The Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team is the
NCAA Division I
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women's basketball
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team that represents
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a Public university, public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized progr ...
. The team plays at the 4,700-seat
Stroh Center
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on the BGSU campus in
Bowling Green, Ohio
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, United States. The Falcons competes in the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
.
History
The Falcons have won the most MAC Championships, winning eleven tournament championships since its admission into the MAC in 1981. The team last played in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament in 2011. The Falcons became the first team from the MAC to reach the
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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Sweet Sixteen, after they upset the second seed
Vanderbilt 59–56 at the
Breslin Student Events Center
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in
East Lansing, Michigan
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in
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
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Coaching history
*-Bowling Green did not belong to a conference until the 1981–82 season.
*-Records as of the end of the 2012–13 season.
Season-by-season results
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Falcons.
Records as of July 30, 2010.
AIAW/NCAA Tournament Results
The Falcons have appeared in eleven NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 3–11.
AIAW
NCAA
WNIT
WBI
See also
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Bowling Green Falcons
The Bowling Green Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Bowling Green State University (BGSU), in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. The Falcons compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Divi ...
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Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...
References
External links
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