1996-97 Women's College Basketball Season
Regular Season
Sat 1/4/97, Notre Dame @ Ohio State, CBS, 2:00, Sean McDonough, Mimi Griffin
Sun 1/5/97, Penn State @ Georgia, CBS, 12:00
Sun 1/5/97, Tennessee @ UConn, CBS, 2:00, Gus Johnson, Ann Meyers
NCAA Tournament
Friday 3/14 (first round)
12 Iowa State vs 5 Utah (at Charlottesville), 6 pm
9 Maryland vs 8 Purdue (at Norfolk), ESPN, 6 pm
9 Portland vs 8 Michigan State (at Chapel Hill), 6 pm
10 Western Kentucky vs 7 Arizona (at Athens), 6 pm
12 DePaul vs 5 Duke (at Champaign), 7 pm
10 Kansas State vs 7 St. Joseph's (at Tuscaloosa), 7 pm
10 Louisville vs 7 Auburn (at Ruston LA), 7 pm
15 Eastern Kentucky vs 2 Georgia (at Athens), 8:30 pm
16 Harvard vs 1 North Carolina (at Chapel Hill), 8:30 pm
16 Liberty vs 1 Old Dominion (at Norfolk), 8:30 pm
13 Troy State vs 4 Virginia (at Charlottesville), 8:30 pm
10 Toledo vs 7 Stephen F. Austin (at Boulder), 9 pm
13 Drake vs 4 Illinois (at Champaign), 9:30 pm
15 St. Francis vs 2 Alabama (at Tuscaloosa), 9:30 pm
15 St. Peter's vs 2 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), 9:30 pm
15 Marshall vs 2 Colorado (at Boulder), ESPN2, 12 midnight (jip - 11:30 tip), Vera Jones, ?? [1]
Saturday 3/15 (first round)
9 Iowa vs 8 NC State (at Storrs), 6 pm
11 San Diego State vs 6 Oregon (at Knoxville), 6 pm
11 San Francisco vs 6 USC (at Gainesville), 6 pm
13 UC Santa Barbara vs 4 Tulane (at Washington DC), 6 pm
12 Marquette vs 5 Clemson (at Baton Rouge), 7 pm
11 Memphis vs 6 Notre Dame (at Austin), 7 pm
11 Washington vs 6 Vanderbilt (at Lawrence), 7 pm
14 Florida International vs 3 Florida (at Gainesville), 8:30 pm
14 Grambling State vs 3 Tennessee (at Knoxville), 8:30 pm
16 Lehigh vs 1 Connecticut (at Storrs), 8:30 pm
12 Northwestern vs 5 George Washington (at Washington DC), 8:30 pm
14 Detroit vs 3 Kansas (at Lawrence), 9:30 pm
16 Howard vs 1 Stanford (at Palo Alto), 9:30 pm
13 Maine vs 4 LSU (at Baton Rouge), 9:30 pm
14 Texas State vs 3 Texas (at Austin), 9:30 pm
9 Montana vs 8 Texas Tech (at Palo Alto), ESPN, 12 midnight
Sunday 3/16 (second round)
8 Purdue vs 1 Old Dominion (at Norfolk), ESPN2, 1 pm
7 Arizona vs 2 Georgia (at Athens), 6 pm
8 Michigan State vs 1 North Carolina (at Chapel Hill), ESPN2, 6:30 pm
5 Utah vs 1 Virginia (at Charlottesville), 7 pm
5 Duke vs 4 Illinois (at Champaign), 8 pm
7 St. Joseph's vs 2 Alabama (at Tuscaloosa), 8 pm
7 Auburn vs 2 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), ESPN2, 8:30 pm
7 Stephen F. Austin vs 2 Colorado (at Boulder), ESPN2, 10:30 pm, Vera Jones, ?? [1]
Monday 3/17 (second round)
6 Oregon vs 3 Tennessee (at Knoxville), ESPN2, 7:30 pm, Dave Woloshin, Doris Burke
5 George Washington vs 4 Tulane (at Washington DC), 8 pm
6 USC vs 3 Florida (at Gainesville), 8 pm
6 Vanderbilt vs 3 Kansas (at Lawrence), 8 pm
12 Marquette vs 4 LSU (at Baton Rouge), 9 pm
9 Iowa vs 1 Connecticut (at Storrs), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Mike Tirico, Heather Cox
6 Notre Dame vs 3 Texas (at Austin), ESPN2, 9:30 pm
8 Texas Tech vs 1 Stanford (at Palo Alto), ESPN, 12 midnight
Saturday 3/22 (regional semifinals)
5 George Washington vs 1 North Carolina (at Columbia SC), ESPN2, 11:30 am
4 LSU vs 1 Old Dominion (at West Lafayette), ESPN, 12 pm
6 Notre Dame vs 2 Alabama (at Columbia SC), ESPN, 2 pm
3 Florida vs 2 Louisiana Tech (at West Lafayette), ESPN2, 2:30 pm
4 Illinois vs 1 Connecticut (at Iowa City), ESPN, 8 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers
4 Virginia vs 1 Stanford (at Missoula), ESPN, 10 pm
3 Tennessee vs 2 Colorado (at Iowa City), ESPN2, 10:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers
6 Vanderbilt vs 2 Georgia (at Missoula), ESPN, 12:30 am
Monday 3/24 (regional finals)
6 Notre Dame vs 5 George Washington (at Columbia SC), ESPN, 4:30 pm
3 Florida vs 1 Old Dominion (at West Lafayette), ESPN, 7 pm
3 Tennessee vs 1 Connecticut (at Iowa City), ESPN, 9 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers
2 Georgia vs 1 Stanford (at Missoula), ESPN, 11:30 pm
Friday 3/28 (Final Four)
1 Old Dominion vs 1 Stanford (at Cincinnati), ESPN, 7 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
6 Notre Dame vs 3 Tennessee (at Cincinnati), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
Sunday 3/30 (championship)
3 Tennessee vs 1 Old Dominion (at Cincinnati), ESPN, 8:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline