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The year began with women’s soccer, led by national Player of the Year Kadeisha Buchanan, reaching the national championship game in early December and continuing with football’s strong second-place finish in the Big 12 to earn a berth in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
Rifle claimed its fifth consecutive (19th overall) national championship five days before women’s basketball won its first-ever Big 12 tournament title in early March.
Men’s basketball achieved the third-most victories in school history (28), advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the seventh time since 1998 and the fourth under coach Bob Huggins, who is now 10th in all-time wins in NCAA history.