W-L-T Record is from before regional play. Similarly, the standings in the polls are from Monday 19 May 1997 when the regional pairings and seedings were announced. The notation under "NCAA Result" shows the sequence of Wins and Losses for each team. PI denotes PlayIn.
Many thanks to Rick Rollins for the conference standings that make my ...etc... column with conference rankings possible.
I also have an analysis of performance grouped by conference.
NCAA Record Coll. B-Ball
Seed Team Result W L T B-Ball America etc....
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Atlantic - Miami (5/22)
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1 * Miami WWLWWW 44-15 3 3 still top independent
3 Arizona St. WWWLL 36-20 15 13 Pac-10 (S #4)
2 Florida WLWL 38-22 17 14 SEC (E #1)
6 Richmond LWL 33-24 . . Colonial champ (#7)
4 Florida Intl LL 42-19 . . Trans Am (S #2)
5 St. Johns LL 35-15 . . Big East champ (Amer #2)
East - Florida State (5/22)
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2 * Auburn WWWLW 45-14 14 8 SEC (W #4)
1 Florida State WWLWWL 46-15 4 5 ACC champ (#2)
4 S. Florida WLWL 37-22 . . Conf USA (#3)
5 W. Carolina LWL 41-18 . . Southern champ (#1)
3 Central Fla. LL 40-22 28 -- Trans Am champ (S #4)
6 Marist LL 32-17 . . Northeast champ (#1) -- PI
South I - Louisiana State (5/22)
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1 * Louisiana St WWLWWW 48-12 2 2 SEC runner-up (W #1)
2 S. Alabama WWWLL 40-17 20 18 Sun Belt champ (#2)
4 Long Beach St WLWL 37-24 24 23 Big West (S #1)
6 UNC-Grnsboro LWL 44-15 . . Big South champ (#1)
3 Oklahoma LL 39-18 12 16 Big 12 champ (#4)
5 Houston LL 40-21 -- 24 Conf. USA champ (#2)
South II - Alabama (5/22)
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1 * Alabama WWWW 48-12 1 1 SEC champ (W #2)
2 So. Calif. LWWWL 39-18 10 9 Pac-10 (S #3)
3 N. C. State WWLL 41-18 23 25 ACC (#3)
5 Virginia Tech WLL 33-26 . . Atl-10 champ (W #2)
4 Wichita St LL 51-16 22 -- Mo Valley (#1)
6 Troy State LL 36-22 . . Mid-Cont. champ (E #1) -- PI
Mideast - Mississippi State (5/22)
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2 * Miss. State WLWWWW 41-18 11 11 SEC (W #3)
4 Washington WWWLL 43-18 19 19 Pac-10 champ (N #1)
1 Georgia Tech WWLL 44-13 5 15 ACC (#1)
6 Tenn. Tech LWL 38-21 . . Ohio Valley champ (#2)
3 SW Louisiana LL 43-16 29 17 Sun Belt (#1)
5 Ohio State LL 42-16 27 -- Big Ten champ (#2)
Central - Texas Tech (5/22)
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2 * Rice WWWW 43-14 8 10 WAC champ (S #1)
5 SW Mo State LWWL 33-23 . . Mo Valley champ (#3)
6 SW Texas St WLWL 36-24 . . Southland champ (Tx #1)
4 Nevada LWL 38-19 30 -- Big West (N #1)
3 Clemson WLL 40-21 25 -- ACC (#4)
1 Texas Tech LL 46-12 9 7 Big 12 runner-up (#1)
Midwest - Oklahoma State (5/22)
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1 * UCLA LWWWWW 40-18-1 7 4 Pac-10 (S #2)
3 Okla. State WWWLL 43-17 13 12 Big 12 (#2)
6 Harvard WWLL 32-14 . . Ivy champ (RR #1) -- PI
2 Tennessee WLL 41-17 21 21 SEC (E #2)
4 Stetson LL 37-24-1 . . Trans Am (S #1)
5 Ohio U LL 43-16 . . MAC champ (#1)
West - Stanford (5/22)
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1 * Stanford WWWW 39-18 6 6 Pac-10 runner-up (S #1)
4 Fresno St. WLWWL 37-26 . . WAC (W #2)
5 Santa Clara WWLL 39-18 18 -- West Coast champ (#1) -- PI
2 C-S Fullerton LWL 38-22-1 16 20 Big West champ (S #2)
3 Texas A&M LL 39-20 26 22 Big 12 (#3)
6 Northeastern LL 33-17 . . Am.East champ (#5) -- PI
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Overlooked ? (ordered by records, may not be accurate)
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X Delaware 45-10 . . Am.East (#1) [PI conf]
X Oregon State 38-12-1 . . Pac-10 (N #2)
X Ball State 39-17 . . MAC (#2)
Notre Dame 41-19 . . Big East (Natl #1)
Brigham Young 37-18 . . WAC (N #2)
CS-Northridge 41-20-1 . . Independent
Tulane 40-21 . . Conf USA (#1)
San Diego St 41-22-1 . . WAC (W #3)
San Jose St 38-21 . . WAC (W #1)
!! Arkansas 36-20 . . SEC (W #5)
Utah 38-21-1 . . WAC (N #1)
X - denotes team with winning percentage above the 0.685 median record
of regional tournament teams, ignoring RPI factors, of course. All
other teams in the list above have season records better than 0.640,
which is better than 10 teams that are in the tourney.
First time out of the tourney since 1978
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Texas 29-22 . . Big 12 (#7)
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Attendance
Region Location Total Paid -------- -------- ------ ------ Mideast Miss.St. 59,378 ? South I LSU 41,522 66,184 !! Midwest Okla.St. 32,400 ? East Fla. St. 27,404 22,934 South II Alabama 26,656 26,565 Central Tex.Tech 22,957 22,957 West Stanford 19,..? ? Atlantic Miami 18,723 ?