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1997-98 Women's Sun Belt Conference Season Summary

Record: 111-125, .470 W-L% (25th of 32) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: Louisiana Tech

Player of the Year: Amanda Wilson

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	13	1	.929	31	4	.886	86.2				NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
2	Western Kentucky	12	2	.857	26	9	.743	85.1				NCAA Tournament
3	Arkansas State	11	3	.786	20	10	.667	81.3
4	New Orleans	7	7	.500	12	16	.429	71.1
4	Louisiana	7	7	.500	9	18	.333	59.5
6	South Alabama	4	10	.286	7	20	.259	57.5
7	Lamar	2	12	.143	5	22	.185	63.4
8	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	0	14	.000	1	26	.037	49.4

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
South Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Arkansas State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Louisiana Tech	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Western Kentucky	16	16	22	17	14	18	20	19	19	18	16	15	18	18	18	17	15	15
New Orleans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	13	1								33.7	69.0	.488	3.9	11.3	.345	.517	14.9	22.3	.667		45.8	18.9	11.6	3.3	15.7	15.6	86.2
2	Western Kentucky	35	26	9	.743	12	2								30.6	64.6	.474	3.4	9.7	.347	.500	20.5	29.6	.694		45.1	15.6	9.9	3.0	19.0	20.6	85.1
3	Arkansas State	30	20	10	.667	11	3								29.1	67.6	.430	7.5	20.1	.371	.485	15.6	23.6	.660		44.4	15.2	11.0	2.5	21.9	21.7	81.3
4	Louisiana	27	9	18	.333	7	7								22.0	55.7	.395	1.5	7.9	.192	.408	14.0	21.0	.666		36.6	13.4	11.9	3.8	24.2	21.0	59.5
5	New Orleans	28	12	16	.429	7	7								23.6	63.7	.371	7.6	23.0	.331	.430	16.3	23.7	.689		39.7	15.0	9.7	3.4	24.4	22.3	71.1
6	South Alabama	27	7	20	.259	4	10								20.5	54.2	.378	2.4	9.5	.258	.401	14.0	21.3	.657		32.8	12.6	8.9	1.3	21.1	16.9	57.5
7	Lamar	27	5	22	.185	2	12								21.3	62.0	.344	4.1	17.4	.238	.378	16.6	27.3	.609		41.6	9.8	8.6	2.9	25.3	26.4	63.4
8	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	27	1	26	.037	0	14								16.9	57.3	.296	4.1	17.0	.240	.331	11.5	20.4	.563		36.9	9.2	8.6	0.9		25.0	49.4