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1996-97 Women's Big Ten Conference Season Summary

Record: 176-137, .562 W-L% (6th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Illinois, Michigan State and Purdue

Player of the Year: Ashley Berggren

Coach of the Year: Nell Fortner, Theresa Grentz

Conference Tournament Champion: Iowa

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern and Purdue)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Iowa, Penn State and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Illinois and Michigan State)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Illinois	12	4	.750	24	8	.750	82.5	73.1			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
1	Michigan State	12	4	.750	22	8	.733	76.8	68.1			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
1	Purdue	12	4	.750	17	11	.607	66.4	59.8			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
4	Northwestern	9	7	.563	17	11	.607	78.3	72.3			NCAA Tournament
4	Iowa	9	7	.563	18	12	.600	67.3	59.9			NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
6	Wisconsin	8	8	.500	16	11	.593	73.7	69.2
6	Penn State	8	8	.500	15	12	.556	72.1	69.7
8	Indiana	7	9	.438	16	13	.552	71.4	69.7
9	Michigan	7	10	.412	15	11	.577	74.8	70.7
10	Ohio State	3	13	.188	12	16	.429	71.3	70.4
11	Minnesota	1	15	.063	4	24	.143	64.8	79.6

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
Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	15	16	15	16	12	9	15	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	6	10	10	9	12	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	24	20	19	20	23	24
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	18	15	17	18	16	16
Wisconsin	22	23	23	23	19	18	16	20	17	20	16	16	23	-	-	-	-	-
Purdue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-

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	Illinois	32	24	8	.750	12	4								29.9	65.6	.456	4.4	13.1	.339	.490	18.3	24.5	.746		43.0	17.5	9.6	3.2	19.8	19.3	82.5	73.1
2	Michigan State	30	22	8	.733	12	4								30.4	64.8	.469	3.3	9.9	.330	.495	12.7	18.0	.707		37.1	20.1	11.6	4.2	18.3	16.5	76.8	68.1
3	Purdue	28	17	11	.607	12	4								23.9	55.6	.430	3.4	10.3	.328	.460	15.1	20.4	.741		34.8	11.4	9.0	1.5	15.6	14.6	66.4	59.8
4	Iowa	30	18	12	.600	9	7								26.7	57.4	.465	2.5	8.5	.289	.487	11.4	16.2	.702		36.8	15.7	8.2	4.5	15.6	17.1	67.3	59.9
5	Northwestern	28	17	11	.607	9	7								25.8	59.0	.436	7.2	17.6	.409	.497	19.6	26.2	.748		39.1	16.5	6.1	2.5	15.4	15.3	78.3	72.3
6	Penn State	27	15	12	.556	8	8								26.6	61.8	.430	3.9	11.7	.333	.462	15.0	22.0	.684		40.8	15.3	9.3	2.6	20.6	18.3	72.1	69.7
7	Wisconsin	27	16	11	.593	8	8								29.2	64.3	.454	2.7	7.8	.341	.475	12.7	20.0	.635		37.3	12.7	12.8	3.6	19.2	20.3	73.7	69.2
8	Indiana	29	16	13	.552	7	9								25.7	60.7	.422	5.1	18.1	.282	.465	15.0	20.9	.718		38.4	12.9	8.0	4.1	18.1	19.3	71.4	69.7
9	Michigan	26	15	11	.577	7	10								29.4	63.9	.460	3.7	12.2	.306	.489	12.3	20.6	.598		43.5	14.0	8.3	2.3	19.9	18.4	74.8	70.7
10	Ohio State	28	12	16	.429	3	13								26.7	57.8	.462	4.3	12.8	.338	.499	13.6	20.0	.680		36.5	15.3	9.0	2.0	12.3	12.5	71.3	70.4
11	Minnesota	28	4	24	.143	1	15								24.0	60.4	.397	2.2	9.9	.224	.415	14.6	20.6	.711		40.3	13.6	8.3	2.1	24.4	17.7	64.8	79.6