The Harvard Crimson women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Harvard University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Crimson play home basketball games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts near the university campus. They are the first team in NCAA basketball history to win in national tournament play as a #16 seed against a #1 seed.
Harvard has won the Ivy League eleven times, with four shared (1986, 1988, 2005, and 2008) and seven won outright (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007). Harvard has lost twice in a playoff to determine the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, losing 75–61 to Dartmouth in 2005 and losing to Dartmouth 68–62 in 2008.
Season | Record | Conference Record | Coach |
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1974–75 | 10–5 | n/a | John McCarthy |
1975–76 | 9–10 | 1–5 | John McCarthy |
1976–77 | 18–3 | 5–1 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1977–78 | 13–10 | 4–3 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1978–79 | 17–11 | 5–2 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1979–80 | 12–14 | 3–4 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1980–81 | 8–18 | 1–6 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1981–82 | 4–21 | 2–4 | Carole Kleinfelder |
1982–83 | 7–17 | 3–9 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1983–84 | 3–22 | 2–10 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1984–85 | 8–18 | 2–10 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1985–86 | 20–7 | 9–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1986–87 | 13–13 | 8–6 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1987–88 | 21–5 | 12–2 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1988–89 | 15–11 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1989–90 | 14–12 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1990–91 | 17–9 | 12–2 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1991–92 | 14–12 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1992–93 | 16–9 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1993–94 | 7–19 | 4–10 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1994–95 | 19–7 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1995–96 | 20–7 | 13–1 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1996–97 | 20–7 | 14–0 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1997–98 | 23–5 | 12–2 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1998–99 | 10–15 | 7–7 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
1999-00 | 16–10 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2000–01 | 12–15 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2001–02 | 22–6 | 13–1 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2002–03 | 22–5 | 14–0 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2003–04 | 16–11 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2004–05 | 20–8 | 12–2 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2005–06 | 12–15 | 8–6 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2006–07 | 15–13 | 13–1 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2007–08 | 18–11 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2008–09 | 19–10 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2009–10 | 20–9 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2010–11 | 18–10 | 10–4 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2011–12 | 18–12 | 10–4 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2012–13 | 21–9 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2013–14 | 22–8 | 11–3 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2014–15 | 14–14 | 7–7 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2015–16 | 14–14 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2016–17 | 21–9 | 8–6 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2017–18 | 18–11 | 10–4 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2018–19 | 17–13 | 9–5 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2019–20 | 15–12 | 6–8 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2021–22 | 13–14 | 7–7 | Kathy Delaney-Smith |
2022–23 | 20–12 | 9–5 | Carrie Moore |
2023–24 | 16–12 | 9–5 | Carrie Moore |