1996-97 Women's Big East Conference Season Summary

Record: 198-184, .518 W-L% (10th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: UConn and Georgetown

Player of the Year: Kara Wolters

Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma

Conference Tournament Champion: UConn

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (UConn and Notre Dame)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (UConn and Notre Dame)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (UConn and Notre Dame)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Connecticut	18	0	1.000	33	1	.971	83.8	57.4			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Notre Dame	17	1	.944	31	7	.816	75.8	63.4			NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF
3	Boston College	13	5	.722	16	12	.571	65.1	60.9
4	West Virginia	11	6	.647	19	12	.613	74.5	74.8
5	Georgetown	9	9	.500	17	11	.607	72.5	70.3			Reg. Season Champion
6	Miami (FL)	8	10	.444	15	14	.517	61.4	61.5
6	Villanova	8	10	.444	14	14	.500	58.0	60.0
6	Providence	8	10	.444	13	14	.481	72.6	74.7
6	Rutgers	8	10	.444	11	17	.393	56.5	63.1
10	Seton Hall	7	11	.389	10	17	.370	65.2	67.6
11	Syracuse	4	14	.222	6	21	.222	67.1	75.4
12	Pittsburgh	3	15	.167	8	22	.267	60.4	67.7
12	St. John's (NY)	3	15	.167	5	22	.185	55.7	64.1

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
Boston College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syracuse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	20	14	9	7	10	16	18	17	21	21	19	19	15	17	16	14	13	15
Pitt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seton Hall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UConn	5	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Miami (FL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgetown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	UConn	34	33	1	.971	18	0								31.9	62.7	.509	3.0	9.6	.311	.533	16.9	25.1	.676		45.8	17.5	12.2	4.8	18.6	15.9	83.8	57.4
2	Notre Dame	38	31	7	.816	17	1								28.7	59.8	.480	4.1	12.3	.331	.514	14.3	19.3	.743		40.4	17.9	10.4	2.4	19.0	14.8	75.8	63.4
3	Boston College	28	16	12	.571	13	5								22.3	52.3	.426	4.1	11.1	.367	.465	16.5	22.5	.733		35.8	13.1	6.4	2.1	17.0	15.7	65.1	60.9
4	West Virginia	31	19	12	.613	11	6								26.3	59.5	.442	4.5	14.8	.305	.480	17.5	23.9	.730		36.6	17.0	10.8	1.5	20.8	19.6	74.5	74.8
5	Georgetown	28	17	11	.607	9	9								27.6	68.5	.403	3.8	14.6	.261	.431	13.5	19.9	.680		39.5	13.9	10.6	3.9	16.6	19.8	72.5	70.3
6	Miami (FL)	29	15	14	.517	8	10								22.2	55.6	.400	4.2	13.6	.312	.439	12.7	18.8	.673		34.9	14.3	8.3	3.3	17.1	14.7	61.4	61.5
7	Providence	27	13	14	.481	8	10								25.3	57.9	.437	6.2	17.7	.351	.491	15.8	22.0	.718		36.5	14.8	7.6	2.1	19.7	16.4	72.6	74.7
8	Rutgers	28	11	17	.393	8	10								22.1	59.1	.373	3.3	12.1	.268	.401	9.1	13.5	.675		37.2	11.5	8.8	2.4	18.4	18.4	56.5	63.1
9	Villanova	28	14	14	.500	8	10								22.4	58.5	.383	4.1	14.1	.292	.418	9.0	14.0	.647		34.3	14.5	8.4	2.0	14.1	16.4	58.0	60.0
10	Seton Hall	27	10	17	.370	7	11								23.7	60.6	.391	3.0	9.8	.302	.416	14.9	21.9	.680		40.5	15.1	9.1	2.1	19.6	18.8	65.2	67.6
11	Syracuse	27	6	21	.222	4	14								25.3	64.0	.395	3.1	10.8	.292	.420	13.4	21.0	.638		40.1	13.3	9.9	1.1	20.1	20.9	67.1	75.4
12	Pitt	30	8	22	.267	3	15								23.0	55.2	.418	2.4	8.2	.298	.440	11.9	19.4	.612		37.5	14.5	7.8	3.2	24.2	19.0	60.4	67.7
13	St. John's (NY)	27	5	22	.185	3	15								20.5	57.8	.355	4.5	14.7	.307	.394	10.1	14.0	.723		39.2	11.1	7.0	0.9	18.4	19.7	55.7	64.1