1996-97 Women's Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

Record: 113-117, .491 W-L% (16th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky

Player of the Year: Alisa Burras

Coach of the Year: Leon Barmore

Conference Tournament Champion: Louisiana Tech

NCAA Tournament: 2 teams (Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Louisiana Tech and Western Kentucky)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Louisiana Tech	12	2	.857	31	4	.886	80.5	55.1			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
1	Western Kentucky	12	2	.857	22	9	.710	76.9	62.4			NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
3	Arkansas State	10	4	.714	20	8	.714	76.0	65.0
3	New Orleans	10	4	.714	16	12	.571	74.5	75.0
5	South Alabama	5	9	.357	11	16	.407	58.4	64.6
6	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	3	11	.214	5	22	.185	53.6	73.3
7	Lamar	2	12	.143	5	22	.185	58.7	79.5
7	Louisiana	2	12	.143	3	24	.111	48.4	75.7

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
South Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Western Kentucky	8	12	12	14	11	10	9	15	19	18	23	24	22	-	25	21	22	25
Lamar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana Tech	14	11	6	3	3	5	5	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	5
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Orleans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arkansas 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	Louisiana Tech	35	31	4	.886	12	2								31.9	70.7	.451	2.6	9.1	.286	.470	14.1	23.0	.611		48.3	16.1	12.6	4.0	15.5	16.3	80.5	55.1
2	Western Kentucky	31	22	9	.710	12	2								27.9	61.0	.458	3.2	10.9	.292	.484	17.8	25.4	.702		44.1	14.9	9.1	1.9	19.8	19.8	76.9	62.4
3	Arkansas State	28	20	8	.714	10	4								27.4	63.6	.431	6.5	19.8	.328	.482	14.7	24.9	.591		39.9	17.7	12.4	3.3	20.2	20.3	76.0	65.0
4	New Orleans	28	16	12	.571	10	4								26.1	66.9	.390	5.0	17.7	.283	.427	17.3	25.3	.684		44.0	16.1	11.1	2.0	23.3	21.9	74.5	75.0
5	South Alabama	27	11	16	.407	5	9								21.8	56.7	.384	2.5	10.0	.247	.406	12.3	24.3	.508		40.8	12.6	9.2	1.3	22.7	16.7	58.4	64.6
6	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	27	5	22	.185	3	11								19.4	57.9	.336	3.9	13.1	.296	.369	10.8	17.6	.611		40.6	12.0	8.4	2.0	24.6	22.4	53.6	73.3
7	Lamar	27	5	22	.185	2	12								21.6	63.3	.341	4.3	15.8	.275	.375	11.2	19.4	.579		39.9	13.4	10.4	0.8	23.6	23.7	58.7	79.5
8	Louisiana	27	3	24	.111	2	12								16.0	50.7	.315	2.5	9.1	.272	.340	14.0	20.8	.671		34.9	9.8	9.2	1.5	27.4	21.8	48.4	75.7