1996-97 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women's Schedule and Results

Record: 31-7 (17-1, in Big East WBB)

Rank: 15th in the Final AP Poll

PS/G: 75.8 (34th of 299)

PA/G: 63.4 (82nd of 299)

NCAA Tournament: (#6 seed in East)
Won East First Round (93-62) versus #11 Memphis
Won East Second Round (86-83) versus #3 Texas
Won East Regional Semifinal (87-71) versus #2 Alabama
Won East Regional Final (62-52) versus #5 George Washington
Lost National Semifinal (80-66) versus #3 Tennessee

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AP Poll Summary

1996-97 Season 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
Notre Dame	20	14	9	7	10	16	18	17	21	21	19	19	15	17	16	14	13	15

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

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Nov 15, 1996		Kent State	MAC	W	66	41	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 17, 1996	@	Iowa	Big Ten	W	61	50	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Nov 19, 1996	N	Tennessee	SEC	L	59	72	2	1	L 1
4	Wed, Nov 20, 1996	N	NC State	ACC	W	64	53	3	1	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	@	Bowling Green	MAC	W	85	70	4	1	W 2
6	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	N	Ohio	MAC	W	95	82	5	1	W 3
7	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	W	76	69	6	1	W 4
8	Thu, Dec 5, 1996	@	Purdue	Big Ten	L	58	73	6	2	L 1
9	Sat, Dec 7, 1996		Providence	Big East	W	91	75	7	2	W 1
10	Mon, Dec 9, 1996		Wisconsin	Big Ten	L	69	81	7	3	L 1
11	Wed, Dec 11, 1996		Indiana	Big Ten	W	71	63	8	3	W 1
12	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	@	Valparaiso	Mid-Cont	W	75	56	9	3	W 2
13	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	@	Seton Hall	Big East	W	87	47	10	3	W 3
14	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	L	67	74	10	4	L 1
15	Tue, Jan 7, 1997	@	Boston College	Big East	W	61	57	11	4	W 1
16	Thu, Jan 9, 1997		West Virginia	Big East	W	103	58	12	4	W 2
17	Sun, Jan 12, 1997	@	Villanova	Big East	W	77	54	13	4	W 3
18	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	@	Syracuse	Big East	W	72	45	14	4	W 4
19	Sat, Jan 18, 1997		Pittsburgh	Big East	W	65	49	15	4	W 5
20	Tue, Jan 21, 1997		Rutgers	Big East	W	76	61	16	4	W 6
21	Sat, Jan 25, 1997		Georgetown	Big East	W	67	63	17	4	W 7
22	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	@	Miami (FL)	Big East	W	72	71	18	4	W 8
23	Sun, Feb 2, 1997	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	W	75	47	19	4	W 9
24	Thu, Feb 6, 1997		Syracuse	Big East	W	90	73	20	4	W 10
25	Sun, Feb 9, 1997	@	Connecticut	Big East	L	49	72	20	5	L 1
26	Wed, Feb 12, 1997		Boston College	Big East	W	91	64	21	5	W 1
27	Sun, Feb 16, 1997	@	Providence	Big East	W	97	74	22	5	W 2
28	Wed, Feb 19, 1997		Villanova	Big East	W	68	51	23	5	W 3
29	Sat, Feb 22, 1997		Seton Hall	Big East	W	75	61	24	5	W 4
30	Tue, Feb 25, 1997	@	West Virginia	Big East	W	80	67	25	5	W 5
31	Sun, Mar 2, 1997	N	Rutgers	Big East	W	86	58	26	5	W 6
32	Mon, Mar 3, 1997	N	Georgetown	Big East	W	83	43	27	5	W 7
33	Tue, Mar 4, 1997	@	Connecticut	Big East	L	77	86	27	6	L 1

NCAA Tourney Schedule and Results

NCAA Tourney Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Sat, Mar 15, 1997	NCAA	N	Memphis	CUSA	W	93	62	1	0	W 1
2	Mon, Mar 17, 1997	NCAA	@	Texas	Big 12	W	86	83	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Mar 22, 1997	NCAA	N	Alabama	SEC	W	87	71	3	0	W 3
4	Mon, Mar 24, 1997	NCAA	N	George Washington	A-10	W	62	52	4	0	W 4
5	Fri, Mar 28, 1997	NCAA	N	Tennessee	SEC	L	66	80	4	1	L 1