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1998 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

Tennessee (6th title)

Runner-up

Louisiana Tech (6th title game)

Semifinalists

NC State (1st Final Four)
Arkansas (1st Final Four)

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

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The 1998 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 13, 1998 and concluded on March 29, 1998 when Tennessee won the national title. The Final Four was held at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri on March 27 - March 29, 1998. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, NC State, and Arkansas qualified to the Final Four. Tennessee and Louisiana Tech won their semi-final Final Four matchups and continued on to the championship. Tennessee defeated Louisiana Tech 93-75 to take their sixth title, and complete an undefeated season (39-0).

For the last time in the men's or women's tournament to date, two teams entered the tournament unbeaten. In the Mideast Regional, the Lady Vols blew out Liberty 102-58. However, in the West Regional, the expected 1-16 blowout did not happen. In that matchup, Harvard defeated #1 seed Stanford on its home court 71-67, the only time in the men's or women's tournament that a 16 has ever beaten a 1. In addition, 9th-seeded Arkansas made the final four, the highest seed ever to do so in the women's tournament.

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 Brackets
7 All-Tournament Team
8 Game Officials
9 See also
10 Notes

Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1998 NCAA Tournament. Thirty conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. ^[1]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.939 !31–2	0.944 !17–1	2
Drake University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.862 !25–4	0.944 !17–1	5
Fairfield University	MAAC	0.69 !20–9	0.778 !14–4	15
Florida International University	Trans America	0.966 !28–1	0.938 !15–1	7
Grambling State University	SWAC	0.793 !23–6	0.875 !14–2	16
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay	Horizon League	0.724 !21–8	0.786 !11–3	14
Harvard University	Ivy League	0.846 !22–4	0.857 !12–2	16
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	0.724 !21–8	0.833 !10–2	14
Howard University	MEAC	0.793 !23–6	0.889 !16–2	15
Kent State University	MAC	0.793 !23–6	1.018 !18–0	13
Liberty University	Big South Conference	1.028 !28–0	1.012 !12–0	16
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt Conference	0.897 !26–3	0.929 !13–1	3
University of Maine	America East	0.724 !21–8	0.722 !13–5	13
University of Memphis	Conference USA	0.759 !22–7	0.875 !14–2	5
Middle Tennessee State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.621 !18–11	0.611 !11–7	15
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.828 !24–5	0.938 !15–1	14
University of New Mexico	WAC	0.813 !26–6	0.714 !10–4	8
University of North Carolina	ACC	0.8 !24–6	0.688 !11–5	2
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.931 !27–2	1.016 !16–0	1
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.69 !20–9	0.625 !10–6	4
Santa Clara University	West Coast Conference	0.767 !23–7	0.786 !11–3	14
St. Francis College	Northeast Conference	0.759 !22–7	0.875 !14–2	16
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.808 !21–5	0.944 !17–1	1
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.893 !25–3	0.938 !15–1	9
University of Tennessee	SEC	0.767 !33–10	1.014 !14–0	1
Texas Tech University	Atlantic Sun Conference	0.862 !25–4	0.938 !15–1	1
University of California, Santa Barbara	Big West Conference	0.839 !26–5	0.933 !14–1	11
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Southern Conference	0.724 !21–8	0.75 !12–4	15
Virginia Tech	Atlantic 10	0.7 !21–9	0.688 !11–5	11
Youngstown State University	Mid-Continent	0.931 !27–2	0.938 !15–1	12

Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-four additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.^[1]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	0.71 !22–9	0.714 !10–4	2
University of Arizona	Pacific-10	0.778 !21–6	0.778 !14–4	3
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southeastern	0.643 !18–10	0.5 !7–7	9
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.774 !24–7	0.75 !12–4	6
Colorado State University	Western Athletic	0.821 !23–5	0.786 !11–3	12
Duke University	Atlantic Coast	0.75 !21–7	0.813 !13–3	2
University of Florida	Southeastern	0.724 !21–8	0.714 !10–4	3
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.679 !19–9	0.75 !12–4	10
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.63 !17–10	0.571 !8–6	7
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Western Athletic	0.889 !24–3	0.929 !13–1	8
University of Illinois	Big Ten	0.667 !18–9	0.75 !12–4	3
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.63 !17–10	0.813 !13–3	4
Iowa State University	Big 12	0.774 !24–7	0.75 !12–4	4
University of Kansas	Big 12	0.724 !21–8	0.688 !11–5	5
University of Louisville	Conference USA	0.633 !19–11	0.75 !12–4	10
Marquette University	Conference USA	0.786 !22–6	0.813 !13–3	10
University of Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	0.655 !19–10	0.688 !11–5	13
Miami University	Big East	0.679 !19–9	0.722 !13–5	11
University of Michigan	Big Ten	0.679 !19–9	0.625 !10–6	10
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley	0.828 !24–5	0.778 !14–4	8
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Big 12	0.71 !22–9	0.688 !11–5	9
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.778 !21–6	0.75 !12–4	4
University of Notre Dame	Big East	0.69 !20–9	0.667 !12–6	9
University of Oregon	Pacific-10	0.654 !17–9	0.722 !13–5	12
Rutgers University	Big East	0.69 !20–9	0.778 !14–4	5
Southern Methodist University	Western Athletic	0.75 !21–7	0.786 !11–3	11
Tulane University	Conference USA	0.778 !21–6	0.75 !12–4	12
University of California, Los Angeles	Pacific-10	0.704 !19–8	0.778 !14–4	7
University of Utah	Western Athletic	0.808 !21–5	0.786 !11–3	7
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.643 !9–5	6
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	0.667 !18–9	0.563 !9–7	6
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.667 !18–9	0.5 !9–9	13
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt	0.758 !25–8	0.857 !12–2	8
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	0.7 !21–9	0.563 !9–7	6

Bids by conference

Thirty conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-four additional at-large teams were selected from eleven of the conferences.^[1]

Bids	Conference	Teams
6	Southeastern	Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Vanderbilt
5	Atlantic Coast	North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, North Carolina St., Virginia
5	Big Ten	Purdue, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin
5	Pacific-10	Stanford, Arizona, Oregon, UCLA, Washington
5	Western Athletic	New Mexico, Colorado St., Hawaii, SMU, Utah
4	Big 12	Texas Tech, Iowa St., Kansas, Nebraska
4	Big East	Connecticut, Miami, Notre Dame, Rutgers
4	Conference USA	Memphis, Louisville, Marquette, Tulane
3	Atlantic 10	Virginia Tech, George Washington, Massachusetts
2	Missouri Valley	Drake, Missouri St.
2	Sun Belt	Louisiana Tech, Western Ky.
1	America East	Maine
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Big South	Liberty
1	Big West	UC Santa Barb.
1	Colonial	Old Dominion
1	Horizon	Green Bay
1	Ivy	Harvard
1	Metro Atlantic	Fairfield
1	Mid-American	Kent St.
1	Mid-Continent	Youngstown St.
1	Mid-Eastern	Howard
1	Northeast	St. Francis
1	Ohio Valley	Middle Tenn.
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	UNC Greensboro
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Southwestern	Grambling
1	Trans America	FIU
1	West Coast	Santa Clara

First and second rounds

Norfolk

Raleigh

Storrs

Tucson

Chapel Hill

Knoxville

Champaign

Ames

Ruston

West Lafayette

Tuscaloosa

Lubbock

Iowa City

Stanford

Gainesville

Durham

1998 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1998, 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.

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:^[2]

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1&2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
East	1&2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	University of Arizona	McKale Center	Tucson	Arizona
Mideast	1&2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	University of Illinois	Assembly Hall (Champaign)	Champaign	Illinois
Mideast	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Midwest	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
Midwest	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
West	1&2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	University of Florida	O'Connell Center	Gainesville	Florida
West	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina

Regionals and Final Four

Nashville

Lubbock

Dayton

Oakland

Kansas City

1998 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 20 to March 23 at these sites:

Mideast Regional Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University), Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
Midwest Regional Lubbock Municipal Coliseum, Lubbock, Texas (Host: Texas Tech University)
East Regional University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
West Regional Oracle Arena, Oakland, California (Host: University of California, Santa Barbara)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held March 27 and March 29 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kemper Arena

Brackets

Data source^[3]

East Region

First round March 13 and 14			Second round March 15 and 16			Regional semifinals March 21			Regional finals March 23

1	Old Dominion	92
16	St. Francis, PA	39
			1	Old Dominion	75
Norfolk, VA
			9	Nebraska	60
8	New Mexico	59

9	Nebraska	76
						1	Old Dominion	72

						4	North Carolina State	74
5	Memphis	80

12	Youngstown State	91
			12	Youngstown State	61
Raleigh, NC
			4	North Carolina State	81
4	North Carolina State	89

13	Maine	64
									4	North Carolina State	60

									2	Connecticut	52
6	Virginia	77

11	SMU	68
			6	Virginia	77
Tucson, AZ
			3	Arizona	94
3	Arizona	75

14	Santa Clara	63
						3	Arizona	57

						2	Connecticut	74
7	Georgia	72

10	George Washington	74
			10	George Washington	67
Storrs, CT
			2	Connecticut	75
2	Connecticut	93

15	Fairfield	52

Mideast Region

First round March 12 and 13 Higher Seed's Home Court			Second round March 14 and 15 Higher Seed's Home Court			Regional semifinals March 21 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN			Regional finals March 23 Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN

1	Tennessee	102
16	Liberty	58
			1	Tennessee	82

			8	Western Kentucky	62
8	Western Kentucky	88

9	Stephen F. Austin	76
						1	Tennessee	92

						5	Rutgers	60
5	Rutgers	79

12	Oregon	76
			5	Rutgers	62

			4	Iowa State	61
4	Iowa State	79

13	Kent State	76
									1	Tennessee	76

									2	North Carolina	70
6	Vanderbilt	71

11	UC Santa Barbara	76
			11	UC Santa Barbara	65

			3	Illinois	69
3	Illinois	82

14	UW-Green Bay	58
						3	Illinois	74

						2	North Carolina	80
7	Florida Int'l	59

10	Marquette	45
			7	Florida International	72

			2	North Carolina	85
2	North Carolina	91

15	Howard	71

Midwest Region

First round March 12 and 13 Higher Seed's Home Court			Second round March 14 and 15 Higher Seed's Home Court			Regional semifinals March 20 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX			Regional finals March 22 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX

1	Texas Tech	87
16	Grambling State	75
			1	Texas Tech	59

			9	Notre Dame	74
8	SW Missouri State	64

9	Notre Dame	78
						9	Notre Dame	65

						4	Purdue	70
5	Drake	75

12	Colorado State	81
			12	Colorado State	63

			4	Purdue	77
4	Purdue	88

13	Washington	71
									4	Purdue	65

									3	Louisiana Tech	72
6	Clemson	60

11	Miami	49
			6	Clemson	52

			3	Louisiana Tech	74
3	Louisiana Tech	86

14	Holy Cross	58
						3	Louisiana Tech	71

						2	Alabama	57
7	UCLA	65

10	Michigan	58
			7	UCLA	74

			2	Alabama	75
2	Alabama	94

15	UNC-Greensboro	46

West Region

First round March 12 and 13 Higher Seed's Home Court			Second round March 14 and 15 Higher Seed's Home Court			Regional semifinals March 20 The New Arena Oakland, CA			Regional finals March 22 The New Arena Oakland, CA

1	Stanford	67
16	Harvard	71
			16	Harvard	64

			9	Arkansas	82
8	Hawaiʻi	70

9	Arkansas	76
						9	Arkansas	79

						5	Kansas	63
5	Kansas	72

12	Tulane	68
			5	Kansas	62

			4	Iowa	58
4	Iowa	77

13	Massachusetts	59
									9	Arkansas	77

									2	Duke	72
6	Wisconsin	64

11	Virginia Tech	75
			11	Virginia Tech	57

			3	Florida	89
3	Florida	85

14	Montana	64
						3	Florida	58

						2	Duke	71
7	Utah	61

10	Louisville	69
			10	Louisville	53

			2	Duke	69
2	Duke	92

15	Middle Tennessee	67

Final Four

National Semifinals March 27			National Championship March 29

4E	NC State	65
3MW	Louisiana Tech	84
			3MW	Louisiana Tech	75
			1ME	Tennessee	93
1ME	Tennessee	86
9W	Arkansas	58

E-East; ME-Mideast; MW-Midwest; W-West.

All-Tournament Team

Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
Kellie Jolly, Tennessee
Tamicha Jackson, Louisiana Tech
Chasity Melvin, North Carolina St. ^[1]

Game Officials

Art Bomengen (Semi-Final)
Melissa Barlow (Semi-Final)
Karen Wilhite (Semi-Final)
Dennis Mayer (Semi-Final)
Scott Yarbrough (Semi-Final)
Teresa Dahlem (Semi-Final)
Sally Bell (Final)
Bob Trammell (Final)
Wesley Dean (Final) ^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.
^ "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. February 2012. http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4269-official-2012-ncaa-womens-final-four-record-book.aspx. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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