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1997-98 Women's Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

Record: 145-132, .523 W-L% (11th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Drake

Player of the Year: Kiersten Miller

Coach of the Year: Lisa Bluder

Conference Tournament Champion: Drake

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Drake and Missouri State)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 teams (Drake)

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	17	1	.944	25	5	.833	80.2				NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Missouri State	14	4	.778	24	6	.800	76.7				NCAA Tournament
3	Creighton	11	7	.611	16	12	.571	68.2
4	Indiana State	10	8	.556	17	11	.607	64.1
5	Wichita State	9	9	.500	13	14	.481	65.7
5	Illinois State	9	9	.500	11	16	.407	65.6
7	Northern Iowa	8	10	.444	14	13	.519	71.9
8	Southern Illinois	7	11	.389	10	18	.357	60.9
9	Bradley	4	14	.222	9	17	.346	63.8
10	Evansville	1	17	.056	6	20	.231	65.5

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
Wichita State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Indiana State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
Missouri State	-	-	-	-	-	22	16	16	13	16	20	25	23	25	25	-	-	-
Creighton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Iowa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evansville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Illinois 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	25	5	.833	17	1								28.8	59.2	.486	6.4	17.5	.364	.540	16.2	22.8	.709		40.7	20.2	9.9	5.9	19.9	19.5	80.2
2	Missouri State	30	24	6	.800	14	4								26.7	57.4	.466	4.0	11.7	.339	.500	19.2	25.9	.744		36.5	16.7	12.3	1.4	17.8	20.5	76.7
3	Creighton	28	16	12	.571	11	7								22.6	56.4	.401	5.8	16.5	.350	.452	17.2	25.5	.675		38.1	14.0	10.0	2.5	20.9	20.6	68.2
4	Indiana State	28	17	11	.607	10	8								21.8	55.5	.392	4.6	13.8	.332	.433	16.1	23.8	.677		40.1	13.3	8.0	2.2	18.1	17.8	64.1
5	Illinois State	27	11	16	.407	9	9								25.2	56.4	.447	3.9	9.9	.393	.481	11.3	16.7	.676		34.2	15.7	10.4	1.4	19.6	17.7	65.6
6	Wichita State	27	13	14	.481	9	9								23.7	59.1	.402	3.2	10.7	.298	.429	15.0	22.1	.678		36.8	14.3	10.4	2.8	18.0	19.4	65.7
7	Northern Iowa	27	14	13	.519	8	10								25.0	63.9	.390	5.7	16.6	.343	.435	16.3	23.5	.691		43.4	13.7	9.5	1.9	20.5	20.9	71.9
8	Southern Illinois	28	10	18	.357	7	11								22.9	53.8	.426	2.9	8.5	.338	.453	12.1	20.0	.608		37.0	13.5	7.1	2.3	19.3	16.6	60.9
9	Bradley	26	9	17	.346	4	14								23.3	59.5	.392	4.6	13.8	.335	.431	12.6	20.1	.625		34.5	14.2	9.7	2.4	20.8	21.9	63.8
10	Evansville	26	6	20	.231	1	17								24.7	60.6	.407	4.2	12.2	.344	.442	12.0	18.7	.640		36.4	16.7	8.7	2.2	20.3	21.5	65.5