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»

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]

Tournament records

• Three-point field goal percentage – Nykesha Sales, Connecticut, hit four of five three-point field goal attempts(80%) in the semi-final game against Tennessee, tying a record for three-point field goal percentage in a Final Four game, held by four other players.
• Three-point field goal percentage – Abby Conklin, Tennessee hit four of five three-point field goal attempts(80%) in the championship game against Georgia, tying a record for three-point field goal percentage in a Final Four game, held by four other players.
• Three-point field goals – Harvard hit 16 three-point field goals in a Mideast first-round game, setting the record for most three-point field goals in an NCAA tournament game, subsequently tied by two other teams.^[2]

Qualifying teams – automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1996 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid.^[2]

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

Qualifying teams – at-large

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

Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1996_NCAA_Division_I_women's_basketball_tournament
Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.

---



---

www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

---

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