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1996-97 Women's Big West Conference Season Summary

Record: 126-173, .421 W-L% (31st of 33) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

Regular Season Champion: UCSB and Nevada

Player of the Year: Erin Buescher

Coach of the Year: Mark French

Conference Tournament Champion: UCSB

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (UCSB)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	UC Santa Barbara	14	1	.933	24	6	.800	84.2				NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Nevada	9	5	.643	13	13	.500	64.0				Reg. Season Champion
3	UC Irvine	9	6	.600	16	13	.552	64.2
4	Idaho	8	6	.571	14	14	.500	67.8
4	New Mexico State	8	6	.571	11	16	.407	59.7
6	Pacific	8	7	.533	9	18	.333	60.2
7	Boise State	7	7	.500	9	17	.346	62.0
8	Long Beach State	7	8	.467	11	17	.393	66.5
9	Cal State Fullerton	5	10	.333	10	16	.385	70.7
10	Cal Poly	3	12	.200	4	22	.154	59.6
11	North Texas	2	12	.143	5	21	.192	58.0

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
Long Beach State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boise State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCSB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal State Fullerton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Mexico State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pacific	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal Poly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UC-Irvine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nevada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	UCSB	30	24	6	.800	14	1								29.7	66.3	.448	6.4	17.2	.373	.496	18.4	26.1	.704		43.3	17.2	10.2	3.1	17.9	20.3	84.2
2	UC-Irvine	29	16	13	.552	9	6								23.7	54.4	.435	2.1	5.9	.355	.454	14.8	22.3	.663		38.0	14.7	6.3	1.1	19.1	16.6	64.2
3	Nevada	26	13	13	.500	9	5								22.9	56.3	.407	3.3	11.9	.275	.436	14.9	24.0	.622		41.0	14.6	8.4	3.1	21.9	18.2	64.0
4	Idaho	28	14	14	.500	8	6								23.8	58.0	.410	4.9	14.3	.343	.453	15.3	22.6	.678		37.5	12.3	10.5	1.8	20.2	19.7	67.8
5	New Mexico State	27	11	16	.407	8	6								22.4	50.4	.443	2.4	7.3	.330	.467	12.6	20.7	.608		37.6	12.8	10.1	4.5	26.2	22.9	59.7
6	Pacific	27	9	18	.333	8	7								19.7	47.7	.414	3.3	11.0	.300	.448	17.4	25.3	.688		35.6	12.5	7.0	1.9	25.6	17.2	60.2
7	Boise State	26	9	17	.346	7	7								22.9	60.7	.377	5.0	17.2	.289	.418	11.2	18.3	.610		39.0	11.2	9.2	1.6	21.6	18.7	62.0
8	Long Beach State	28	11	17	.393	7	8								24.3	62.2	.390	2.8	9.8	.280	.412	15.3	25.0	.612		44.8	13.1	11.9	1.6	26.3	22.1	66.5
9	Cal State Fullerton	26	10	16	.385	5	10								26.4	59.0	.448	2.9	9.4	.310	.472	15.0	21.9	.684		39.8	13.8	10.7	3.6	23.7	19.0	70.7
10	Cal Poly	26	4	22	.154	3	12								22.5	63.8	.353	5.9	18.4	.320	.399	8.7	13.2	.664		36.2	11.6	11.9	1.0	22.7	22.8	59.6
11	North Texas	26	5	21	.192	2	12								19.8	59.8	.332	3.3	13.1	.250	.359	15.0	24.0	.625		39.8	9.6	8.3	1.4	22.8	22.3	58.0