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1997-98 Women's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 159-111, .589 W-L% (3rd of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Duke

Player of the Year: Tracy Reid

Coach of the Year: Gail Goestenkors

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Clemson, Duke, NC State, UNC and Virginia)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Duke, UNC and Virginia)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 teams (Clemson, Duke, NC State, 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	Duke	13	3	.813	24	8	.750	75.8				NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	NC State	12	4	.750	25	7	.781	71.6				NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
2	Clemson	12	4	.750	25	8	.758	71.8				NCAA Tournament
4	North Carolina	11	5	.688	27	7	.794	79.2				NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
5	Virginia	9	7	.563	19	10	.655	70.2				NCAA Tournament
6	Maryland	7	9	.438	15	13	.536	61.0
7	Florida State	5	11	.313	9	18	.333	66.2
8	Georgia Tech	3	13	.188	11	17	.393	63.6
9	Wake Forest	0	16	.000	4	23	.148	57.4

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Florida State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duke	19	19	15	15	11	17	23	23	25	25	24	13	14	13	11	8	8	8
Virginia	13	12	10	9	12	10	10	9	9	15	11	16	13	12	15	15	18	17
Clemson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	19	21	22	21	19	16	14	14
Wake Forest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	5	5	9	7	6	5	5	5	8	7	11	6	5	5	7	10	7	7
Maryland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NC State	-	-	-	25	22	20	19	18	17	10	8	12	9	11	10	9	10	10

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	Duke	32	24	8	.750	13	3								27.1	58.3	.465	5.5	15.7	.352	.512	16.0	23.3	.689		38.0	15.9	8.8	2.2	17.4	16.9	75.8
2	Clemson	33	25	8	.758	12	4								26.8	63.4	.424	3.2	9.3	.349	.449	14.9	21.3	.700		41.2	13.5	10.5	3.1	16.9	19.2	71.8
3	NC State	32	25	7	.781	12	4								28.9	61.7	.469	2.5	7.9	.313	.489	11.3	17.4	.648		40.4	15.2	8.5	3.1	17.9	17.7	71.6
4	UNC	34	27	7	.794	11	5								28.9	66.0	.437	4.8	15.6	.308	.473	16.7	25.2	.662		41.0	15.0	11.8	2.4	15.8	18.9	79.2
5	Virginia	29	19	10	.655	9	7								25.7	62.7	.410	5.0	17.6	.287	.450	13.7	21.1	.651		39.7	13.0	11.6	5.6	20.3	22.0	70.2
6	Maryland	28	15	13	.536	7	9								23.6	54.8	.431	0.9	6.9	.134	.440	12.2	20.1	.607		35.5	14.5	9.8	2.0	19.9	14.8	61.0
7	Florida State	27	9	18	.333	5	11								24.3	59.9	.406	3.4	12.1	.277	.434	14.2	22.4	.634		38.3	13.0	9.6	4.8	24.6	18.9	66.2
8	Georgia Tech	28	11	17	.393	3	13								22.7	58.8	.386	3.7	12.2	.305	.418	14.4	22.0	.655		40.5	11.7	6.6	2.9	20.9	17.5	63.6
9	Wake Forest	27	4	23	.148	0	16								20.8	54.4	.382	4.1	13.5	.304	.420	11.8	18.7	.628		36.6	11.7	6.9	1.6	21.3	17.4	57.4