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1997-98 Women's Big East Conference Season Summary

Record: 196-182, .519 W-L% (11th of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: UConn and Rutgers

Player of the Year: Nykesha Sales

Coach of the Year: Vivian Stringer

Conference Tournament Champion: UConn

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (UConn, Miami (FL), Notre Dame and Rutgers)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 teams (UConn)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (UConn)

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	17	1	.944	34	3	.919	83.0	59.4			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Rutgers	14	4	.778	22	10	.688	68.7	62.4			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Miami (FL)	13	5	.722	19	10	.655	73.4	70.3			NCAA Tournament
4	Notre Dame	12	6	.667	22	10	.688	74.3	64.2			NCAA Tournament
4	Villanova	12	6	.667	19	10	.655	60.7	56.4
6	Boston College	11	7	.611	17	11	.607	70.0	63.3
7	Syracuse	7	11	.389	12	15	.444	69.8	71.0
7	West Virginia	7	11	.389	12	16	.429	71.2	72.4
9	Providence	6	12	.333	10	17	.370	72.8	82.6
9	Seton Hall	6	12	.333	8	19	.296	63.5	71.4
11	Georgetown	5	13	.278	9	19	.321	65.4	69.8
12	St. John's (NY)	4	14	.222	6	21	.222	55.6	69.6
13	Pittsburgh	3	15	.167	6	21	.222	59.3	66.4

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
Miami (FL)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UConn	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Syracuse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. John's (NY)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seton Hall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pitt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boston College	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgetown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	37	34	3	.919	17	1								29.8	59.3	.503	5.4	14.4	.373	.549	17.9	25.8	.695		40.9	18.9	12.9	3.7	20.4	18.0	83.0	59.4
2	Rutgers	32	22	10	.688	14	4								25.4	60.9	.417	4.8	14.5	.328	.456	13.1	20.5	.640		38.3	14.6	11.4	2.9	18.2	21.4	68.7	62.4
3	Miami (FL)	29	19	10	.655	13	5								25.8	59.9	.431	3.8	11.4	.332	.463	17.9	24.9	.721		37.7	14.8	9.2	2.5	19.1	18.5	73.4	70.3
4	Notre Dame	32	22	10	.688	12	6								25.8	56.9	.454	5.3	13.8	.381	.500	17.3	25.2	.689		41.6	16.8	10.3	4.8	21.6	20.8	74.3	64.2
5	Villanova	29	19	10	.655	12	6								22.3	53.7	.415	6.9	19.5	.356	.480	9.2	14.1	.654		29.5	17.1	8.2	1.4	12.9	15.7	60.7	56.4
6	Boston College	28	17	11	.607	11	7								24.5	55.9	.439	4.3	10.4	.410	.477	16.6	22.1	.752		37.2	13.8	5.4	2.0	15.6	17.2	70.0	63.3
7	Syracuse	27	12	15	.444	7	11								24.9	63.5	.392	4.0	14.3	.282	.424	15.9	24.0	.663		42.8	13.4	8.7	2.1	20.0	22.1	69.8	71.0
8	West Virginia	28	12	16	.429	7	11								24.8	60.1	.412	5.5	18.9	.294	.458	16.1	22.5	.715		35.0	15.0	11.0	0.9	19.4	20.1	71.2	72.4
9	Providence	27	10	17	.370	6	12								25.5	61.2	.416	5.3	16.3	.323	.459	16.6	23.3	.712		36.9	16.1	7.9	3.6	20.9	21.0	72.8	82.6
10	Seton Hall	27	8	19	.296	6	12								24.3	58.2	.418	2.5	8.5	.293	.439	12.3	18.4	.671		35.1	17.7	9.0	3.4	20.2	17.6	63.5	71.4
11	Georgetown	28	9	19	.321	5	13								23.0	61.1	.377	3.2	12.0	.264	.403	16.1	23.1	.696		39.5	11.3	8.0	3.0	17.3	21.6	65.4	69.8
12	St. John's (NY)	27	6	21	.222	4	14								21.1	57.2	.369	2.0	6.3	.314	.386	11.4	17.4	.656		37.6	11.1	8.6	1.5	21.0	21.0	55.6	69.6
13	Pitt	27	6	21	.222	3	15								23.0	56.1	.411	2.9	9.4	.307	.436	10.3	16.3	.630		37.7	14.6	7.7	4.6	22.0	18.4	59.3	66.4