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1996-97 Women's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 159-105, .602 W-L% (3rd of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: UNC

Player of the Year: Tracy Reid

Coach of the Year: Sylvia Hatchell

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, NC State, UNC and Virginia)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 teams (Duke, NC State, UNC and Virginia)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Clemson, UNC and Virginia)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	North Carolina	15	1	.938	29	3	.906	78.4				NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Virginia	12	4	.750	23	8	.742	73.4				NCAA Tournament
3	Maryland	9	7	.563	18	10	.643	64.3				NCAA Tournament
3	Duke	9	7	.563	19	11	.633	73.7				NCAA Tournament
3	NC State	9	7	.563	19	12	.613	75.3				NCAA Tournament
6	Clemson	8	8	.500	19	11	.633	66.0				NCAA Tournament
7	Georgia Tech	7	9	.438	15	12	.556	70.6
8	Wake Forest	3	13	.188	12	16	.429	61.8
9	Florida State	0	16	.000	5	22	.185	59.7

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Florida State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duke	16	17	16	15	17	15	13	16	14	19	24	22	20	18	22	25	25	-
Virginia	10	7	14	12	14	12	10	9	13	8	7	8	10	9	11	13	14	12
Clemson	-	25	24	20	22	22	21	21	20	12	10	17	19	22	21	22	21	21
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	23	22	22	22	20	19	20	19	16	10	9	6	5	5	4	5	4	4
Maryland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	13	8	13	11	9	8	8	7	11	15	17	21	25	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	UNC	32	29	3	.906	15	1								29.4	65.8	.447	4.3	15.8	.274	.480	14.7	22.6	.648		43.2	18.0	12.1	2.6	18.0	19.4	78.4
2	Virginia	31	23	8	.742	12	4								27.4	60.1	.455	5.1	15.7	.324	.497	13.6	20.3	.672		43.0	14.5	9.5	5.5	19.9	19.5	73.4
3	Duke	30	19	11	.633	9	7								27.1	59.6	.456	5.3	15.1	.352	.500	14.1	19.7	.717		37.5	15.7	9.0	2.0	17.6	16.7	73.7
4	Maryland	28	18	10	.643	9	7								24.2	54.7	.442	2.8	8.1	.339	.467	13.2	20.0	.659		36.4	13.7	8.8	1.5	18.3	14.9	64.3
5	NC State	31	19	12	.613	9	7								27.8	59.4	.468	4.7	13.5	.348	.508	14.9	21.7	.687		41.3	15.0	9.8	2.4	11.9	18.0	75.3
6	Clemson	30	19	11	.633	8	8								24.2	59.0	.410	2.5	9.1	.270	.431	15.1	21.7	.697		39.9	11.8	9.1	2.3	18.1	20.3	66.0
7	Georgia Tech	27	15	12	.556	7	9								26.3	59.9	.438	4.4	12.2	.361	.475	13.7	20.1	.680		42.0	14.7	9.1	2.4	17.2	14.8	70.6
8	Wake Forest	28	12	16	.429	3	13								22.2	56.6	.392	4.0	12.5	.321	.427	13.4	21.1	.635		38.6	10.4	7.0	2.8	19.3	17.8	61.8
9	Florida State	27	5	22	.185	0	16								23.4	61.3	.382	3.9	14.4	.267	.414	9.1	15.5	.585		35.0	11.0	8.5	2.3	19.3	20.7	59.7