Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball

Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
	2025–26 Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team
University	Southern Utah University
Head coach	Tracy Mason (8th season)
Location	Cedar City, Utah
Arena	America First Event Center ; (capacity: 5,300)
Conference	WAC
Nickname	Thunderbirds
Colors	Scarlet and white;
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
	2023
Conference tournament champions
	2023
Conference regular-season champions
	2023
Uniforms

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball team is the women's basketball team that represents Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. They currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference.^[2]

History

Southern Utah began play in 1975. Southern Utah won their first conference tournament title in 2023 in the Western Athletic Conference.

The Thunderbirds have made one appearance in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, with a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	#13	First Round	#3 Notre Dame	L 56–82

The Thunderbirds made one appearance in the NAIA Women's Basketball Championships, with a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1988	First Round	#3 Arkansas Tech	L 50–62

Southern Utah Thunderbirds women's basketball
Venues	America First Event Center (1985–present)
Rivalries	In-state Utah schools
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

Southern Utah University
Athletics	Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Men's cross country
Facilities	America First Event Center Eccles Coliseum
Media	KSUU
Related	List of presidents Utah Shakespeare Festival

Western Athletic Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Abilene Christian Wildcats California Baptist Lancers¹ Southern Utah Thunderbirds¹ Tarleton State Texans UT Arlington Mavericks Utah Tech Trailblazers¹ Utah Valley Wolverines¹
Future teams	Austin Peay Governors Central Arkansas Sugar Bears Eastern Kentucky Colonels Little Rock Trojans North Alabama Lions West Georgia Wolves
Championships & awards	WAC women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
¹leaving in 2026