🏀 The 1997 women’s NCAA tournament
64 teams. The champion, the title game, the Final Four and how far every team in the field went.
1997 national champion
The NCAA tournament winner.
The title game
Only the final is certain in the source; the earlier pairings are not.
The Final Four
The four teams that reached the national semifinals.
How far each team went
Every team in the field, grouped by the furthest round it reached, with its seed.
Matchups are not in the source: it holds each team’s seed and furthest round, so there is no bracket to draw. “First game” means the team lost the first game it played; “Second round” means it won at least one game and was out before the Sweet 16.
Champion1 team
- 3Tennessee6-0
Runner-up1 team
- 1Old Dominion5-1
Final Four2 teams
- 1Stanford4-1
- 6Notre Dame4-1
Elite Eight4 teams
- 1Connecticut3-1
- 2Georgia3-1
- 3Florida3-1
- 5George Washington3-1
Sweet 168 teams
- 1North Carolina2-1
- 2Alabama2-1
- 2Colorado2-1
- 2Louisiana Tech2-1
- 4Illinois2-1
- 4LSU2-1
- 4Virginia2-1
- 6Vanderbilt2-1
Second round16 teams
- 3Kansas1-1
- 3Texas1-1
- 4Tulane1-1
- 5Duke1-1
- 5Utah1-1
- 6Oregon1-1
- 6USC1-1
- 7Arizona1-1
- 7Auburn1-1
- 7St. Joseph's1-1
- 7Stephen F. Austin1-1
- 8Michigan State1-1
- 8Purdue1-1
- 8Texas Tech1-1
- 9Iowa1-1
- 12Marquette1-1
First game32 teams
- 5Clemson0-1
- 8North Carolina State0-1
- 9Maryland0-1
- 9Montana0-1
- 9Portland0-1
- 10Kansas State0-1
- 10Louisville0-1
- 10Toledo0-1
- 10Western Kentucky0-1
- 11Memphis0-1
- 11San Diego State0-1
- 11San Francisco0-1
- 11Washington0-1
- 12DePaul0-1
- 12Iowa State0-1
- 12Northwestern0-1
- 13Drake0-1
- 13Maine0-1
- 13Troy0-1
- 13UC Santa Barbara0-1
- 14Detroit0-1
- 14Florida International0-1
- 14Grambling0-1
- 14Texas State0-1
- 15Eastern Kentucky0-1
- 15Marshall0-1
- 15St. Francis (PA)0-1
- 15St. Peter's0-1
- 16Harvard0-1
- 16Howard0-1
- 16Lehigh0-1
- 16Liberty0-1
