1996-97 Men's Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

Record: 184-102, .643 W-L% (1st of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 16.95 (1st of 31)

SOS: 10.46 (1st of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Duke

Player of the Year: Tim Duncan

Coach of the Year: Mike Krzyzewski

Conference Tournament Champion: UNC

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, UNC, Virginia and Wake Forest)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 teams (Clemson, Duke, UNC and Wake Forest)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 teams (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, UNC and Wake Forest)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Duke	12	4	.750	24	9	.727	79.7	66.2	22.5	9.1	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Wake Forest	11	5	.688	24	7	.774	69.0	58.3	20.9	10.3	NCAA Tournament
3	North Carolina	11	5	.688	28	7	.800	77.4	66.7	21.2	12.0	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
4	Clemson	9	7	.563	23	10	.697	68.2	61.5	17.2	10.5	NCAA Tournament
5	Maryland	9	7	.563	21	11	.656	75.2	66.8	17.5	9.1	NCAA Tournament
6	Virginia	7	9	.438	18	13	.581	67.7	65.0	13.8	11.1	NCAA Tournament
7	Florida State	6	10	.375	20	12	.625	73.4	66.8	16.1	9.5
8	NC State	4	12	.250	17	15	.531	59.8	54.7	14.0	10.6
9	Georgia Tech	3	13	.188	9	18	.333	61.5	64.3	9.1	12.0

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
Georgia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maryland	-	-	-	-	-	25	21	19	19	11	7	5	7	10	14	16	22	22
Clemson	20	12	10	12	10	8	6	5	5	3	2	7	10	7	8	12	13	14
Virginia	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UNC	8	7	14	14	11	12	11	11	13	22	19	19	20	16	12	8	5	4
Duke	10	10	6	10	14	11	12	13	10	13	10	12	8	6	6	7	7	8
NC State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wake Forest	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	4	5	8	9

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	Duke	33	24	9	.727	12	4	15	2	7	4	113.4	94.3	+19.2	27.1	58.7	.462	8.4	21.6	.389	.534	17.0	24.3	.700	12.6	33.8	14.3	8.5	4.0	12.8	18.9	79.7	66.2	22.52	9.06	69.7
2	UNC	35	28	7	.800	11	5	14	1	6	4	111.4	96.0	+15.4	29.1	60.7	.479	5.4	14.5	.372	.524	13.9	20.4	.680	15.1	41.6	18.1	7.5	4.1	14.1	15.6	77.4	66.7	21.23	12.00	69.5
3	Wake Forest	31	24	7	.774	11	5	12	3	10	2	106.5	90.0	+16.5	23.6	50.8	.465	6.5	18.0	.363	.530	15.2	22.0	.690	11.1	38.4	13.0	4.2	5.9	14.6	14.7	69.0	58.3	20.94	10.27	64.5
4	Clemson	33	23	10	.697	9	7	12	3	6	4	106.1	95.7	+10.4	23.5	52.9	.443	4.8	15.4	.310	.489	16.5	24.2	.680	13.1	35.0	13.9	6.9	2.6	12.8	19.2	68.2	61.5	17.23	10.53	63.3
5	Maryland	32	21	11	.656	9	7	14	3	5	5	101.2	89.8	+11.4	26.1	56.3	.464	3.7	11.8	.312	.497	19.3	28.3	.681	12.4	38.3	16.2	8.6	3.5	16.9	18.8	75.2	66.8	17.52	9.08	74.0
6	Virginia	31	18	13	.581	7	9	11	3	4	8	103.5	99.3	+4.1	24.3	56.9	.427	6.6	18.3	.362	.485	12.6	18.7	.674	12.8	37.0	12.5	5.4	4.3	12.5	17.9	67.7	65.0	13.84	11.13	65.2
7	Florida State	32	20	12	.625	6	10	13	3	5	8	105.1	95.6	+9.5	27.1	60.3	.449	6.1	17.4	.349	.500	13.2	20.5	.642	13.9	37.7	15.4	8.8	4.4	13.7	19.0	73.4	66.8	16.14	9.52	69.3
8	NC State	32	17	15	.531	4	12	14	6	2	8	97.0	88.7	+8.4	21.6	50.4	.429	6.0	16.7	.361	.489	10.5	16.2	.649	9.8	29.3	10.6	8.1	1.5	13.2	16.6	59.8	54.7	13.98	10.59	61.4
9	Georgia Tech	27	9	18	.333	3	13	8	5	0	11	96.1	100.5	-4.5	21.9	55.1	.396	6.2	21.4	.290	.453	11.6	17.7	.654	15.5	36.3	12.0	6.2	4.0	16.2	16.1	61.5	64.3	9.11	11.96	64.0