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1996 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina

Champions

Tennessee (4th title)

Runner-up

Georgia (2nd title game)

Semifinalists

Connecticut (3rd Final Four)
Stanford (5th Final Four)

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1995

1997»

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

Contents

1 Qualifying teams - automatic
2 Qualifying teams - at-large
3 Bids by conference
4 First and second rounds
5 Regionals and Final Four
6 Bids by state
7 Brackets
8 All-Tournament Team
9 Game Officials
10 See also
11 References

Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. ^[2]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Appalachian State University	Southern Conference	0.828 !24–5	1.014 !14–0	13
Austin Peay State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.75 !21–7	0.813 !13–3	14
Butler University	Midwestern Collegiate	0.724 !21–8	0.813 !13–3	15
Clemson University	ACC	0.759 !22–7	0.563 !9–7	3
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big Eight	0.758 !25–8	0.643 !9–5	3
Colorado State University	WAC	0.862 !25–4	0.857 !12–2	8
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.909 !30–3	0.944 !17–1	1
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.806 !25–6	0.875 !14–2	6
Grambling State University	SWAC	0.778 !21–6	0.929 !13–1	16
Harvard University	Ivy League	0.769 !20–6	0.929 !13–1	14
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Big West Conference	0.821 !23–5	0.833 !15–3	11
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	0.719 !23–9	0.75 !9–3	15
Howard University	MEAC	0.69 !20–9	0.813 !13–3	16
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt Conference	0.966 !28–1	1.014 !14–0	1
University of Maine	North Atlantic Conference	0.871 !27–4	1.018 !18–0	11
Manhattan College	MAAC	0.655 !19–10	0.786 !11–3	14
University of Memphis	Conference USA	0.667 !20–10	0.714 !10–4	8
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.862 !25–4	0.889 !16–2	12
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.857 !24–4	0.929 !13–1	12
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.931 !27–2	1.016 !16–0	2
Pennsylvania State University	Big Ten	0.806 !25–6	0.813 !13–3	2
Radford University	Big South Conference	0.607 !17–11	0.714 !10–4	16
University of San Francisco	West Coast Conference	0.759 !22–7	0.857 !12–2	12
St. Francis College	Northeast Conference	0.655 !19–10	0.722 !13–5	15
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.926 !25–2	1.018 !18–0	1
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.893 !25–3	1.018 !18–0	11
University of Tennessee	SEC	0.867 !26–4	0.818 !9–2	1
Texas A&M University	Southwest	0.645 !20–11	0.571 !8–6	7
University of Toledo	MAC	0.828 !24–5	0.833 !15–3	10
University of Central Florida	Trans America	0.536 !15–13	0.467 !7–8	16
Youngstown State University	Mid-Continent	0.714 !20–8	0.778 !14–4	15

Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.^[2]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	0.759 !22–7	0.636 !7–4	4
Auburn University	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.545 !6–5	6
DePaul University	Conference USA	0.69 !20–9	0.929 !13–1	7
Duke University	Atlantic Coast	0.806 !25–6	0.75 !12–4	4
University of Florida	Southeastern	0.724 !21–8	0.545 !6–5	5
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.852 !23–4	0.909 !10–1	2
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.893 !25–3	0.938 !15–1	2
James Madison University	Colonial	0.724 !21–8	0.75 !12–4	13
University of Kansas	Big Eight	0.69 !20–9	0.786 !11–3	4
Kent State University	Mid-American	0.793 !23–6	0.889 !16–2	10
University of Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	0.69 !20–9	0.688 !11–5	8
Michigan State University	Big Ten	0.63 !17–10	0.563 !9–7	9
Middle Tennessee State University	Ohio Valley	0.828 !24–5	0.813 !13–3	13
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.643 !18–10	0.545 !6–5	7
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Big Eight	0.679 !19–9	0.571 !8–6	9
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.679 !19–9	0.625 !10–6	5
University of Notre Dame	Big East	0.759 !22–7	0.833 !15–3	12
Ohio State University	Big Ten	0.625 !20–12	0.5 !8–8	9
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big Eight	0.679 !19–9	0.571 !8–6	7
University of Oregon	Pacific-10	0.643 !18–10	0.556 !10–8	11
Oregon State University	Pacific-10	0.655 !19–10	0.611 !11–7	6
University of Portland	West Coast	0.793 !23–6	0.857 !12–2	13
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.667 !20–10	0.688 !11–5	5
University of Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	0.75 !21–7	0.813 !13–3	10
Southern Methodist University	Southwest	0.655 !19–10	0.643 !9–5	10
University of Southern Mississippi	Conference USA	0.75 !21–7	0.786 !11–3	9
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	0.714 !20–8	0.929 !13–1	5
Texas Tech University	Southwest	0.862 !25–4	0.929 !13–1	4
Tulane University	Conference USA	0.7 !21–9	0.643 !9–5	14
University of Utah	Western Athletic	0.75 !21–7	0.857 !12–2	8
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.741 !20–7	0.636 !7–4	3
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	0.793 !23–6	0.813 !13–3	3
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	0.75 !21–7	0.75 !12–4	6

Bids by conference

Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from fourteen of the conferences.^[2]

Bids	Conference	Teams
7	Southeastern	Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, 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
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Appalachian St.
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Southwestern	Grambling
1	Sun Belt	Louisiana Tech
1	Trans-America	UCF

First and second rounds

Norfolk

Charlottesville

Knoxville

Lawrence

Iowa City

Storrs

Nashville

Durham

Athens

Ruston

Clemson

Lubbock

University Park

Boulder

Stanford

Tuscaloosa

1996 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1996, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first round game. In all cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity.^[3]

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:

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	Indiana
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

Regionals and Final Four

Charlottesville

Nacogdoches

Seattle

Rosemont

Charlotte

1996 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 23 to March 25 at these sites:

East Regional University Hall (University of Virginia), Charlottesville, Virginia (Host: University of Virginia )
Midwest Regional William R. Johnson Coliseum, Nacogdoches, Texas (Host: Stephen F. Austin University)
West Regional Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)
Mideast Regional Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois (Host: DePaul University)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held March 29 and March 31 inCharlotte, North Carolina at the Charlotte Coliseum, (co-hosted by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte).

Bids by state

The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas and Tennessee had the most teams with five bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.^[2]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1996

Brackets

East Region

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, KN
			4	Kansas	77
4	Kansas	72

13	Middle Tenn. St.	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	Mississippi	53

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

15	Holy Cross	56

Mideast Region

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	Mich. St.	68
8	Mass.	57

9	Mich. St.	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, IO
			2	Iowa	72
2	Iowa	72

15	Butler	67

Midwest Region

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

1	Louisiana Tech	98
16	Central Florida	41
			1	Louisiana Teh	84
Ruston, LA
			9	S. Miss.	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, TX
			4	Texas Tech	82
4	Texas Tech	78

13	Portland	61
									1	Louisiana Tech	76

									3	Georgia	90
6	Oregon State	65

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

14	Austin Peay	52
						11	S.F. Austin	64

						2	Georgia	78
7	Oklahoma State	90

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

15	St. Francis	66

West Region

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	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	N.C. 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	66
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	72
			10	Kent	59
University Park, PA
			2	Penn State	86
2	Penn State	94

15	Youngstown State	71

Final Four - Charlotte, North Carolina

National Semifinals March 29			National Championship March 31

1E	Tennessee	88*
1ME	Connecticut	83 (OT)
			1E	Tennessee	83
			2MW	Georgia	65
2MW	Georgia	86
1W	Stanford	76

All-Tournament Team

Michelle Marciniak, Tennessee
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
Tiffani Johnson, Tennessee
La'Keshia Frett, Georgia
Saudia Roundtree, Georgia ^[2]

Game Officials

Art Bomegen (Semi-Final)
Doug Cloud (Semi-Final)
Wes Dean (Semi-Final)
John Morningstar (Semi-Final)
Bob Trammell (Semi-Final)
Scott Yarborough (Semi-Final)
Sally Bell (Final)
Dee Kantner (Final)
Violet Palmer (Final) ^[2]

References

^ Gregory Cooper. "1996 Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1996-bracket.html.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Attendance and Sites". NCAA. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

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