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| Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball | |||
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| University | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | ||
| Head coach | Lane Lord (7th season) | ||
| Conference | Southland Conference | ||
| Location | Edinburg, Texas | ||
| Arena | UTRGV Fieldhouse (capacity: 2,500) | ||
| Nickname | Vaqueros | ||
| Colors | Orange and gray[1] | ||
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The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). The school competes in the Southland Conference (SLC), part of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), since the 2024–25 season.[2] The Vaqueros play home basketball games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse on the university campus in Edinburg, Texas.[3]
The team was established in its current identity after the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) were merged in 2015. The UTPA athletic program, nicknamed "Broncs", was directly converted to that of UTRGV, with UTPA's WAC membership and athletic history transferring to the new institution.[4] The Vaqueros are one of 69 NCAA Division I programs to have never qualified for the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
- ^ "UTRGV Color Palette". Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. March 25, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "UTRGV : Women's Basketball : 2015–16 Information Guide" (PDF). Sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "MBB_2015_16_DMG" (PDF). sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com.