The Northern Kentucky Norse women's basketball team represents Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States.
History The Norse began play in 1974. From 1985 to 2012, they played in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. From 2012 to 2015, they played in the Atlantic Sun Conference, now known as the ASUN Conference, before joining the Horizon League. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, they have an all-time record of 880–361. In 2000, the Norse won the NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Championship in overtime 71–62 over North Dakota State. This was the first title in the history of the school. In 2003, they finished as runner-up to South Dakota State 65–50. In 2008, the Norse beat South Dakota 63–58 to win their second championship. In their first season in Division I (2012–13), they finished 15–13, but they were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational. The following year, they went to the second round of the WBI. They also made the WBI in 2016.
Postseason results The Norse had a 27–18 record from twenty NCAA Tournament appearances at the Division II level.
NCAA Division II tournament results 1982 First round Oakland L, 75–77 1985 Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight Atlanta<br/ >Central Missouri State W, 81–69<br/ >L, 63–79 1986 First round Bellarmine L, 52–69 1987 Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight<br/ >Final Four Wright State<br/ >West Texas State<br/ >New Haven W, 74–63<br/ >W, 64–55<br/ >L, 74–77 (OT) 1988 First round Lake Superior State L, 76–77 (2OT) 1989 First round Oakland L, 93–95 (OT) 1991 First round Northern Michigan L, 63–67 1992 First round Northern Michigan L, 69–73 1999 Regional semifinals<br/ >Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight<br/ >Final Four Grand Valley State<br/ >Michigan Tech<br/ >Indiana (PA)<br/ >Arkansas Tech W, 85–67<br/ >W, 65–63<br/ >W, 75–67<br/ >L, 57–62 2000 Regional semifinals<br/ >Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight<br/ >Final Four<br/ >National Championship Michigan Tech<br/ >Northern Michigan<br/ >Saint Rose<br/ >Western Washington<br/ >North Dakota State W, 60–59<br/ >W, 77–70<br/ >W, 60–50<br/ >W, 80–74<br/ >W, 71–62 (OT) 2001 First round Gannon L, 64–73 2002 First round<br/ >Regional semifinals<br/ >Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight Northern Michigan<br/ >Lake Superior State<br/ >Southern Indiana<br/ >South Dakota State W, 73–60<br/ >W, 71–62<br/ >W, 69–66<br/ >L, 67–68 2003 First round<br/ >Regional semifinals<br/ >Regional Finals<br/ >Elite Eight<br/ >Final Four<br/ >National Championship Grand Valley State<br/ >Indianapolis<br/ >Quincy<br/ >Washburn<br/ >California (PA)<br/ >South Dakota State W, 69–63<br/ >W, 66–57<br/ >W, 64–61<br/ >W, 65–63<br/ >W, 45–43<br/ >L, 50–65 2004 First round Quincy L, 51–49 2006 First round<br/ >Second Round Michigan Tech<br/ >Grand Valley State W, 67–66<br/ >L, 70–91 2007 First round Ferris State L, 69–70 2008 First round<br/ >Second Round<br/ >Third round<br/ >Elite Eight<br/ >Final Four<br/ >National Championship Indianapolis<br/ >Drury<br/ >Missouri–Rolla<br/ >Wingate<br/ >Alaska Anchorage<br/ >South Dakota W, 55–54<br/ >W, 84–65<br/ >W, 60–52<br/ >W, 78–65<br/ >W, 57–54<br/ >W, 63–58 2009 First round<br/ >Second Round Grand Valley State<br/ >Michigan Tech W, 66–57<br/ >L, 53–76 2010 First round Michigan Tech L, 49–69 2012 First round Quincy L, 65–75
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