Women's Basketball
See also: 2009–10 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball teamUM forward Shenise Johnson, during the summer of 2009, competed on the gold medal-winning USA Team at the 2009 U19 World Championships. The team plays its home games at the BankUnited Center on the University of Miami's Coral Gables campus.
In 2009-10, Miami finished last in the ACC. A year later, the Lady Canes went 26-3 (12-2 ACC) in the regular season to finish alongside Duke as regular season ACC champions. Miami went undefeated at the BankUnited Center, extending their home winning streak to 24 straight games. Despite a quarterfinal exit in the ACC Tournament, Miami's performance was enough to merit the program's first NCAA tournament bid since 1992. After cruising past Gardner-Webb in the first round, they lost to Oklahoma in the second. Head coach Katie Meier won National Coach of the Year, along with Connecticut's Geno Auriemma and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer. Junior guards Shenice Johnson and Riquana Williams were named to the All-ACC first team, Sophomore forward Morgan Stroman was named to the all-conference third team, and Johnson was a third-team All-American.
The 2011-12 team returned every player from the 2010-11 squad and was picked in the preseason to win the ACC.
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