1996-97 Illinois Fighting Illini Women's Schedule and Results

Record: 24-8 (12-4, in Big Ten WBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

PS/G: 82.5 (7th of 299)

PA/G: 73.1 (254th of 299)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Won Midwest First Round (79-62) versus #13 Drake
Won Midwest Second Round (85-67) versus #5 Duke
Lost Midwest Regional Semifinal (78-73) versus #1 Connecticut

1996-97 Illinois Fighting Illini Women Menu

AP Poll Summary

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
Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	18	15	17	18	16	16

Pre-2002 NCAA WCBB schedules may be missing dates and certain details. NCAA Tourney games will be listed below in a separate table.

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	N	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	L	89	95	OT	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 24, 1996	N	Sam Houston	Southland	W	92	71		1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Nov 26, 1996		Southern Illinois	MVC	W	85	57		2	1	W 2
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	@	Missouri	Big 12	W	82	66		3	1	W 3
5	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	@	Illinois State	MVC	L	63	68		3	2	L 1
6	Fri, Dec 6, 1996	N	Creighton	MVC	W	87	71		4	2	W 1
7	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	W	65	50		5	2	W 2
8	Tue, Dec 10, 1996		Missouri State	MVC	W	85	63		6	2	W 3
9	Sat, Dec 14, 1996		Butler	MW Coll	W	94	62		7	2	W 4
10	Fri, Dec 27, 1996	@	Purdue	Big Ten	L	59	63		7	3	L 1
11	Sun, Dec 29, 1996	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	W	73	67		8	3	W 1
12	Fri, Jan 3, 1997		Michigan State	Big Ten	W	90	81		9	3	W 2
13	Mon, Jan 6, 1997		Ohio State	Big Ten	W	89	73		10	3	W 3
14	Wed, Jan 8, 1997	@	Arkansas	SEC	W	100	81		11	3	W 4
15	Fri, Jan 10, 1997	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	W	89	85	OT	12	3	W 5
16	Sun, Jan 12, 1997	@	Michigan	Big Ten	L	87	93		12	4	L 1
17	Fri, Jan 17, 1997	@	Penn State	Big Ten	W	85	74		13	4	W 1
18	Sun, Jan 19, 1997		Indiana	Big Ten	W	90	81		14	4	W 2
19	Fri, Jan 24, 1997	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	W	80	79		15	4	W 3
20	Fri, Jan 31, 1997		Iowa	Big Ten	W	83	75		16	4	W 4
21	Sun, Feb 2, 1997		Penn State	Big Ten	W	94	79		17	4	W 5
22	Sun, Feb 9, 1997		Minnesota	Big Ten	W	95	76		18	4	W 6
23	Fri, Feb 14, 1997	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	W	84	81		19	4	W 7
24	Sun, Feb 16, 1997	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	L	75	78		19	5	L 1
25	Fri, Feb 21, 1997		Wisconsin	Big Ten	W	82	78		20	5	W 1
26	Sun, Feb 23, 1997		Purdue	Big Ten	L	75	80		20	6	L 1
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	N	Minnesota	Big Ten	W	98	76		21	6	W 1
28	Sun, Mar 2, 1997	N	Michigan State	Big Ten	W	77	66		22	6	W 2
29	Mon, Mar 3, 1997	N	Iowa	Big Ten	L	56	63		22	7	L 1