# Montana Lady Griz basketball

The University of Montana Grizzlies women's basketball team, known as the Lady Griz is an NCAA Division I college women's basketball team competing in the Big Sky Conference. Home games are played at Dahlberg Arena located inside the University of Montana's Adams Center.

## Postseason results
### NCAA Division I

The Lady Griz have appeared in 20 NCAA tournaments with all of them occurring under coach Robin Selvig. In 25 games, they have a 6–19 record.

### AIAW Division I

The Lady Griz made one appearance in the AIAW National Division I basketball tournament, with a combined record of 0–1.
| Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 1982 | First Round | Wayland Baptist | L 52–57 |

## Season by season records

Statistics overview :
| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Diane Westbrok (Northwest Basketball League) (1974–1975) ||||||
| 1974–1975 | Diane Westbrok | 11–8 | | | |
| Barbara Eisenbarth (Northwest Basketball League) (1975–1976) ||||||
| 1975–1976 | Barbara Eisenbarth | 9–13 | | | |
| Eddye McClure (Northwest Basketball League) (1976–1978) ||||||
| 1976–1977 | Eddye McClure | 4–14 | 1–9 | | |
| 1977–1978 | Eddye McClure | 7–13 | 3–10 | | |
| Eddye McClure: | Eddye McClure: | 11–27 | 4–19 | | |
| Robin Selvig (Mountain West Athletic Conference (1982–88) / Big Sky Conference (1988–2016)) (1978–2016) ||||||
| 1978–1979 | Robin Selvig | 13–13 | 5–6 | 5th | |
| 1979–1980 | Robin Selvig | 19–10 | 7–6 | 4th | |
| 1980–1981 | Robin Selvig | 22–8 | 9–3 | | |
| 1981–1982 | Robin Selvig | 22–5 | 12–0 | 1st | AIAW first round |
| 1982–1983 | Robin Selvig | 26–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1983–1984 | Robin Selvig | 26–4 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1984–1985 | Robin Selvig | 22–10 | 11–3 | 2nd | Mountain West tournament Championship |
| 1985–1986 | Robin Selvig | 27–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1986–1987 | Robin Selvig | 26–5 | 12–0 | 1st | Mountain West tournament Championship |
| 1987–1988 | Robin Selvig | 28–2 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1988–1989 | Robin Selvig | 27–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1989–1990 | Robin Selvig | 27–3 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1990–1991 | Robin Selvig | 26–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1991–1992 | Robin Selvig | 23–7 | 13–3 | 2nd | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1992–1993 | Robin Selvig | 23–5 | 13–1 | 2nd | Big Sky tournament championship |
| 1993–1994 | Robin Selvig | 25–5 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1994–1995 | Robin Selvig | 26–7 | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA 2nd Round |
| 1995–1996 | Robin Selvig | 24–5 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1996–1997 | Robin Selvig | 25–4 | 16–0 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1997–1998 | Robin Selvig | 24–6 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 1998–1999 | Robin Selvig | 12–16 | 7–9 | 5th | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 1999–2000 | Robin Selvig | 22–8 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2000–2001 | Robin Selvig | 21–9 | 11–5 | 2nd | Big Sky tournament championship |
| 2001–2002 | Robin Selvig | 19–10 | 10–4 | 3rd | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 2002–2003 | Robin Selvig | 20–10 | 10–4 | 3rd | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 2003–2004 | Robin Selvig | 27–5 | 14–0 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2004–2005 | Robin Selvig | 22–8 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2005–2006 | Robin Selvig | 21–7 | 10–4 | 2nd | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 2006–2007 | Robin Selvig | 27–4 | 15–1 | 1st | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 2007–2008 | Robin Selvig | 25–7 | 13–3 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2008–2009 | Robin Selvig | 28–5 | 15–1 | 1st | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2009–2010 | Robin Selvig | 15–14 | 10–6 | 2nd | Big Sky tournament Semifinal |
| 2010–2011 | Robin Selvig | 18–15 | 10–6 | 4th | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2011–2012 | Robin Selvig | 16–14 | 9–7 | 5th | Big Sky tournament Quarterfinal |
| 2012–2013 | Robin Selvig | 24–8 | 16–4 | 1st | NCAA |
| 2013–2014 | Robin Selvig | 23–11 | 14–6 | 3rd | Big Sky tournament |
| 2014–2015 | Robin Selvig | 24–9 | 14–4 | 5th | NCAA 1st Round |
| 2015–2016 | Robin Selvig | 20–11 | 12–6 | 5th | Big Sky tournament 2nd round |
| Robin Selvig: | Robin Selvig: | 865–286 | 455–109 | | |
| Shannon Schweyen (Big Sky Conference) (2016–2020) ||||||
| 2016–2017 | Shannon Schweyen | 7–23 | 4–14 | 11th | |
| 2017–2018 | Shannon Schweyen | 14–17 | 9–9 | T-7th | |
| 2018–2019 | Shannon Schweyen | 14–16 | 9-11 | 6th | |
| 2019–2020 | Shannon Schweyen | 17–13 | 12–8 | 5th | |
| Shannon Schweyen: | Shannon Schweyen: | 52–69 | 34–42 | | |
| Mike Petrino (Big Sky Conference) (2020–2021) ||||||
| 2020–2021 | Mike Petrino | 12–11 | 9–8 | 6th | |
| Mike Petrino: | Mike Petrino: | 12–11 | 9–8 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 961–414 | 498–168 | | |
| 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 ||||||

## NCAA tournament results

The Lady Griz have appeared in 21 NCAA tournaments, with a record of 6−21.
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 1983 | #9 | First Round | #8 Louisiana-Monroe | L 53−72 |
| 1984 | #4 | First Round Sweet Sixteen | #5 Oregon State #1 USC | W 56−47 L 51−76 |
| 1986 | #8 | First Round Second Round | #9 Utah #1 USC | W 58−46 L 50−81 |
| 1988 | #4 | First Round | #5 Stanford | L 72−74 (OT) |
| 1989 | #10 | First Round Second Round | #7 Cal State Fullerton #2 Texas | W 82−67 L 54−83 |
| 1990 | #8 | First Round | #9 Hawaii | L 78−83 |
| 1991 | #11 | First Round | #6 Iowa | L 53−64 |
| 1992 | #11 | First Round Second Round | #6 Wisconsin #3 USC | W 85−74 L 59−71 |
| 1994 | #7 | First Round Second Round | #10 UNLV #2 Stanford | W 77−67 L 62−66 |
| 1995 | #12 | First Round Second Round | #5 San Diego State #4 Purdue | W 57−46 L 51−62 |
| 1996 | #12 | First Round | #5 NC State | L 68−77 |
| 1997 | #9 | First Round | #8 Texas Tech | L 45−47 |
| 1998 | #14 | First Round | #3 Florida | L 64−85 |
| 2000 | #16 | First Round | #1 Georgia | L 46−74 |
| 2004 | #12 | First Round | #5 Louisiana Tech | L 77−81 |
| 2005 | #12 | First Round | #5 Vanderbilt | L 44−67 |
| 2008 | #13 | First Round | #4 Vanderbilt | L 62−75 |
| 2009 | #13 | First Round | #4 Pittsburgh | L 35−64 |
| 2011 | #14 | First Round | #3 UCLA | L 47−55 |
| 2013 | #13 | First Round | #4 Georgia | L 50−70 |
| 2015 | #16 | First Round | #1 Notre Dame | L 43−77 |