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]

1998 NCAA Tournament
West Regional First Round
Harvard Crimson Stanford Cardinal
(22–4) (21–5)
71 67
Head coach:
Kathy Delaney-Smith		 Head coach:
Tara VanDerveer
12 Total
Harvard 4328 71
Stanford 3433 67
DateMarch 14, 1998
ArenaMaples Pavilion
LocationStanford, California
Attendance5,137[1]

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] However, in the Crimson's next game they would lose to the Arkansas Razorbacks 82-64, ending their cinderella run.[6] To date, no other 16-seed in women's college basketball has achieved such a feat.[7] 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.[8]

See also

References
  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.
  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. "NCAA 2012 Women's Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. "No. 16 Harvard over No. 1 Stanford still resonates 10 years later". www.espn.com. The Associated Press.
  8. 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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