The Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represents Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big East after moving from Conference USA following the 2004âÂÂ05 season. The Golden Eagles first competed in the North Star Conference from 1986âÂÂ87 until it joined the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) for the 1989âÂÂ90 and 1990âÂÂ91 seasons. The Golden Eagles changed conferences again, joining the Great Midwest Conference, where it competed for four seasons until joining Conference USA beginning with the 1995âÂÂ96 season. The women's basketball team began competing in 1975âÂÂ1976 under coach Tat Shiely, earning a 12âÂÂ4 record in its first year.
Marquette has appeared in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament thirteen times. They have a record of 6âÂÂ13.