Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball

The Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represents Binghamton University and is located in Vestal, New York. The team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at the Binghamton University Events Center. The Bearcats have not made an appearance in the Division I tournament since joining it in 2001, but they did make appearances in the Division III Tournament from 1995 to 1998 and Division II in 1999.^[2][3]

Binghamton Bearcats
2024–25 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team
University	Binghamton University
Head coach	Mary Grimes (1st season)
Conference	America East
Location	Vestal, New York
Arena	Binghamton University Events Center (capacity: 5,322)
Nickname	Bearcats
Colors	Dark green, white, and black[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA tournament appearances
Division III: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Division II: 1999

Postseason

NCAA Division II

The Bearcats made one appearance in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. They had a combined record of 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1999	First Round	Stonehill	L, 64–54

NCAA Division III

The Bearcats appeared in the NCAA Division III Tournament four times, with a combined record of 0–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	Play-In	St. John Fisher	L, 55–79
1996	First Round	SUNY Geneseo	L, 66–71
1997	First Round	Ithaca	L, 66–73
1998	Second Round	Elmira	L, 73–82

Year by year results

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
Laurie Kelly (America East) (2001–2003)
2001–02	Laurie Kelly	19–9	10–6	T-2nd
2002–03	Laurie Kelly	10–17	6–10	T-6th
Laurie Kelly:		29–26	16–16
Rich Conover (America East) (2003–2008)
2003–04	Rich Conover
2004–05	Rich Conover
2005–06	Rich Conover	17–12	9–7
2006–07	Rich Conover	12–19	7–9
2007–08	Rich Conover
Rich Conover:
Nicole Scholl (America East) (2008–2014)
2008–09	Nicole Scholl
2009–10	Nicole Scholl
2010–11	Nicole Scholl	19–12	11–5
2011–12	Nicole Scholl	13–18	6–10
2012–13	Nicole Scholl	6–24	5–11
2013–14	Nicole Scholl	5–25	2–14
Nicole Scholl:
Linda Cimino (America East) (2014–2017)
2014–15	Linda Cimino	4–26	2–14
2015–16	Linda Cimino	14–17	8–8
2016–17	Linda Cimino	13–17	8–8
Linda Cimino:		31–60	18–30
Bethann Shapiro Ord (America East) (2017–present)
2017–18	Bethann Shapiro Ord	20–12	10–6
2018–19	Bethann Shapiro Ord	12–18	7–9
2019–20	Bethann Shapiro Ord	22–9	10–6
2020–21	Bethann Shapiro Ord	5–11	5–9
2021–22	Bethann Shapiro Ord	9–20	5–13
2022–23	Bethann Shapiro Ord	13–17	6–10
Bethann Shapiro Ord:		81–87	43–53
Total:
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion