The Scarlet Knights, led by 5th year head coach C. Vivian Stringer, played their home games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, better known as The RAC, as a member of the Big East Conference.

They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to No.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament as No.

2 seed in the West region, and they would reach the first Final Four in program history.

Rutgers became the third school that Coach Stringer would lead to the Final Four (Cheyney State, Iowa).