1998 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Gender=Women's
Year=1998


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Teams=64
FinalFourArena=Kemper Arena
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Tennessee
TitleCount=6th
RunnerUp=Louisiana Tech
GameCount=6th
Semifinal1=NC State
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Arkansas
FinalFourCount2=1st
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Points=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. Oddly enough, both played in the #1-#16 matchup in the Mideast Regional, with the Lady Vols blowing out Liberty 102-58. However, in the West Regional, the expected 1-16 blowout did not happen. In that matchup, Harvard defeated injury-depleted #1 seed Stanford 71-67, the only time in the men's or women's tournament that a 16 has ever beaten a 1.

Regional Arenas & Sweet 16 Cities

{| class="wikitable"! colspan="5" style="background:#ffdead;" | West Region
-!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Seed!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|School!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Conference
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#1
Stanford
Pac-10
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#2
Duke
ACC
-
#3
Florida
SEC
-
#4
Iowa
Big Ten
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#5
Kansas
Big 12
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#6
Wisconsin
Big Ten
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#7
Utah
MWC
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#8
Hawaiokinai
WAC
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#9
Arkansas
SEC
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#10
Louisville
Big East
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#11
Virginia Tech
SEC
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#12
Tulane
C-USA
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#13
Massachusetts
Atlantic 10
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#14
Montana
Big Sky
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#15
Middle Tennessee
Ohio Valley
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#16
Harvard
Ivy

Brackets

East Region

16TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 13 and 14Higher Seed's Home Court
RD2=Second round March 15 and 16Higher Seed's Home Court
RD3=Regional semifinals March 21University of Dayton Arena

Dayton, OH
RD4=Regional finals March 23University of Dayton Arena

Dayton, OH
RD1-team01=Old Dominion
RD1-team02=St. Francis, PA
RD1-score01=92
RD1-score02=39
RD1-team03=New Mexico
RD1-team04=Nebraska
RD1-score03=59
RD1-score04=76
RD1-team05=Memphis
RD1-team06=Youngstown State
RD1-score05=80
RD1-score06=91
RD1-team07=North Carolina State
RD1-team08=Maine
RD1-score07=89
RD1-score08=64
RD1-team09=Virginia
RD1-team10=SMU
RD1-score09=77
RD1-score10=68
RD1-team11=Arizona
RD1-team12=Santa Clara
RD1-score11=75
RD1-score12=63
RD1-team13=Georgia
RD1-team14=George Washington
RD1-score13=72
RD1-score14=74
RD1-team15=Connecticut
RD1-team16=Fairfield
RD1-score15=93
RD1-score16=52
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Old Dominion
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Nebraska
RD2-score01=75
RD2-score02=60
RD2-seed03=12
RD2-team03=Youngstown State
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=North Carolina State
RD2-score03=61
RD2-score04=81
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Virginia
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Arizona
RD2-score05=77
RD2-score06=94
RD2-seed07=10
RD2-team07=George Washington
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Connecticut
RD2-score07=67
RD2-score08=75
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Old Dominion
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=North Carolina State
RD3-score01=72
RD3-score02=74
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Arizona
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Connecticut
RD3-score03=57
RD3-score04=74
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=North Carolina State
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Connecticut
RD4-score01=60
RD4-score02=52

Mideast Region

16TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 and 13Higher Seed's Home Court
RD2=Second round March 14 and 15Higher Seed's Home Court
RD3=Regional semifinals March 21Memorial Gymnasium

Nashville, TN
RD4=Regional finals March 23Memorial Gymnasium

Nashville, TN
RD1-team01=Tennessee
RD1-team02=Liberty
RD1-score01=102
RD1-score02=58
RD1-team03=Western Kentucky
RD1-team04=Stephen F. Austin
RD1-score03=88
RD1-score04=76
RD1-team05=Rutgers
RD1-team06=Oregon
RD1-score05=79
RD1-score06=76
RD1-team07=Iowa State
RD1-team08=Kent State
RD1-score07=79
RD1-score08=76
RD1-team09=Vanderbilt
RD1-team10=UC-Santa Barbara
RD1-score09=71
RD1-score10=76
RD1-team11=Illinois
RD1-team12=Wisc-Green Bay
RD1-score11=82
RD1-score12=58
RD1-team13=Florida Int'l
RD1-team14=Marquette
RD1-score13=59
RD1-score14=45
RD1-team15=North Carolina
RD1-team16=Howard
RD1-score15=91
RD1-score16=71
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Tennessee
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Western Kentucky
RD2-score01=82
RD2-score02=62
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Rutgers
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Iowa State
RD2-score03=62
RD2-score04=61
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=UC Santa Barbara
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Illinois
RD2-score05=65
RD2-score06=69
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=Florida International
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=North Carolina
RD2-score07=72
RD2-score08=85
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Tennessee
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Rutgers
RD3-score01=92
RD3-score02=60
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Illinois
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=North Carolina
RD3-score03=74
RD3-score04=80
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Tennessee
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=North Carolina
RD4-score01=76
RD4-score02=70

Midwest Region

16TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 and 13Higher Seed's Home Court
RD2=Second round March 14 and 15Higher Seed's Home Court
RD3=Regional semifinals March 20Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

Lubbock, TX
RD4=Regional finals March 22Lubbock Municipal Coliseum

Lubbock, TX
RD1-team01=Texas Tech
RD1-team02=Grambling State
RD1-score01=87
RD1-score02=75
RD1-team03=SW Missouri State
RD1-team04=Notre Dame
RD1-score03=64
RD1-score04=78
RD1-team05=Drake
RD1-team06=Colorado State
RD1-score05=75
RD1-score06=81
RD1-team07=Purdue
RD1-team08=Washington
RD1-score07=88
RD1-score08=71
RD1-team09=Clemson
RD1-team10=Miami
RD1-score09=60
RD1-score10=49
RD1-team11=Louisiana Tech
RD1-team12=Holy Cross
RD1-score11=86
RD1-score12=58
RD1-team13=UCLA
RD1-team14=Michigan
RD1-score13=65
RD1-score14=58
RD1-team15=Alabama
RD1-team16=UNC-Greensboro
RD1-score15=94
RD1-score16=46
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Texas Tech
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Notre Dame
RD2-score01=59
RD2-score02=74
RD2-seed03=12
RD2-team03=Colorado State
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Purdue
RD2-score03=63
RD2-score04=77
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Clemson
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Louisiana Tech
RD2-score05=52
RD2-score06=74
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=UCLA
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Alabama
RD2-score07=74
RD2-score08=75
RD3-seed01=9
RD3-team01=Notre Dame
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Purdue
RD3-score01=65
RD3-score02=70
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Louisiana Tech
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Alabama
RD3-score03=71
RD3-score04=57
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=Purdue
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Louisiana Tech
RD4-score01=65
RD4-score02=72

West Region

16TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 and 13Higher Seed's Home Court
RD2=Second round March 14 and 15Higher Seed's Home Court
RD3=Regional semifinals March 20The New Arena

Oakland, CA
RD4=Regional finals March 22The New Arena

Oakland, CA
RD1-team01=Stanford
RD1-team02=Harvard
RD1-score01=67
RD1-score02=71
RD1-team03=Hawaiokinai
RD1-team04=Arkansas
RD1-score03=70
RD1-score04=76
RD1-team05=Kansas
RD1-team06=Tulane
RD1-score05=72
RD1-score06=68
RD1-team07=Iowa
RD1-team08=Massachusetts
RD1-score07=77
RD1-score08=59
RD1-team09=Wisconsin
RD1-team10=Virginia Tech
RD1-score09=64
RD1-score10=75
RD1-team11=Florida
RD1-team12=Montana
RD1-score11=85
RD1-score12=64
RD1-team13=Utah
RD1-team14=Louisville
RD1-score13=61
RD1-score14=69
RD1-team15=Duke
RD1-team16=Middle Tennessee
RD1-score15=92
RD1-score16=67
RD2-seed01=16
RD2-team01=Harvard
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Arkansas
RD2-score01=64
RD2-score02=82
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Kansas
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Iowa
RD2-score03=62
RD2-score04=58
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Virginia Tech
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Floria
RD2-score05=57
RD2-score06=89
RD2-seed07=10
RD2-team07=Louisville
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Duke
RD2-score07=53
RD2-score08=69
RD3-seed01=9
RD3-team01=Arkansas
RD3-seed02=5
RD3-team02=Kansas
RD3-score01=79
RD3-score02=63
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Florida
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Duke
RD3-score03=58
RD3-score04=71
RD4-seed01=9
RD4-team01=Arkansas
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Duke
RD4-score01=77
RD4-score02=72

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals March 27
RD2=National Championship March 29
RD1-seed1=4E
RD1-team1=NC State
RD1-score1=65
RD1-seed2=3MW
RD1-team2=Louisiana Tech
RD1-score2=84
RD1-seed3=1ME
RD1-team3=Tennessee
RD1-score3=86
RD1-seed4=9W
RD1-team4=Arkansas
RD1-score4=58
RD2-seed1=3MW
RD2-team1=Louisiana Tech
RD2-score1=75
RD2-seed2=1ME
RD2-team2=Tennessee
RD2-score2=93

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

ee also

* 1997-98 Lady Vols Basketball Team
* 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament