The Howard Bison women's basketball team represents Howard University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Bison play their home games at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C.
Howard has won the MEAC Tournament 11 times, but they have only competed in six NCAA Tournaments due to the MEAC champion not going to the Tournament from 1983 to 1994. Sanya Tyler was the coach for all but one of the Bison's tournament championships in her tenure, beginning in 1980. In the 1982 Tournament, they lost to Long Beach 95âÂÂ57 in the first round. In the 1996 Tournament, they lost 94âÂÂ63 to Connecticut in the first round. In 1997, they lost 111âÂÂ59 to Stanford in the first round. In 1998, they lost 91âÂÂ71 to North Carolina in the first round. In 2001, they lost 100âÂÂ61 to Iowa State. They have appeared in the WNIT twice (2012 and 2013). In the former, they lost 59âÂÂ56 to Virginia. In the latter, they lost to Penn 65âÂÂ60, both times being in the first round.
The Bison have appeared in seven NCAA Tournaments, with a combined record of 1âÂÂ7.