1996-97 Women's Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 139-137, .504 W-L% (14th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Drake

Player of the Year: Carrie Welle

Coach of the Year: Lisa Bluder

Conference Tournament Champion: Drake

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Drake)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Drake	14	4	.778	23	7	.767	80.0	69.4			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Missouri State	13	5	.722	17	10	.630	64.9	59.9
2	Illinois State	13	5	.722	17	11	.607	68.5	65.4
4	Wichita State	9	9	.500	17	12	.586	66.9	62.7
4	Bradley	9	9	.500	16	12	.571	68.3	66.2
4	Indiana State	9	9	.500	14	13	.519	62.5	66.9
4	Southern Illinois	9	9	.500	14	14	.500	66.6	68.2
8	Creighton	7	11	.389	8	19	.296	67.4	74.4
9	Northern Iowa	5	13	.278	10	16	.385	67.8	69.7
10	Evansville	2	16	.111	3	23	.115	59.0	72.2

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
Evansville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Missouri State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Creighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Drake	30	23	7	.767	14	4								28.0	61.2	.457	5.6	15.4	.361	.502	18.5	26.1	.709		43.6	16.8	10.2	3.2	21.4	21.7	80.0	69.4
2	Illinois State	28	17	11	.607	13	5								25.6	56.8	.450	4.0	12.2	.331	.486	13.3	19.8	.673		39.2	16.0	10.0	2.5	19.2	18.7	68.5	65.4
3	Missouri State	27	17	10	.630	13	5								22.1	53.8	.411	3.5	11.9	.294	.443	17.2	23.6	.731		36.7	13.4	11.8	1.4	20.4	21.1	64.9	59.9
4	Bradley	28	16	12	.571	9	9								24.2	59.3	.408	4.6	15.2	.303	.447	15.3	23.0	.663		39.9	15.8	11.0	4.4	21.3	19.1	68.3	66.2
5	Indiana State	27	14	13	.519	9	9								23.4	58.0	.403	2.7	9.4	.290	.427	13.0	18.5	.705		40.1	14.4	9.7	2.3	21.3	19.4	62.5	66.9
6	Southern Illinois	28	14	14	.500	9	9								25.7	60.5	.424	4.3	13.2	.322	.460	11.0	18.6	.589		38.8	14.4	9.8	2.9	19.9	18.4	66.6	68.2
7	Wichita State	29	17	12	.586	9	9								25.3	64.5	.392	3.8	12.0	.320	.422	12.4	18.8	.662		41.1	17.0	10.8	2.6	17.1	18.7	66.9	62.7
8	Creighton	27	8	19	.296	7	11								22.6	58.6	.385	4.6	13.5	.338	.424	17.7	26.1	.680		40.2	12.1	7.8	1.9	22.1	19.7	67.4	74.4
9	Northern Iowa	26	10	16	.385	5	13								23.2	59.7	.388	3.9	13.1	.300	.421	17.6	25.4	.692		39.3	13.8	9.3	1.9	20.6	21.5	67.8	69.7
10	Evansville	26	3	23	.115	2	16								21.5	56.2	.383	4.4	15.4	.287	.422	11.5	17.9	.644		35.8	14.5	6.7	1.0			59.0	72.2