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1172:(1968–1979)
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474:Postseason
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1530:Categories
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1170:Judy Akers
1029:2014-05-12
980:References
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359:head coach
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1003:12 Aug
916:Total:
728:T-11th
594:T-11th
381:, and
304:
262:
214:Awards
207:Big 12
1458:Aston
1434:Carey
1394:Coale
1378:Blair
1370:Coale
1330:Coale
1322:Coale
1314:Sharp
1306:Sharp
887:11–19
862:19–18
843:T-4th
837:20–14
820:T-3rd
814:21–11
801:T-8th
795:14–18
745:22–10
722:19–15
705:T-6th
699:24–10
613:T-3rd
588:12–16
569:13–17
546:16–14
533:T-9th
527:11–17
510:T-5th
504:19–12
462:Team
1402:Yori
1115:2013
1089:2013
1052:2014
1005:2015
998:NCAA
890:5–13
872:WNIT
865:5–13
847:NCAA
824:NCAA
817:10–6
798:5–11
778:NCAA
771:10–6
768:25–8
755:NCAA
748:13–3
732:WNIT
725:4–12
709:WNIT
686:NCAA
679:12–4
676:24–8
663:NCAA
656:14–2
653:25–6
640:NCAA
633:14–2
630:29–5
617:NCAA
610:11–5
607:26–8
591:2–14
572:6–10
556:WNIT
530:4–12
514:NCAA
46:Born
893:8th
868:8th
840:9–9
774:5th
751:1st
702:8–8
682:3rd
659:1st
636:2nd
575:8th
552:8th
549:7–9
507:9–7
361:at
205:2×
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385:.
85:HC
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