WVU advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth time under Carey and advanced to the second round for the third time under his tutelage.
2012-13 Review
East Honorable Mention and Linda Stepney was named to the All-Big East Freshman Team.
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