Official 2008 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book
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OFFICIAL 2008 NCAA® WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR® RECORDS BOOK THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 www.NCAA.org January 2008 Researched, Compiled and Designed By: Rick Nixon, Associate Director for the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Additional research provided by Scott Deitch, Scottie Rodgers, Former Associate Director for the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship and Jim Sukup (All-Time Tournament Field) Photography By: NCAA Photos - Rich Clarkson, Trevor Brown Jr., Jay Clendenin, Jim Gund, Ryan McKee, Jamie Schwaberow. Other contributors, when known, are indicated. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Copyright, 2008, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. 2 2008 NCAA WOMEN’S FInaL FOUR Contents The Women’s Final Four ........................................................ 5 The Preliminary Rounds ........................................................ 27 The Tournament ....................................................................... 45 The Coaches ............................................................................... 81 Attendance and Sites ............................................................. 103 The Tournament Field ............................................................ 119 Diana Taurasi led Connecticut to national cham- pionships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland played host to the 2007 Women’s Final Four. CONTENTS 3 The Women’s Final Four Women’s Final Four Results ..................... 6 Women’s Final Four Game Records ..... 7 Championship Game Records ............... 11 Semifinal Game Records ........................... 13 Women’s Final Four Two-Game Records ................................. 15 Women’s Final Four Cumulative Records ................................ 17 Women’s Final Four Outstanding Players ............................... 18 Final Polls’ No. 1 Team ................................ 19 Rutgers Head Coach Vivian Stringer has led three different schools to the Women’s Final Four, Cheyney (1982), Iowa (1993) and Rutgers (2000/2007). Seeds at the Women’s Final Four .......... 19 Path to the Championship ...................... 20 Women’s Final Four All-Tournament Teams ........................... 20 Kodak All-Americans at the Women’s Final Four ................................. 21 Women’s Final Four Game Officials...... 21 All-Time Women’s Final Four Participants ...................................... 22 Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Chairs ................................... 25 Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Roster ................................... 25 LSU Center Sylvia Fowles has led the Lady Tigers to the last three Women’s Final Fours. 6 WOMEN’S FinaL FOUR RESULts Women’s Final Four Results Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) Conference Conference Conference (Coach) (Coach) (Coach) Championship Year Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Game Score 1982 Louisiana Tech (1) Cheyney (2) Maryland (2) Tennessee (2) 76-62 Independent Independent Atlantic Coast Southeastern (Sonja Hogg) (Vivian Stringer) (Chris Weller) (Pat Summitt) 35-1 29-3 22-10 25-7 1983 Southern California (1) Louisiana Tech (1) Georgia (2) Old Dominion (2) 69-67 Western Collegiate Independent Southeastern Sun Belt (Linda Sharp) (Leon Barmore & (Andy Landers) (Marianne Stanley) 31-2 Sonja Hogg) 27-7 29-6 31-2 1984 Southern California (1) Tennessee (3) Cheyney (3) Louisiana Tech (1) 72-61 Western Collegiate Southeastern Independent Independent (Linda Sharp) (Pat Summitt) (Winthrop McGriff) (Leon Barmore & 29-4 23-10 25-5 Sonja Hogg) 30-3 1985 Old Dominion (1) Georgia (2) La.-Monroe (2) Western Ky. (4) 70-65 Sun Belt Southeastern Southland Sun Belt (Marianne Stanley) (Andy Landers) (Linda Harper) (Paul Sanderford) 31-3 29-5 30-2 28-6 1986 Texas (1) Southern California (1) Tennessee (4) Western Ky. (4) 97-81 Southwest Pacific West Southeastern Sun Belt (Jody Conradt) (Linda Sharp) (Pat Summitt) (Paul Sanderford) 34-0 31-5 24-10 32-4 1987 Tennessee (2) Louisiana Tech (1) Long Beach St. (1) Texas (1) 67-44 Southeastern Independent Big West Southwest (Pat Summitt) (Leon Barmore) (Joan Bonvicini) (Jody Conradt) 28-6 30-3 33-3 31-2 1988 Louisiana Tech (2) Auburn (1) Long Beach St. (2) Tennessee (1) 56-54 American South Southeastern Big West Southeastern (Leon Barmore) (Joe Ciampi) (Joan Bonvicini) (Pat Summitt) 32-2 32-3 28-6 31-3 1989 Tennessee (1) Auburn (1) Louisiana Tech (1) Maryland (1) 76-60 Southeastern Southeastern American South Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Joe Ciampi) (Leon Barmore) (Chris Weller) 35-2 32-2 32-4 29-3 1990 Stanford (1) Auburn (2) Louisiana Tech (1) Virginia (2) 88-81 Pacific-10 Southeastern American South Atlantic Coast (Tara VanDerveer) (Joe Ciampi) (Leon Barmore) (Debbie Ryan) 32-1 28-7 32-1 29-6 1991 Tennessee (1) Virginia (1) Connecticut (3) Stanford (2) 70-67 (ot) Southeastern Atlantic Coast Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Debbie Ryan) (Geno Auriemma) (Tara VanDerveer) 30-5 31-3 29-5 26-6 1992 Stanford (1) Western Ky. (4) Missouri St. (8) Virginia (1) 78-62 Pacific-10 Sun Belt Gateway Atlantic Coast (Tara VanDerveer) (Paul Sanderford) (Cheryl Burnett) (Debbie Ryan) 30-3 27-8 31-3 32-2 1993 Texas Tech (2) Ohio St. (1) Iowa (2) Vanderbilt (1) 84-82 Southwest Big Ten Big Ten Southeastern (Marsha Sharp) (Nancy Darsch) (Vivian Stringer) (Jim Foster) 31-3 28-4 27-4 30-3 1994 North Carolina (3) Louisiana Tech (4) Alabama (6) Purdue (1) 60-59 Atlantic Coast Sun Belt Southeastern Big Ten (Sylvia Hatchell) (Leon Barmore) (Rick Moody) (Lin Dunn) 33-2 31-4 26-7 29-5 1995 Connecticut (1) Tennessee (1) Georgia (3) Stanford (2) 70-64 Big East Southeastern Southeastern Pacific-10 (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Andy Landers) (Tara VanDerveer) 35-0 34-3 28-5 30-3 1996 Tennessee (1) Georgia (2) Connecticut (1) Stanford (1) 83-65 Southeastern Southeastern Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Andy Landers) (Geno Auriemma) (Amy Tucker and 32-4 28-5 34-4 Marianne Stanley) 29-3 1997 Tennessee (3) Old Dominion (1) Notre Dame (6) Stanford (1) 68-59 Southeastern Colonial Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Wendy Larry) (Muffet McGraw) (Tara VanDerveer) 29-10 34-2 31-7 34-2 1998 Tennessee (1) Louisiana Tech (3) Arkansas (9) North Carolina St. (4) 93-75 Southeastern Sun Belt Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Leon Barmore) (Gary Blair) (Kay Yow) 39-0 31-4 22-11 25-7 1999 Purdue (1) Duke (3) Georgia (3) Louisiana Tech (1) 62-45 Big Ten Atlantic Coast Southeastern Sun Belt (Carolyn Peck) (Gail Goestenkors) (Andy Landers) (Leon Barmore) 34-1 29-7 27-7 30-3 WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR RESULts 7 Champion Runner-Up Semifinalists UR (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) Conference Conference Conference FO (Coach) (Coach) (Coach) Championship L Year Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Game Score 2000 Connecticut (1) Tennessee (1) Penn St. (2) Rutgers (2) 71-52 Big East Southeastern Big Ten Big East (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Rene Portland) (Vivian Stringer) 36-1 33-4 30-5 26-8 2001 Notre Dame (1) Purdue (3) Connecticut (1) Missouri St. (5) 68-66 FINA THE Big East Big Ten Big East Missouri Valley (Muffet McGraw) (Kristy Curry) (Geno Auriemma) (Cheryl Burnett) 34-2 31-7 32-3 29-6 2002 Connecticut (1) Oklahoma (1) Duke (1) Tennessee (2) 82-70 Big East Big 12 Atlantic Coast Southeastern (Geno Auriemma) (Sherri Coale) (Gail Goestenkors) (Pat Summitt) 39-0 32-4 31-4 29-5 2003 Connecticut (1) Tennessee (1) Duke (1) Texas (2) 73-68 Big East Southeastern Atlantic Coast Big 12 (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Gail Goestenkors) (Jody Conradt) 37-1 33-5 35-2 29-6 2004 Connecticut (2) Tennessee (1) LSU (4) Minnesota (7) 70-61 Big East Southeastern Southeastern Big Ten (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Sue Gunter) (Pam Borton) 31-4 31-4 27-8 25-9 2005 Baylor (2) Michigan St. (1) LSU (1) Tennessee (1) 84-62 Big 12 Big Ten Southeastern Southeastern (Kim Mulkey) (Joanne P. McCallie) (Pokey Chatman) (Pat Summitt) 33-3 33-4 33-3 30-5 2006 Maryland (2) Duke (1) LSU (1) North Carolina (1) 78-75 (ot) Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Brenda Frese) (Gail Goestenkors) (Pokey Chatman) (Sylvia Hatchell) 34-4 31-4 31-4 33-2 2007 Tennessee (1) Rutgers (4) LSU (3) North Carolina (1) 59-46 Southeastern Big East Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Vivian Stringer) (Bob Starkey) (Sylvia Hatchell) 34-3 27-9 30-8 34-4 21—Kate Starbird, Stanford vs. Old Dominion, NSF, 1st 25—Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee vs. Louisiana Tech, Women’s Final Four Half, 3-28-97 CH, 3-29-98 21—Chasity Melvin, North Carolina St. vs. Louisiana Tech, 25—Tamicha Jackson, Louisiana Tech vs. Tennessee, CH, NSF, 2nd Half, 3-27-98 3-29-98 Game Records 20—Katie Smith, Ohio St. vs. Texas Tech, CH, 2nd Half, 4-4-93 HIGHEST FIELd-GoAL PErcENTAGE A national championship game is indicated by (CH), a national 19—Charlotte Smith, North Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech, semifinal game by (NSF) and record later vacated by (*). (Min. eight made) CH, 2nd Half, 4-3-94 100.0% (8-8)—Kristin Folkl, Stanford vs. Old Dominion, 18—Six tied (Most recent: Ukari Figgs, Purdue vs. Duke, NSF, 3-28-97 Single Game, Individual CH, 2nd Half, 3-28-99) 88.9% (8-9)—Jennifer White, Louisiana Tech vs. Southern MOST FIELD GOALS MADE California, CH, 4-3-83 16—Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech vs. Ohio St., CH, MOST POINts 4-4-93 47—Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech vs. Ohio St., CH, 14—Venus Lacy, Louisiana Tech vs. Auburn, NSF, 3-31-89 4-4-93 14—Chasity Melvin, North Carolina St. vs. Louisiana Tech, 37—Chasity Melvin, North Carolina St. vs. Louisiana Tech, NSF, 3-27-98 NSF, 3-27-98 13—Mary Ostrowski, Tennessee vs. Cheyney, NSF, 35—Mary Ostrowski, Tennessee vs. Cheyney, NSF, 3-30-84 3-30-84 13—Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee vs.