1996_NCAA_Women's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

1996 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Teams	64
Finals site	Charlotte Coliseum; Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Tennessee Volunteers (4th title, 6th title game,; 9th Final Four)
Runner-up	Georgia Bulldogs (2nd title game,; 4th Final Four)
Semifinalists	Connecticut Huskies (3rd Final Four); Stanford Cardinal (5th Final Four);
Winning coach	Pat Summitt (4th title)
MOP	Michelle Marciniak (Tennessee)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«1995	1997»

1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

American college basketball tournament

The 1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament took place March 15–31, 1996. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Georgia, Stanford, and Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Georgia 83–65 in the championship game.^[1]

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Gregory Cooper. "1996 Tournament". Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2008.

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Nixon, Rick. "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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"Attendance and Sites" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 19, 2012.

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Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Appalachian State University	Southern Conference	24–5	14–0	13
Austin Peay State University	Ohio Valley Conference	21–7	13–3	14
Butler University	Midwestern Collegiate	21–8	13–3	15
Clemson University	ACC	22–7	9–7	3
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big Eight	25–8	9–5	3
Colorado State University	WAC	25–4	12–2	8
University of Connecticut	Big East	30–3	17–1	1
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	25–6	14–2	6
Grambling State University	SWAC	21–6	13–1	16
Harvard University	Ivy League	20–6	13–1	14
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Big West Conference	23–5	15–3	11
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	23–9	9–3	15
Howard University	MEAC	20–9	13–3	16
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt Conference	28–1	14–0	1
University of Maine	North Atlantic Conference	27–4	18–0	11
Manhattan College	MAAC	19–10	11–3	14
University of Memphis	Conference USA	20–10	10–4	8
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley Conference	25–4	16–2	12
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	24–4	13–1	12
Old Dominion University	Colonial	27–2	16–0	2
Pennsylvania State University	Big Ten	25–6	13–3	2
Radford University	Big South Conference	17–11	10–4	16
University of San Francisco	West Coast Conference	22–7	12–2	12
St. Francis (PA)	Northeast Conference	19–10	13–5	15
Stanford University	Pac-10	25–2	18–0	1
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	25–3	18–0	11
University of Tennessee	SEC	26–4	9–2	1
Texas A&M University	Southwest	20–11	8–6	7
University of Toledo	MAC	24–5	15–3	10
University of Central Florida	Trans America	15–13	7–8	16
Youngstown State University	Mid-Continent	20–8	14–4	15

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	22–7	7–4	4
Auburn University	Southeastern	20–8	6–5	6
DePaul University	Conference USA	20–9	13–1	7
Duke University	Atlantic Coast	25–6	12–4	4
University of Florida	Southeastern	21–8	6–5	5
University of Georgia	Southeastern	23–4	10–1	2
University of Iowa	Big Ten	25–3	15–1	2
James Madison University	Colonial	21–8	12–4	13
University of Kansas	Big Eight	20–9	11–3	4
Kent State University	Mid-American	23–6	16–2	10
University of Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	20–9	11–5	8
Michigan State University	Big Ten	17–10	9–7	9
Middle Tennessee State University	Ohio Valley	24–5	13–3	13
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	18–10	6–5	7
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Big Eight	19–9	8–6	9
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	19–9	10–6	5
University of Notre Dame	Big East	22–7	15–3	12
Ohio State University	Big Ten	20–12	8–8	9
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big Eight	19–9	8–6	7
University of Oregon	Pacific-10	18–10	10–8	11
Oregon State University	Pacific-10	19–10	11–7	6
University of Portland	West Coast	23–6	12–2	13
Purdue University	Big Ten	20–10	11–5	5
University of Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	21–7	13–3	10
Southern Methodist University	Southwest	19–10	9–5	10
University of Southern Mississippi	Conference USA	21–7	11–3	9
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	20–8	13–1	5
Texas Tech University	Southwest	25–4	13–1	4
Tulane University	Conference USA	21–9	9–5	14
University of Utah	Western Athletic	21–7	12–2	8
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	20–7	7–4	3
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	23–6	13–3	3
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	21–7	12–4	6

Bids	Conference	Teams
7	Southeastern	Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt
6	Big Ten	Penn St., Iowa, Michigan St., Ohio St., Purdue, Wisconsin
4	Atlantic Coast	Clemson, Duke, North Carolina St., Virginia
4	Big Eight	Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma St.
4	Conference USA	Memphis, DePaul, Southern Miss., Tulane
4	Southwest	Texas A&M, SMU, Texas, Texas Tech
3	Atlantic 10	George Washington, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
3	Pacific-10	Stanford, Oregon, Oregon St.
2	Big East	Connecticut, Notre Dame
2	Colonial	Old Dominion, James Madison
2	Mid-American	Toledo, Kent St.
2	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay, Middle Tenn.
2	West Coast	San Francisco, Portland
2	Western Athletic	Colorado St., Utah
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Big South	Radford
1	Big West	Hawaii
1	Ivy	Harvard
1	Metro Atlantic	Manhattan
1	Mid-Continent	Youngstown St.
1	Mid-Eastern	Howard
1	Midwestern Collegiate	Butler
1	Missouri Valley	Missouri St.
1	North Atlantic	Maine
1	Northeast	St. Francis (PA)
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Appalachian St.
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Southwestern	Grambling State
1	Sun Belt	Louisiana Tech
1	Trans-America	UCF

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1&2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
East	1&2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
East	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	1&2	University of Kansas	Allen Field House	Lawrence	Kansas
Mideast	1&2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Iowa
Mideast	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
Mideast	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
Midwest	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Midwest	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	1&2	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
Midwest	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
West	1&2	Pennsylvania State University	Recreation Building (Rec Hall)	University Park	Pennsylvania
West	1&2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama

Bids	State	Teams
5	Tennessee	Austin Peay, Memphis, Tennessee, Middle Tenn., Vanderbilt
5	Texas	Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M, SMU, Texas, Texas Tech
4	Ohio	Toledo, Youngstown St., Kent St., Ohio St.
4	Virginia	Old Dominion, Radford, James Madison, Virginia
3	Indiana	Butler, Notre Dame, Purdue
3	Louisiana	Grambling State, Louisiana Tech, Tulane
3	Massachusetts	Harvard, Holy Cross, Massachusetts
3	North Carolina	Appalachian St., Duke, North Carolina St.
3	Oregon	Oregon, Oregon St., Portland
2	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn
2	California	San Francisco, Stanford
2	Colorado	Colorado, Colorado St.
2	District of Columbia	George Washington, Howard
2	Florida	UCF, Florida
2	Mississippi	Ole Miss, Southern Miss.
1	New York	Manhattan
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Georgia	Georgia
1	Hawaii	Hawaii
1	Illinois	DePaul
1	Iowa	Iowa
1	Kansas	Kansas
1	Maine	Maine
1	Michigan	Michigan St.
1	Missouri	Missouri St.
1	Montana	Montana
1	Nebraska	Nebraska
1	Oklahoma	Oklahoma St.
2	Pennsylvania	Penn St., St Francis
1	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
1	South Carolina	Clemson
1	Utah	Utah
1	Wisconsin	Wisconsin

1996_NCAA_Women's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament

1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Tournament records

Qualifying teams – automatic

Qualifying teams – at-large

Bids by conference

First and second rounds

Regionals and Final Four

Bids by state

Brackets

East Region

Mideast Region

Midwest Region

West Region

Final Four – Charlotte, North Carolina

Record by conference

All-Tournament team

Game officials

See also

References

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First round March 15 and 16			Second round March 17 and 18			Regional semifinals March 23 University Hall Charlottesville, VA			Regional finals March 25 University Hall Charlottesville, VA

1	Tennessee	97

16	Radford	56
			1	Tennessee	97
Knoxville, TN
			9	Ohio State	65
8	Memphis	75

9	Ohio State	97
						1	Tennessee	92

						4	Kansas	71
5	Texas	73

12	SW Missouri St.	55
			5	Texas	70
Lawrence, KS
			4	Kansas	77
4	Kansas	72

13	Middle Tennessee State	57
									1	Tennessee	52

									3	Virginia	46
6	George Washington	83

11	Maine	67
			6	George Washington	43
Charlottesville, VA
			3	Virginia	62
3	Virginia	100

14	Manhattan	55
						3	Virginia	72

						2	Old Dominion	60
7	Ole Miss	53

10	Toledo	65
			10	Toledo	66
Norfolk, VA
			2	Old Dominion	72
2	Old Dominion	83

15	Holy Cross	56

First round March 15 and 16			Second round March 17 and 18			Regional semifinals March 23 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL			Regional finals March 25 Allstate Arena Rosemont, IL

1	Connecticut	94

16	Howard	63
			1	Connecticut	88
Storrs, CT
			9	Michigan State	68
8	Massachusetts	57

9	Michigan State	60
						1	Connecticut	72

						12	San Francisco	44
5	Florida	61

12	San Francisco	68
			12	San Francisco	64
Durham, NC
			4	Duke	60
4	Duke	85

13	James Madison	53
									1	Connecticut	67

									3	Vanderbilt	57
6	Wisconsin	74

11	Oregon	60
			6	Wisconsin	82
Nashville, TN
			3	Vanderbilt	96
3	Vanderbilt	100

14	Harvard	83
						3	Vanderbilt	74

						2	Iowa	63
7	DePaul	96

10	SMU	82
			7	DePaul	71
Iowa City, IA
			2	Iowa	72
2	Iowa	72

15	Butler	67

First round March 15 and 16			Second round March 17 and 18			Regional semifinals March 23 William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, Texas			Regional finals March 25 William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, Texas

1	Louisiana Tech	98

16	Central Florida	41
			1	Louisiana Tech	84
Ruston, LA
			9	Southern Mississippi	46
8	Utah	66

9	Southern Mississippi	74
						1	Louisiana Tech	66

						4	Texas Tech	55
5	Purdue	60

12	Notre Dame	73
			12	Notre Dame	67
Lubbock, Texas
			4	Texas Tech	82
4	Texas Tech	78

13	Portland	61
									1	Louisiana Tech	76

									2	Georgia	90
6	Oregon State	65

11	Stephen F. Austin	67
			11	Stephen F. Austin	93
Clemson, SC
			3	Clemson	88
3	Clemson	79

14	Austin Peay	52
						11	Stephen F. Austin	64

						2	Georgia	78
7	Oklahoma State	90

10	Rhode Island	82
			7	Oklahoma State	55
Athens, GA
			2	Georgia	83
2	Georgia	98

15	St. Francis PA	66

First round March 15 and 16			Second round March 17 and 18			Regional semifinals March 23 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA			Regional finals March 25 Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA

1	Stanford	82

16	Grambling State	43
			1	Stanford	94
Stanford, CA
			8	Colorado State	63
8	Colorado State	66

9	Nebraska	62
						1	Stanford	78

						4	Alabama	76
5	North Carolina State	77

12	Montana	68
			5	North Carolina State	68
Tuscaloosa, AL
			4	Alabama	88
4	Alabama	95

13	Appalachian State	66
									1	Stanford	71

									6	Auburn	57
6	Auburn	73

11	Hawaii	53
			6	Auburn	68
Boulder, CO
			3	Colorado	61
3	Colorado	83

14	Tulane	75
						6	Auburn	75

						2	Penn State	69
7	Texas A&M	68

10	Kent State	72
			10	Kent State	59
University Park, PA
			2	Penn State	86
2	Penn State	94

15	Youngstown State	71

National semifinals March 29			National championship March 31

E1	Tennessee	88

ME1	Connecticut	83^OT
			E1	Tennessee	83

			MW2	Georgia	65
MW2	Georgia	86

W1	Stanford	76

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Round of 32	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship Game
Southeastern	7	19–6	.760	5	5	4	2	2
Big Ten	6	7–6	.538	5	2	–	–	–
Atlantic Coast	4	6–4	.600	4	1	1	–	–
Big Eight	4	4–4	.500	3	1	–	–	–
Southwest	4	3–4	.429	2	1	–	–	–
Conference USA	4	2–4	.333	2	–	–	–	–
Pacific-10	3	4–3	.571	1	1	1	1	–
Atlantic 10	3	1–3	.250	1	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	5–2	.714	2	1	1	1	–
Colonial	2	2–2	.500	1	1	–	–	–
Mid-American	2	2–2	.500	2	–	–	–	–
West Coast	2	2–2	.500	1	1	–	–	–
Western Athletic	2	1–2	.333	1	–	–	–	–
Ohio Valley	2	0–2	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	3–1	.750	1	1	1	–	–
Southland	1	2–1	.667	1	1	–	–	–