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1996-97 Women's College Basketball Season Summary

National Champion: Tennessee

Final Four: Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Stanford and Tennessee

AP Player of the Year: Kate Starbird

AP Preseason #1: Stanford

AP Final #1: Connecticut

Conference Summary

Conference Summary Table
Rk	Conference	Schls	W	L	W-L%	AP	NCAA	FF
1	America East Conference	10	130	148	.468	0	1	0
2	Atlantic 10 Conference	12	178	166	.517	0	2	0
3	Atlantic Coast Conference	9	159	105	.602	1	6	0
4	Atlantic Sun Conference	1	8	17	.320	0
5	Big 12 Conference	12	199	150	.570	0	6	0
6	Big East Conference	13	198	184	.518	0	2	1
7	Big Sky Conference	8	105	116	.475	0	1	0
8	Big South Conference	8	102	120	.459	0	1	0
9	Big Ten Conference	11	176	137	.562	1	5	0
10	Big West Conference	11	126	173	.421	0	1	0
11	Colonial Athletic Association	9	146	110	.570	0	1	1
12	Conference USA	12	185	159	.538	0	5	0
13	Independent	3	25	54	.316	0
14	Ivy League	8	89	120	.426	0	1	0
15	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	8	99	123	.446	0	1	0
16	Mid-American Conference	10	134	142	.486	0	1	0
17	Mid-Continent Conference	10	130	143	.476	0	1	0
18	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	10	121	156	.437	0	1	0
19	Midwestern Collegiate Conference	8	102	120	.459	0	1	0
20	Missouri Valley Conference	10	139	137	.504	0	1	0
21	Northeast Conference	10	130	148	.468	0	1	0
22	Ohio Valley Conference	10	127	151	.457	0	1	0
23	Pacific-10 Conference	10	165	124	.571	0	5	1
24	Patriot League	7	94	99	.487	0	1	0
25	Southeastern Conference	12	235	129	.646	1	7	1
26	Southern Conference	8	118	104	.532	0	1	0
27	Southland Conference	9	127	123	.508	0	2	0
28	Southwest Athletic Conference	8	96	124	.436	0	1	0
29	Sun Belt Conference	8	113	117	.491	0	2	0
30	Trans America Athletic Conference	9	125	127	.496	0	1	0
31	West Coast Conference	8	116	110	.513	0	2	0
32	Western Athletic Conference	16	234	212	.525	0	2	0