Women's College Basketball Question

I know the season for Women's Basketball is June to September, but does this apply as well to college basketball? I'm having trouble finding the answer on line, it's all muddled with other stories and information.

Many thanks in advance.

3113 said:

I know the season for Women's Basketball is June to September, but does this apply as well to college basketball? I'm having trouble finding the answer on line, it's all muddled with other stories and information.

Many thanks in advance.

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I haven't heard anything about the UCONN girls, yet, but the colleges all have that March Madness thing going on, so I'm pretty sure it's a winter-time sport. School just started, so they need to practice before they go on the road.

getting ready for the game...

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game on...

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blonds are great with big balls...

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I think the women's season parallels the men's season...staring now and ending in very early April. UConn's first game is 11/3.

3113 said:

I know the season for Women's Basketball is June to September, but does this apply as well to college basketball? I'm having trouble finding the answer on line, it's all muddled with other stories and information.

Many thanks in advance.

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Are you talking about Division I or a lower division? And are you asking about games, or about when and how teams can practice?

Since lit gave me a double post, I might as well make it useful.

I'm pretty sure Division I men's and women's basketball practice started last Friday at midnight. It's a big thing at basketball schools; people stand in line just to watch this practice, and there are often fun "events" around it with the coach. Some schools (like UCONN) celebrate this for women as well as men; at others, it's just the men.

The season starts in early November. Keep in mind that the type of schools a team plays changes depending where in the season you are; conference play doesn't start right away. Easy teams are on the schedule in the beginning, and there are often little "challenges," like ACC/Big East play, after that. Then conference play, then conference tournaments, then the tournament. You can see this all broken down on UNC's schedule, here.

Conference tournaments happen at various times; the ACC is the first week of March, but I think that's one of the last. The NCAA division I tournament starts in mid-March and ends a week after the men in April. It's included on the UNC schedule I linked to.

ETA. Huh. That was probably more than you ever wanted to know. See, I knew none of this before I moved to North Carolina, but now my head is full of this useless information. Living on Tobacco Road for too long will do that to you.

In general, men's and women's college basketball seasons start at about the same time. The exact starting time depends upon scheduled games and may vary a little.

In general, men's and women's college basketball seasons end at diffeent times. The exact ending time depends upon scheduled games, playoffs and championship play. The normal schedule ending times are in early March. Many men's programs then have a league playoff, with ending time dependent upon results in the playoffs. For the top 68 or so men's college teams in the country, there is a championship playoff called the NCAA Finals, or March Madness. Again, the ending time is determined by results. There's also another championshoip tournament, called the National Invitational Tournament (NIT.) The NIT was once THE tournament, but now the NCAA is THE tournament. Many women's leagues don't have a championship tournament (not enough ticket sales.)

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Sure as hell beats 'skins vs. shirts.'

LettersFromTatyana said:

Since lit gave me a double post, I might as well make it useful.

I'm pretty sure Division I men's and women's basketball practice started last Friday at midnight. It's a big thing at basketball schools; people stand in line just to watch this practice, and there are often fun "events" around it with the coach. Some schools (like UCONN) celebrate this for women as well as men; at others, it's just the men.

The season starts in early November. Keep in mind that the type of schools a team plays changes depending where in the season you are; conference play doesn't start right away. Easy teams are on the schedule in the beginning, and there are often little "challenges," like ACC/Big East play, after that. Then conference play, then conference tournaments, then the tournament. You can see this all broken down on UNC's schedule, here.

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This was very useful, thank you! I'm confused because the women's basket ball Wiki entry says that the season (meaning, to me, not practice but playing other teams) starts in Spring and runs till September. But that doesn't make sense for colleges where most students are gone spring/summer and so who would come to the games? It makes much more sense to mirror the men's--as you said--and start in Fall and get attending college students to come to the game.

I just want this to be right for a story. Is my college girl playing against other teams as the Fall semester goes on, or is she in practice?
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3113 said:

This was very useful, thank you! I'm confused because the women's basket ball Wiki entry says that the season (meaning, to me, not practice but playing other teams) starts in Spring and runs till September. But that doesn't make sense for colleges where most students are gone spring/summer and so who would come to the games? It makes much more sense to mirror the men's--as you said--and start in Fall and get attending college students to come to the game.

I just want this to be right for a story. Is my college girl playing against other teams as the Fall semester goes on, or is she in practice?

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That was probably referring to Women's professional basketball. College ball, as other posters have already noted, runs from late October until March.

3113 said:

This was very useful, thank you! I'm confused because the women's basket ball Wiki entry says that the season (meaning, to me, not practice but playing other teams) starts in Spring and runs till September. But that doesn't make sense for colleges where most students are gone spring/summer and so who would come to the games? It makes much more sense to mirror the men's--as you said--and start in Fall and get attending college students to come to the game.

I just want this to be right for a story. Is my college girl playing against other teams as the Fall semester goes on, or is she in practice?

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I have a feeling the wiki entry you're looking at is for the WNBA, the professional women. Their season, I believe, it opposite the NBA, and fits with that timeline.

Division I she'll be having official practiced from mid-October until early November, then playing in games; she'll probably be "practicing" before mid-October, but coaches can't be present at these practices. If she's at a powerhouse basketball school, though, the real competition--conference play--won't start until after the holidays (and keep in mind that she probably won't be going home for the holidays).

If you look at UNC's schedule (and they are usually a highly-ranked, division I school), the games start on November 12, with an exhibition game on the 9th (that game won't count towards their record). The teams you see for November... they should win all of those games. It's a big deal if they don't. Conference play starts on Jan. 2.

You might want to come up with a school in your head that is the type of school you want her to go to, and then check out that school's schedule. Amherst is not the same as Stanford, you know?

Thank you!

LettersFromTatyana said:

I have a feeling the wiki entry you're looking at is for the WNBA, the professional women. Their season, I believe, it opposite the NBA, and fits with that timeline.

Division I she'll be having official practiced from mid-October until early November, then playing in games; she'll probably be "practicing" before mid-October, but coaches can't be present at these practices. If she's at a powerhouse basketball school, though, the real competition--conference play--won't start until after the holidays (and keep in mind that she probably won't be going home for the holidays).

If you look at UNC's schedule (and they are usually a highly-ranked, division I school), the games start on November 12, with an exhibition game on the 9th (that game won't count towards their record). The teams you see for November... they should win all of those games. It's a big deal if they don't. Conference play starts on Jan. 2.

You might want to come up with a school in your head that is the type of school you want her to go to, and then check out that school's schedule. Amherst is not the same as Stanford, you know?

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This is awesome! I was really having a hard time navigating the internet on this one. Type in "women's college basketball" and you get everything from WNBA to history of women's basketball, to news on what's happening in women's basketball, to men's basketball and basketball wives. Complete mess and no way to know how to find what you're after.

I feel like I've a place to start now. Thank you so much!