In her Third season, Head Coach
Tina Langley
is building on last season’s growth and creating a culture of excellence
BY BART POTTER • FOR GO HUSKIES MAGAZINE
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umbers — points and rebounds, wins and losses — tell part of the story about the rise of the Washington Huskies women’s basketball team. It’s a pretty good story: The Huskies, in their second season under Coach Tina Langley in 2022-23, improved their win total to 19 after winning seven games the year before. Washington advanced to the Fab 4 of the Women’s NIT, the program’s first appearance in the postseason since 2016. This edition of the Huskies begins Pac-12 Conference play Dec. 10 in Pullman against Washington State in the opener of the Boeing Apple Cup Series. Last December, the Huskies similarly opened conference play against the rival Cougars and scored a rousing 82-66 victory over the eventual Pac-12 tournament champions. Last March, the Huskies made a national statement in the WNIT, defeating San Francisco, New Mexico, and Kansas State in early rounds before downing Pac-12 rival Oregon in the semifinals and falling to Kansas in the Fab 4.
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