1989–90 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

1989–90 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
1989–90 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
ACC tournament champion
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 12
Record	29–6 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Debbie Ryan (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Frank DiLeo; Shawn Campbell; Melissa Wiggins;
Home arena	University Hall

1989–90 ACC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 NC State	12	–	2	.857	25	–	6	.806
No. 12 †	11	–	3	.786	29	–	6	.829
Clemson	10	–	4	.714	22	–	10	.688
Maryland	7	–	7	.500	19	–	11	.633
Wake Forest	5	–	9	.357	16	–	14	.533
Duke	4	–	10	.286	15	–	13	.536
Georgia Tech	4	–	10	.286	13	–	17	.433
North Carolina	3	–	11	.214	13	–	15	.464

† 1990 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1989–90 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 1989–90 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers were led by 13th-year head coach Debbie Ryan, and played their home games at University Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia as members the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	10	Dena Evans	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	Fr		Deer Park, TX
F	20	Tekshia Ward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr		College Park, GA
F/C	21	Melanee Wagener	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So		Mount Airy, MD
F	23	Tonya Cardoza	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Jr		Roxbury, MA
G	24	Dawn Staley	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Dobbins Tech	Philadelphia, PA
C	30	Heather Burge	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Palos Verdes	Palos Verdes Estates, CA
G	32	Tammi Reiss	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	So	Eldred Central School	Eldred, NY
C	34	Heidi Burge	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Fr	Palos Verdes	Palos Verdes Estates, CA

Source:^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
March 17, 1990*	No. 12	vs. Penn State Second round	W 85–64	27–5	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
March 22, 1990*	No. 12	vs. No. 18 Providence East Regional Semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	W 77–71	28–5	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
March 24, 1990*	No. 12	vs. No. 4 Tennessee East Regional Final – Elite Eight	W 79–75 ^OT	29–5	Norfolk Scope Norfolk, Virginia
March 30, 1990*	No. 12	vs. No. 2 Stanford National Semifinal – Final Four	L 66–75	29–6	Thompson–Boling Arena (19,467) Knoxville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
Venues	University Hall (1974–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song"
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics