1998 Harvard vs. Stanford women's basketball game

On March 14, 1998, during the first round of the 1998 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, the Stanford Cardinal of Stanford University played a college basketball game against the Harvard Crimson of Harvard University in Stanford, California. The Cardinal, seeded 1st in the West bracket and 1st overall in the NCAA Tournament, faced Harvard, seeded 16th in the West bracket and ranked 62nd overall (out of a field of 64).^[2]

The Crimson won the game 71–67, making it the first time in the history of college basketball, both men and women, that a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed.^[3]^[4] Two of Stanford's top players did not play in the game.^[5] To date, no other 16-seed in women's college basketball has achieved such a feat.^[6] Some have speculated that this feat will never be accomplished again in women's basketball.^[5] The feat was not accomplished by a men's college basketball program until 2018, when UMBC beat Virginia.^[7]

References

^ Perez-Giz, Eduardo (March 16, 1998). "W. Hoops Makes History". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ Smith, Michelle (March 18, 2015). "Oral history: Harvard stuns Stanford". ESPN. ABC News. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ Perez-Giz, Eduardo (March 14, 2002). "A Look Back to 1998: Harvard Topples Stanford". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
^ "The Only Time a No. 16 Beat a Top-Seeded Team". www.nytimes.com. The Associated Press. March 23, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Morris, Benjamin (March 18, 2015). "Don't Expect A No. 16 Seed To Win In The Women's Tournament Ever Again". FiveThirtyEight. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
^ "No. 16 Harvard over No. 1 Stanford still resonates 10 years later". www.espn.com. The Associated Press.
^ Carroll, Charlotte (March 16, 2018). "No. 16 UMBC Shocks No. 1 Virginia With Greatest Upset in College Basketball History". Sports Illustrated. Time, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[1] Perez-Giz, Eduardo (March 16, 1998). "W. Hoops Makes History". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[2] Smith, Michelle (March 18, 2015). "Oral history: Harvard stuns Stanford". ESPN. ABC News. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[3] Perez-Giz, Eduardo (March 14, 2002). "A Look Back to 1998: Harvard Topples Stanford". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[4] "The Only Time a No. 16 Beat a Top-Seeded Team". www.nytimes.com. The Associated Press. March 23, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[Ever-5] Morris, Benjamin (March 18, 2015). "Don't Expect A No. 16 Seed To Win In The Women's Tournament Ever Again". FiveThirtyEight. ESPN, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[6] "No. 16 Harvard over No. 1 Stanford still resonates 10 years later". www.espn.com. The Associated Press.

[7] Carroll, Charlotte (March 16, 2018). "No. 16 UMBC Shocks No. 1 Virginia With Greatest Upset in College Basketball History". Sports Illustrated. Time, Inc. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

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NCAA championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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