2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

American college basketball tournament May 2012 March 2026 Women's 2007 2007 NCAA Women's Final Four logo.svg 125px The birthplace of Rock and Roll was honored with a guitaron the 2007 Women's Final Four logo. 64 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Tennessee Lady Volunteers 7th 12th 17th Rutgers Scarlet Knights 1st 2nd North Carolina Tar Heels 3rd LSU Tigers 4th Pat Summitt 7th Candace Parker Tennessee The 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 17, 2007, and concluded on April 3 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Final Four consisted of Tennessee, LSU, Rutgers, and North Carolina, with Tennessee defeating Rutgers 59–46 for their seventh National Title. Tennessee's Candace Parker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Notable events The Dallas Regional largely followed the seeding, with the top two seeds meeting in the regional final, and the top seed, North Carolina, winning 84–72 to move on to the Final Four, the second consecutive trip to the Final Four for the Tarheels. In the Dayton Regional, seventh-seeded Mississippi upset second-seeded Maryland, and followed that with an upset of third-seeded Oklahoma, but in the regional final faced top-seeded Tennessee, who went on to beat Mississippi by 36 points, and move on to the Final Four. This is last time Mississippi upset a top seed a feat not repeated until 2023 when 8 seeded Ole Miss upset number 1 seeded Stanford in the second round but losing to Louisville in the third round. In the Fresno Regional, the second-seeded Stanford Cardinal fell to Florida State, who then lost to third-seeded LSU. This is last time Stanford got eliminated in the second round until 2023. The wins by Florida State over ODU and Stanford were vacated by the NCAA.http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2010/02/08/academic-scandal-costs-florida-state-22-wins-16-from-breakout-season/ Academic scandal costs Florida State 22 wins, 16 from breakout season 2010-02-08 Hoopfeed.com 2017-05-17 In the regional final, LSU easily beat Connecticut, 73–50. This was the last Final Four to not feature Connecticut until 2023. In the Greensboro Regional, neither of the top two seeds made it to the regional final. The top seed, Duke, lost a one-point game to Rutgers, while the second seed, Vanderbilt, was ousted in the second round by Bowling Green. Fourth-seeded Rutgers beat the third seed, Arizona State, by 19 points in the regional final. The semifinal game between Tennessee and North Carolina was expected to be a high-scoring game, but it turned out to be more disorder than scoring, In a game the New York Times would describe as an "artless grind", the Tarheels held a 48–36 lead with just over eight minutes to play. They would not score another basket. The Lady Vols, who ended up hitting only 27% of the field goal attempts, went on a 20–2 run, and ended up with the win, 56–50. In the other semifinal, Rutgers faced LSU. Rutgers's appearance in a Final Four game seemed improbable earlier in the season, when the Scarlet Knights lost four of their first six games, and played so poorly that their coach C. Vivian Stringer revoked their access to their locker room. However, their play, particularly their defense, improved, and they were now a game away from a possible appearance in a national championship game, if they could defeat LSU, who had Sylvia Fowles as a dominant center. Fowles, who would go on to be the second overall WNBA draft pick the following year, had just completed a double-double against Connecticut, scoring 23 points, snaring 15 rebounds and blocking 6 shots. Rutgers held her to five points while missing eight of her ten field goal attempts. Rutgers pulled out to a 37–19 lead at halftime, and went on to win, holding LSU to 35 points, an NCAA record low in a Final Four game. In the championship game, Tennessee was too much for Rutgers. The Lady Vols had an eleven-point lead at halftime, which Rutgers cut to seven, but that was as close as they would get. Candace Parker scored 17 points, but Pat Summitt noted the contribution of their 5-foot 2-inch point guard Shannon Bobbitt, who hit two key three-pointers en route to scoring 13 points of her own. Tennessee won 59–46, bringing the seventh national championship to the school, and increasing the win total of Summitt to 947, which is 33 more than Bob Knight, the most victorious coach on the men's side. Subregionals USA 400 right 2007 NCAA subregionals USA green pog.svg 30.267222 -97.763889 right Austin Frank Erwin Center USA green pog.svg 44.9801 -93.251867 left Minneapolis Williams Arena USA green pog.svg 37.42259 -122.165413 right Stanford Maples Pavilion USA green pog.svg 34.05 -118.25 right Los Angeles Galen Center USA green pog.svg 42.7348 -84.4808 left East Lansing Breslin Student Events Center USA green pog.svg 41.767 -72.677 bottom Hartford Hartford Civic Center USA green pog.svg 40.441389 -79.977222 bottom Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center USA green pog.svg 35.818889 -78.644722 right Raleigh RBC Center Once again, the system was the same as the Division I men's basketball tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams go and there is no play-in game. Automatic bids are secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids. The subregionals, which once again used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 17 to 20 at these locations: March 17 and 19: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin) Williams Arena, Minneapolis (Host: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University) Galen Center, Los Angeles (Host: University of Southern California) March 18 and 20: Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan (Host: Michigan State University) Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut) Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh) RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University) Regionals USA 400 right 2007 NCAA Regionals and Final Four USA blue pog.svg 36.781549 -119.792113 right Fresno Save Mart Center USA blue pog.svg 36.08 -79.819444 right Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum USA blue pog.svg 32.782778 -96.803889 right Dallas Reunion Arena USA blue pog.svg 39.758889 -84.191667 bottom Dayton University of Dayton Arena USA red pog.svg 41.482222 -81.669722 right Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena The regionals were held from March 24 to 27 in the following regions. The regionals, as they were in the previous two tournaments, were named after the city they were played in. March 24 and 26: Fresno Regional, Save Mart Center, Fresno, California (Host: Fresno State University) Greensboro Regional, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference) March 25 and 27: Dallas Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Hosts: Conference USA and Southern Methodist University) Dayton Regional, University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton) The regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held on April 1 and 3, 2007, at Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by both Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference. Tournament records Three pointers—Matee Ajavon, Rutgers hit four of five three point field goals. The 80% completion ratio is tied for the best in a Final Four game. Points—LSU scored 35 points in the semifinal game, the fewest points scored in a Final Four game. Three pointers—Nadia Begay, Boise State, hit eight three point field goals in a first-round game against George Washington, tied for the most scored in a first or second-round game. Qualifying teams - automatic Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament. Automatic bids     Record   Qualifying School Conference Regular Season Conference Seed Belmont University Atlantic Sun Conference 0.806 25–6 0.889 16–2 14 Boise State University WAC 0.75 24–8 0.75 12–4 12 Bowling Green State University MAC 0.906 29–3 0.938 15–1 7 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Southern Conference 0.781 25–7 0.833 15–3 12 Delaware State University MEAC 0.625 20–12 0.667 12–6 15 Drake University Missouri Valley Conference 0.438 14–18 0.278 5–13 16 East Carolina University Conference USA 0.594 19–13 0.688 11–5 13 Gonzaga University West Coast Conference 0.727 24–9 0.929 13–1 12 University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Horizon League 0.903 28–3 1.016 16–0 9 Harvard University Ivy League 0.556 15–12 0.929 13–1 15 College of the Holy Cross Patriot League 0.469 15–17 0.5 7–7 16 Idaho State University Big Sky Conference 0.567 17–13 0.688 11–5 15 Marist College MAAC 0.844 27–5 0.944 17–1 13 Middle Tennessee State University Sun Belt Conference 0.906 29–3 1.018 18–0 5 University of New Mexico Mountain West 0.75 24–8 0.688 11–5 8 University of North Carolina ACC 0.909 30–3 0.786 11–3 1 University of Oklahoma Big 12 0.867 26–4 0.813 13–3 3 Old Dominion University Colonial 0.75 24–8 0.944 17–1 7 Oral Roberts University Mid-Continent 0.688 22–10 0.571 8–6 15 Prairie View A&M University SWAC 0.594 19–13 0.788 14–4 16 Purdue University Big Ten 0.848 28–5 0.875 14–2 2 Robert Morris University Northeast Conference 0.774 24–7 0.833 15–3 13 Rutgers University Big East 0.733 22–8 0.75 12–4 4 Southeast Missouri State University Ohio Valley Conference 0.774 24–7 0.8 16–4 14 Stanford University Pac-10 0.875 28–4 0.944 17–1 2 University of Texas at Arlington Southland 0.75 24–8 1.016 16–0 13 University of California, Riverside Big West Conference 0.677 21–10 0.857 12–2 14 University of Maryland, Baltimore County America East 0.5 16–16 0.375 6–10 16 University of North Carolina at Asheville Big South Conference 0.656 21–11 0.643 9–5 14 Vanderbilt University SEC 0.844 27–5 0.714 10–4 2 Xavier University Atlantic 10 0.788 26–7 0.786 11–3 6 Qualifying teams - at-large Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. At-large Bids     Record   Qualifying School Conference Regular Season Conference Seed Arizona State University Pacific-10 0.875 28–4 0.889 16–2 3 Baylor University Big 12 0.781 25–7 0.688 11–5 5 Brigham Young University Mountain West 0.719 23–9 0.75 12–4 11 University of California, Berkeley Pacific-10 0.742 23–8 0.667 12–6 8 University of Connecticut Big East 0.906 29–3 1.016 16–0 1 University of Delaware Colonial 0.839 26–5 0.889 16–2 12 DePaul University Big East 0.613 19–12 0.5 8–8 10 Duke University Atlantic Coast 0.968 30–1 1.014 14–0 1 Florida State University Atlantic Coast 0.71 22–9 0.714 10–4 10 The George Washington University Atlantic 10 0.897 26–3 1.014 14–0 5 University of Georgia Southeastern 0.806 25–6 0.786 11–3 3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlantic Coast 0.645 20–11 0.643 9–5 7 Iowa State University Big 12 0.758 25–8 0.625 10–6 6 James Madison University Colonial 0.844 27–5 0.889 16–2 9 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sun Belt 0.758 25–8 0.778 14–4 11 University of Louisville Big East 0.788 26–7 0.625 10–6 6 Louisiana State University Southeastern 0.788 26–7 0.714 10–4 3 Marquette University Big East 0.806 25–6 0.75 12–4 6 University of Maryland, College Park Atlantic Coast 0.844 27–5 0.714 10–4 2 Michigan State University Big Ten 0.742 23–8 0.813 13–3 5 University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Southeastern 0.677 21–10 0.643 9–5 7 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Big 12 0.71 22–9 0.625 10–6 9 North Carolina State University Atlantic Coast 0.719 23–9 0.714 10–4 4 University of Notre Dame Big East 0.633 19–11 0.625 10–6 9 Ohio State University Big Ten 0.903 28–3 0.938 15–1 4 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater Big 12 0.667 20–10 0.5 8–8 10 University of Pittsburgh Big East 0.742 23–8 0.625 10–6 8 Texas Christian University Mountain West 0.677 21–10 0.688 11–5 10 Temple University Atlantic 10 0.774 24–7 0.929 13–1 8 University of Tennessee Southeastern 0.903 28–3 1.014 14–0 1 Texas A&M University Big 12 0.8 24–6 0.813 13–3 4 University of Washington Pacific-10 0.6 18–12 0.611 11–7 11 West Virginia University Big East 0.667 20–10 0.688 11–5 11 Tournament seeds +Dallas Regional +Reunion Arena, Dallas, TexasSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1North CarolinaACC30-3Automatic2PurdueBig Ten28-5Automatic3GeorgiaSEC25-6At-large4Texas A&MBig 1224-6At-large5George WashingtonAtlantic 1026-3At-large6Iowa StateBig 1225-8At-large7Georgia TechACC20-11At-large8CaliforniaPac-1023-8At-large9Notre DameBig East19-11At-large10DePaulBig East19-12At-large11WashingtonPac-1018-12At-large12Boise StateWAC24-8Automatic13Texas-ArlingtonSouthland24-8Automatic14BelmontAtlantic Sun25-6Automatic15Oral RobertsMid-Continent22-10Automatic16Prairie View A&MSWAC19-13Automatic+Dayton Regional +University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1TennesseeSEC28-3At-large2MarylandACC27-5At-large3OklahomaBig 1226-4Automatic4Ohio StateBig Ten28-3At-large5Middle TennesseeSun Belt29-3Automatic6MarquetteBig East25-6At-large7Ole MissSEC21-10At-large8PittsburghBig East23-8At-large9James MadisonCAA27-5At-large10TCUMountain West21-10At-large11Louisiana-LafayetteSun Belt25-8At-large12GonzagaWest Coast24-9Automatic13MaristMAAC27-5Automatic14Southeast Missouri StateOhio Valley24-7Automatic15HarvardIvy15-12Automatic16DrakeMissouri Valley14-18Automatic+Fresno Regional +Save Mart Center, Fresno, CaliforniaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1ConnecticutBig East29-3At-large2StanfordPac-1028-4Automatic3LSUSEC26-7At-large4NC StateACC23-9At-large5BaylorBig 1225-7At-large6XavierAtlantic 1026-7Automatic7Old DominionCAA24-8Automatic8New MexicoMountain West24-8Automatic9Wisconsin-Green BayHorizon28-3Automatic10Florida StateACC22-9At-large11West VirginiaBig East20-10At-large12ChattanoogaSouthern25-7Automatic13Robert MorrisNortheast24-7Automatic14UNC-AshevilleBig South21-11Automatic15Idaho StateBig Sky17-13Automatic16UMBCAmerica East16-16Automatic+Greensboro Regional +Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North CarolinaSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1DukeACC30-1At-large2VanderbiltSEC27-5Automatic3Arizona StatePac-1028-4At-large4RutgersBig East22-8Automatic5Michigan StateBig Ten23-8At-large6LouisvilleBig East26-7At-large7Bowling GreenMAC29-3Automatic8TempleAtlantic 1024-7At-large9NebraskaBig 1222-9At-large10Oklahoma StateBig 1220-10At-large11BYUMountain West23-9At-large12DelawareCAA26-5At-large13East CarolinaConference USA19-13Automatic14UC RiversideBig West21-10Automatic15Delaware StateMEAC20-12Automatic16Holy CrossPatriot15-17Automatic Bids by conference Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences. Bids Conference Teams 8 Big East Rutgers, Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, West Virginia 6 Atlantic Coast North Carolina, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina St. 6 Big 12 Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa St., Nebraska, Oklahoma St., Texas A&M 5 Southeastern Vanderbilt, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee 4 Pacific-10 Stanford, Arizona St., California, Washington 3 Atlantic 10 Xavier, George Washington, Temple 3 Big Ten Purdue, Michigan St., Ohio St. 3 Colonial Old Dominion, Delaware, James Madison 3 Mountain West New Mexico, BYU, TCU 2 Sun Belt Middle Tenn., La.-Lafayette 1 America East UMBC 1 Atlantic Sun Belmont 1 Big Sky Idaho St. 1 Big South UNC Asheville 1 Big West UC Riverside 1 Conference USA East Carolina 1 Horizon Green Bay 1 Ivy Harvard 1 Metro Atlantic Marist 1 Mid-American Bowling Green 1 Mid-Continent Oral Roberts 1 Mid-Eastern Delaware St. 1 Missouri Valley Drake 1 Northeast Robert Morris 1 Ohio Valley Southeast Mo. St. 1 Patriot Holy Cross 1 Southern Chattanooga 1 Southland Texas-Arlington 1 Southwestern Prairie View 1 West Coast Gonzaga 1 Western Athletic Boise St. Bids by state The sixty-four teams came from thirty-one states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina had the most teams with five bids each. Nineteen states did not have any teams receiving bids. thumb|right|500 px|NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2007 Bids State Teams 5 North Carolina East Carolina, North Carolina, UNC Asheville, Duke, North Carolina St. 5 Tennessee Belmont, Chattanooga, Middle Tenn., Vanderbilt, Tennessee 5 Texas Prairie View, Texas-Arlington, Baylor, TCU, Texas A&M 3 California Stanford, UC Riverside, California 3 Ohio Bowling Green, Xavier, Ohio St. 3 Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oral Roberts, Oklahoma St. 3 Pennsylvania Robert Morris, Pittsburgh, Temple 2 Delaware Delaware St., Delaware 2 Florida Southeast Mo. St., Florida St. 2 Georgia Georgia, Georgia Tech 2 Idaho Boise St., Idaho St. 2 Indiana Purdue, Notre Dame 2 Iowa Drake, Iowa St. 2 Louisiana La.-Lafayette, LSU 2 Maryland UMBC, Maryland 2 Massachusetts Harvard, Holy Cross 2 Virginia Old Dominion, James Madison 2 Washington Gonzaga, Washington 2 Wisconsin Green Bay, Marquette 1 Arizona Arizona St. 1 Connecticut Connecticut 1 District of Columbia George Washington 1 Illinois DePaul 1 Kentucky Louisville 1 Michigan Michigan St. 1 Mississippi Ole Miss 1 Nebraska Nebraska 1 New Jersey Rutgers 1 New Mexico New Mexico 1 New York Marist 1 Utah BYU 1 West Virginia West Virginia Brackets Data source (*) – Number of asterisks denotes number of overtimes. Dallas Regional First roundMarch 17–18 Second roundMarch 19–20 Regional semifinalsMarch 25 Regional finalsMarch 27 Pittsburgh, PA – Sun/Tue Los Angeles, CA – Sat/Mon Minneapolis, MN – Sat/Mon Minneapolis, MN – Sat/Mon North Carolina Prairie View A&M 95 38 California Notre Dame 59 62 George Washington Boise State 76 67 Texas A&M Texas – Arlington 58 50 Iowa State Washington 79 60 Georgia Belmont 53 36 Georgia Tech DePaul 55 54 Purdue Oral Roberts 63 42 1 North Carolina 9 Notre Dame 60 51 5 George Washington 4 Texas A&M 59 47 6 Iowa State 3 Georgia 56 76 7 Georgia Tech 2 Purdue 63 76 1 North Carolina 5 George Washington 70 56 3 Georgia 2 Purdue 65 78 1 North Carolina 2 Purdue 84 72 Dayton Regional First roundMarch 17–18 Second roundMarch 19–20 Regional semifinalsMarch 25 Regional finalsMarch 27 Pittsburgh, PA – Sun/Tue Stanford, CA – Sat/Mon Austin, TX – Sat/Mon Hartford, CT – Sun/Tue Tennessee Drake 76 37 Pittsburgh James Madison 71 61 Middle Tennessee Gonzaga 85 46 Ohio State Marist 63 67 Marquette Louisiana-Lafayette 87 58 Oklahoma SE Missouri State 74 60 Ole Miss TCU 88 74 Maryland Harvard 89 65 1 Tennessee 8 Pittsburgh 68 54 5 Middle Tennessee 13 Marist 59 73 6 Marquette 3 Oklahoma 47 78 7 Ole Miss 2 Maryland 89 78 1 Tennessee 13 Marist 65 46 3 Oklahoma 7 Ole Miss 82 90 1 Tennessee 7 Ole Miss 98 62 Fresno Regional First roundMarch 17–18 Second roundMarch 19–20 Regional semifinalsMarch 24 Regional finalsMarch 26 Hartford, CT – Sun/Tue Raleigh, NC – Sun/Tue Austin, TX – Sat/Mon Stanford, CA – Sat/Mon Connecticut UMBC 82 33 New Mexico Green Bay 52 59 Baylor Chattanooga 68 55 NC State Robert Morris 84 52 Xavier West Virginia 52 65 LSU UNC-Asheville 77 39 Old Dominion Florida State 75 85 Stanford Idaho State 96 58 1 Connecticut 9 Green Bay 94 70 5 Baylor 4 NC State 72 78* 11 West Virginia 3 LSU 43 49 10 Florida State 2 Stanford 68 61 1 Connecticut 4 NC State 78 71 3 LSU 10 Florida State 55 43 1 Connecticut 3 LSU 50 73 Greensboro Regional First roundMarch 17–18 Second roundMarch 19–20 Regional semifinalsMarch 24 Regional finalsMarch 26 Raleigh, NC – Sun/Tue East Lansing, MI – Sun/Tue Los Angeles, CA – Sat/Mon East Lansing, MI – Sun/Tue Duke Holy Cross 81 44 Temple Nebraska 64 61 Michigan State Delaware 69 58 Rutgers East Carolina 77 34 Louisville BYU 80 54 Arizona State UC Riverside 57 50 Bowling Green Oklahoma State 70 66 Vanderbilt Delaware State 62 47 1 Duke 8 Temple 62 52 5 Michigan State 4 Rutgers 57 70 6 Louisville 3 Arizona State 58 67 7 Bowling Green 2 Vanderbilt 60 59 1 Duke 4 Rutgers 52 53 3 Arizona State 7 Bowling Green 67 49 4 Rutgers 3 Arizona State 64 45 Final Four – Cleveland, Ohio National SemifinalsApril 1 National ChampionshipApril 3 DAL1 North Carolina 50 DAY1 Tennessee 56 FRE3 LSU 35 GRE4 Rutgers 59 DAY1 Tennessee 59 GRE4 Rutgers 46 Regional Initials: DAL-Dallas; DAY-Dayton; FRE-Fresno; GRE-Greensboro. Television and radio As it had every year since 2003, ESPN and ESPN2 televised all 63 games. The first two rounds were presented on a regional basis. In some cases, a complete game of interest to a particular region were shown. However, most of the telecasts were in a "whip-around" format, with the specific game being shown changed on occasion and the endings to all close games or potential major upsets included. All games not shown on either ESPN or ESPN2 in a local market area were available to subscribers of ESPN Full Court, a pay-per-view package available on most major cable and satellite providers. Select games were also simulcast on ESPNU and ESPN360. All games from the regional semifinals forward were televised nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2, in both standard-definition and high-definition formats. The Final Four was on ESPN. In addition, the championship game was presented in the ESPN Full Circle format. ESPN had three announcers at each site: a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, and a sideline reporter. (In contrast, CBS Sports, which covers nearly every game of the men's tournament, did not use sideline reporters until the Final Four.) Mike Patrick, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe and Mark Jones had those respective roles at the Final Four site in Cleveland. Patrick, Burke and Rowe also covered the Greensboro regional. Burke, who had been a sideline reporter at previous Final Fours, replaced Ann Meyers, who had that role for the last ten years. Meyers is now the general manager of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. Other regional broadcast teams were: Dallas regional – Jones, Nancy Lieberman, and Rebecca Lobo Dayton regional – Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli, and Heather Cox Fresno regional – Pam Ward, Jimmy Dykes, and Beth Mowins Some of the other ESPN commentators during earlier rounds included Linda Cohn, Dave Revsine, Dave Barnett, Fran Fraschilla, and Van Chancellor. Trey Wingo was the studio host, with analysts Kara Lawson and Stacey Dales. Mowins and Debbie Antonelli called the Final Four action on Westwood One radio. Comments Judy Southard, an athletics administrator at Louisiana State University, is the head of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee, which selected and seeded the teams for this event. Southard carried on her duties despite an ongoing scandal in which the head women's basketball coach, Pokey Chatman, resigned after it was alleged that she had an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of her former players. When asked about the scandal on the ESPN program announcing the tournament field and matchups, Southard declined to comment, saying that she wanted the focus to be on the players and teams in the tourney. Assistant coach Bob Starkey was named interim head coach and guided the Tigers to their fourth consecutive Final Four. This was the first tournament since the NCAA began sanctioning women's basketball in which Louisiana Tech is not a participant. This leaves Tennessee as the only program to appear in all 26 events. Texas was not in the tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in its history. (At about the same moment that the selections were announced, Jody Conradt, who won 900 games and a championship during her tenure, resigned as the team's head coach.) Marist College was the first current MAAC participant to win in the NCAA tournament. The MAAC was previously 0–21 in the tournament under its current membership. Marist also matched the record for the lowest seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen as a 13 seed. Texas A&M did so in 1994 and Liberty also accomplished this in 2005. The Bowling Green State University Falcons became the first team from the Mid American Conference to reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, after they upset the second seed Vanderbilt 59–56 at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan in 2007. The Final Four logo features a guitar that resembles the Fender Stratocaster, marking the fact that Cleveland serves as the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also, the opening teases on the ESPN telecasts featured an actress playing a disc jockey and mock-up vinyl album covers with players and coaches pictured, to further advance the theme. At the Final Four, a picture of a guitar was applied onto the playing surface with a wood finish, and ESPN used classic rock and roll and R&B songs to lead out into some of the commercial breaks. Rutgers' Cinderella performance in the NCAA tournament was the indirect catalyst of a chain of events that led to CBS Radio firing nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus and to a car accident that nearly killed New Jersey governor Jon Corzine. After their underdog performance, Imus mentioned the Rutgers women's basketball team in his radio program, where he referred to the team as "nappy-headed hos", which resulted in his radio show being canceled by CBS Radio and MSNBC on April 12, 2007. In an attempt to apologize to the Rutgers' basketball team, Don Imus apologized to the Rutgers team in person at the New Jersey governor's mansion in Princeton, New Jersey. The meeting was also to be attended by Corzine, but on his way to the meeting, he was involved in an auto accident that left him in critical condition. Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Round of 32Sweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship Game Big East 8 13–8 .619 7 2 2 1 1 Atlantic Coast 6 12–6 .667 6 4 1 1 0 Big 12 6 5–6 .455 4 1 0 0 0 Southeastern 5 16–4 .800 5 4 3 2 1 Pacific-10 4 4–4 .500 2 1 1 0 0 Big Ten 3 4–3 .571 2 1 1 0 0 Atlantic 10 3 3–3 .500 2 1 0 0 0 Colonial 3 0–3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mountain West 3 0–3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Sun Belt 2 1–2 .333 1 0 0 0 0 Metro Atlantic 1 2–1 .667 1 1 0 0 0 Mid-American 1 2–1 .667 1 1 0 0 0 Horizon 1 1–1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 Eighteen conferences went 0-1: America East, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Conference USA, Ivy League, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, West Coast Conference, and WAC All-Tournament Team Candace Parker, Tennessee Matee Ajavon, Rutgers Nicky Anosike, Tennessee Shannon Bobbitt, Tennessee Kia Vaughn, Rutgers Game Officials Bob Trammell (semifinal) Clarke Stevens (semifinal) Eric Brewton (semifinal) Dee Kantner (semifinal) Denise Brooks-Clauser (semifinal) Mary Day (semifinal) Lisa Mattingly (final) Michael Price (final) Tina Napier (final) See also NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2007 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament Notes LONGMAN JERÉ Tennessee Erases a 12-Point Deficit in Defeating U.N.C. April 2, 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02vols.html?_r=0 New York Times 2 Jun 2013 LONGMAN JERÉ Rutgers Advances to Women's N.C.A.A. Final April 2, 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02rutgers.html New York Times 2 Jun 2013 LONGMAN JERÉ Lady Vols Win N.C.A.A. 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