1995-96 Women's College Basketball Season
As originally written by gmtobehere and Jimmy Delach
Regular Season
Sat 1/6/96, Purdue @ Vanderbilt, CBS, 1:00 pm, Michele Tafoya, Dan Bonner
Sat 1/6/96, UConn @ Tennessee, CBS, 3:00 pm, Sean McDonough, Ann Meyers
Sat 1/20/96, Georgia @ Penn St, CBS, 2:00 pm (regional), Michele Tafoya, Dan Bonner
NCAA Tournament
Friday 3/15 (first round)
10 Kent State vs 7 Texas A&M (at State College), 6 pm
10 Rhode Island vs 7 Oklahoma State (at Athens), 6 pm
12 Montana vs 5 NC State (at Tuscaloosa), 7 pm
12 Notre Dame vs 5 Purdue (at Lubbock), 7 pm
11 Oregon vs 6 Wisconsin (at Nashville), 7 pm
10 SMU vs 7 DePaul (at Iowa City), 7 pm
11 Hawaii vs 6 Auburn (at Boulder), 8 pm
15 St. Francis vs 2 Georgia (at Athens), 8:30 pm
15 Youngstown State vs 2 Penn State (at State College), 8:30 pm
13 Appalachian State vs 4 Alabama (at Tuscaloosa), 9:30 pm
15 Butler vs 2 Iowa (at Iowa City), 9:30 pm
14 Harvard vs 3 Vanderbilt (at Nashville), 9:30 pm
13 Portland vs 2 Texas Tech (at Lubbock), 9:30 pm
14 Tulane vs 3 Colorado (at Boulder), 10:30 pm
Saturday 3/16 (first round)
11 Maine vs 6 George Washington (at Charlottesville), 6 pm
9 Michigan State vs 8 Massachusetts (at Storrs), 6 pm
9 Ohio State vs 8 Memphis (at Knoxville), 6 pm
12 San Francisco vs 5 Florida (at Durham), 6 pm
11 Stephen F. Austin vs 6 Oregon State (at Clemson), 6 pm
10 Toledo vs 7 Ole Miss (at Norfolk), 6 pm
12 Missouri State vs 5 Texas (at Lawrence), 7 pm
9 Southern Miss vs 8 Utah (at Ruston LA), 7 pm
14 Austin Peay vs 3 Clemson (at Clemson), 8:30 pm
15 Holy Cross vs 2 Old Dominion (at Norfolk), 8:30 pm
16 Howard vs 1 Connecticut (at Storrs), 8:30 pm
13 James Madison vs 4 Duke (at Durham), 8:30 pm
14 Manhattan vs 3 Virginia (at Charlottesville), 8:30 pm
16 Radford vs 1 Tennessee (at Knoxville), 8:30 pm
16 Central Florida vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), 9:30 pm
13 Middle Tennessee vs 4 Kansas (at Lawrence), 9:30 pm
9 Nebraska vs 8 Colorado State (at Palo Alto), 10 pm
16 Grambling State vs 1 Stanford (at Palo Alto), ESPN, 12:30 am
Sunday 3/17 (second round)
7 DePaul vs 2 Iowa (at Iowa City), ESPN2, 1 pm
6 George Washington vs 3 Virginia (at Charlottesville), 2 pm
5 NC State vs 4 Alabama (at Tuscaloosa), 3 pm
10 Kent State vs 2 Penn State (at State College), 6:30 pm
6 Wisconsin vs 3 Vanderbilt (at Nashville), ESPN2, 7 pm
12 Notre Dame vs 4 Texas Tech (at Lubbock), 8:30 pm
7 Oklahoma State vs 2 Georgia (at Athens), ESPN2, 9 pm
6 Auburn vs 3 Colorado (at Boulder), ESPN2, 11:30 pm
Monday 3/18 (second round)
9 Ohio State vs 1 Tennessee (at Knoxville), ESPN2, 6:30 pm, Bob Rathbun, Doris Burke [1]
5 Texas vs 4 Kansas (at Lawrence), 7 pm
12 San Francisco vs 4 Duke (at Durham), 8 pm
10 Toledo vs 2 Old Dominion (at Norfolk), 8 pm
11 Stephen F. Austin vs 3 Clemson (at Clemson), 9 pm
9 Southern Miss vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Ruston LA), ESPN2, 9:30 pm, Gus Johnson, ??
9 Michigan State vs 1 Connecticut (at Storrs), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Ron Franklin, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
8 Colorado State vs 1 Stanford (at Palo Alto), ESPN, 12 midnight
Saturday 3/23 (regional semifinals)
4 Kansas vs 1 Tennessee (at Charlottesville), ESPN2, 11:30 am
4 Texas Tech vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Nacogdoches TX), ESPN, 12 pm
3 Virginia vs 2 Old Dominion (at Charlottesville), ESPN, 2 pm
11 Stephen F. Austin vs 2 Georgia (at Nacogdoches TX), ESPN2, 2:30 pm
3 Vanderbilt vs 2 Iowa (at Rosemont IL), ESPN, 8 pm
6 Auburn vs 2 Penn State (at Seattle), ESPN, 10 pm
12 San Francisco vs 1 Connecticut (at Rosemont IL), ESPN2, 10:30 pm
4 Alabama vs 1 Stanford (at Seattle), ESPN, 12:30 am
Monday 3/25 (regional finals)
3 Virginia vs 1 Tennessee (at Charlottesville), ESPN, 5 pm
3 Vanderbilt vs 1 Connecticut (at Rosemont IL), ESPN, 7:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers [2]
2 Georgia vs 1 Louisiana Tech (at Nacogdoches TX), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Bob Rathbun, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
6 Auburn vs 1 Stanford (at Seattle), ESPN, 12 midnight
Friday 3/29 (Final Four)
1 Tennessee vs 1 Connecticut (at Charlotte), ESPN, 7 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
2 Georgia vs 1 Stanford (at Charlotte), ESPN, 9:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
Sunday 3/31 (championship)
2 Georgia vs 1 Tennessee (at Charlotte), ESPN, 6:30 pm, Mike Patrick, Ann Meyers, Nancy Lieberman-Cline
- ESPN gains exclusive rights to the women's tournament. Included in the deal are early round games on either ESPN or ESPN2 and full coverage of the regional semifinals
- The Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games move from Thu.-Sat. to Sat.-Mon.