1997-98 Illinois Fighting Illini Women's Schedule and Results

Record: 20-10 (12-4, in Big Ten WBB)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

PS/G: 79.0 (20th of 301)

PA/G: 69.0 (181st of 301)

NCAA Tournament: (#3 seed in Mideast)
Won Mideast First Round (82-58) versus #14 Green Bay
Won Mideast Second Round (69-65) versus #11 UC Santa Barbara
Lost Mideast Regional Semifinal (80-74) versus #2 North Carolina

1997-98 Illinois Fighting Illini Women Menu

AP Poll Summary

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
Illinois	7	7	8	6	5	13	13	13	11	8	6	8	12	9	9	13	17	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	W	L	Streak
1	Sun, Nov 23, 1997		Old Dominion	CAA	L	65	79	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Nov 28, 1997	N	Puerto Rico–Mayaguez		W	95	37	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Nov 29, 1997	N	Providence	Big East	W	106	74	2	1	W 2
4	Sun, Nov 30, 1997	N	Duke	ACC	W	77	65	3	1	W 3
5	Sun, Dec 7, 1997		Marquette	CUSA	W	99	86	4	1	W 4
6	Wed, Dec 10, 1997	@	Missouri State	MVC	L	62	77	4	2	L 1
7	Fri, Dec 12, 1997	@	Tennessee	SEC	L	68	78	4	3	L 2
8	Sun, Dec 14, 1997		Stanford	Pac-10	L	78	91	4	4	L 3
9	Sat, Dec 20, 1997		DePaul	CUSA	W	101	86	5	4	W 1
10	Sun, Dec 28, 1997		Purdue	Big Ten	W	78	76	6	4	W 2
11	Tue, Dec 30, 1997		Wisconsin	Big Ten	W	83	75	7	4	W 3
12	Fri, Jan 2, 1998	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	W	82	67	8	4	W 4
13	Sun, Jan 4, 1998		Colorado	Big 12	W	88	48	9	4	W 5
14	Tue, Jan 6, 1998	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	W	81	57	10	4	W 6
15	Fri, Jan 9, 1998		Minnesota	Big Ten	W	86	60	11	4	W 7
16	Sun, Jan 11, 1998		Michigan	Big Ten	W	66	63	12	4	W 8
17	Fri, Jan 16, 1998		Penn State	Big Ten	W	82	58	13	4	W 9
18	Mon, Jan 19, 1998	@	Indiana	Big Ten	L	67	80	13	5	L 1
19	Fri, Jan 23, 1998		Northwestern	Big Ten	W	70	60	14	5	W 1
20	Fri, Jan 30, 1998	@	Iowa	Big Ten	L	71	82	14	6	L 1
21	Sun, Feb 1, 1998	@	Penn State	Big Ten	W	78	69	15	6	W 1
22	Sun, Feb 8, 1998	@	Minnesota	Big Ten	W	75	67	16	6	W 2
23	Fri, Feb 13, 1998		Ohio State	Big Ten	W	80	64	17	6	W 3
24	Sun, Feb 15, 1998		Michigan State	Big Ten	W	98	51	18	6	W 4
25	Fri, Feb 20, 1998	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	L	69	73	18	7	L 1
26	Sun, Feb 22, 1998	@	Purdue	Big Ten	L	68	71	18	8	L 2
27	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	N	Penn State	Big Ten	L	71	74	18	9	L 3

NCAA Tourney Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Mar 14, 1998	NCAA		Green Bay	MW Coll	W	82	58	1	0	W 1
2	Mon, Mar 16, 1998	NCAA		UC Santa Barbara	Big West	W	69	65	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Mar 21, 1998	NCAA	N	North Carolina	ACC	L	74	80	2	1	L 1