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1996-97 Men's Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary

1995-96 A-10 1997-98 A-10

Record: 190-162, .540 W-L% (8th of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 7.88 (7th of 31)

SOS: 5.95 (7th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: St. Joseph's (East) and Xavier (West)

Player of the Year: Marc Jackson

Coach of the Year: Phil Martelli

Conference Tournament Champion: St. Joseph's

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (UMass, Rhode Island, St. Joseph's, Temple and Xavier)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (George Washington and UMass)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (St. Joseph's and Xavier)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	East	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Saint Joseph's	13	3	.813	26	7	.788	71.2	66.0	12.9	7.7	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Rhode Island	12	4	.750	20	10	.667	80.7	70.6	16.5	6.4	NCAA Tournament
3	Massachusetts	11	5	.688	19	14	.576	66.4	64.6	10.5	9.0	NCAA Tournament
4	Temple	10	6	.625	20	11	.645	66.3	60.6	14.7	9.0	NCAA Tournament
5	St. Bonaventure	5	11	.313	14	14	.500	69.9	69.6	5.3	5.0
6	Fordham	1	15	.063	6	21	.222	61.6	71.3	-5.8	3.8
Rk	West	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Xavier	13	3	.813	23	6	.793	83.2	72.3	16.1	5.3	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	George Washington	8	8	.500	15	14	.517	67.1	63.7	10.3	7.0
3	Virginia Tech	7	9	.438	15	16	.484	62.4	60.2	6.4	5.1
4	Dayton	6	10	.375	13	14	.481	70.5	69.3	3.5	2.3
5	La Salle	5	11	.313	10	17	.370	65.8	68.5	2.1	4.8
5	Duquesne	5	11	.313	9	18	.333	73.3	77.4	2.0	6.1

AP Poll Summary

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
Xavier	-	-	-	23	19	17	17	17	12	14	16	20	17	19	16	14	11	13
St. Joseph's	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	19	12
George Washington	24	24	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fordham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rhode Island	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Virginia Tech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temple	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Duquesne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
La Salle	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UMass	15	15	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
St. Bonaventure	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats

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	St. Joseph's	33	26	7	.788	13	3	15	2	7	4	105.6	97.8	+7.8	23.7	57.5	.412	8.4	22.5	.371	.485	15.5	22.1	.702	12.9	36.1	14.0	7.2	2.4	12.4	18.6	71.2	66.0	12.94	7.69
2	Xavier	29	23	6	.793	13	3	13	2	9	2	108.2	94.1	+14.1	28.9	59.2	.488	5.3	15.7	.337	.533	20.1	27.8	.725	14.8	38.0	18.3	11.0	2.8	19.2	19.9	83.2	72.3	16.14	5.28	75.0
3	Rhode Island	30	20	10	.667	12	4	10	3	7	6	110.6	96.7	+13.8	29.6	64.2	.461	6.8	18.8	.363	.514	14.7	21.4	.688	14.6	39.1	16.1	8.8	4.8	13.2	19.6	80.7	70.6	16.48	6.38	72.1
4	UMass	33	19	14	.576	11	5	7	4	9	4	102.0	99.3	+2.7	24.6	57.3	.430	4.7	14.0	.335	.471	12.5	18.6	.670	14.5	37.7	14.8	6.8	5.0	13.4	19.5	66.4	64.6	10.54	9.04
5	Temple	31	20	11	.645	10	6	9	3	6	6	105.6	96.6	+9.0	23.0	57.7	.398	5.8	20.0	.291	.449	14.5	21.9	.662	15.8	39.1	11.2	8.1	3.8	10.5	13.5	66.3	60.6	14.67	9.02	61.1
6	George Washington	29	15	14	.517	8	8	9	4	4	10	97.4	92.5	+4.9	23.7	57.2	.414	4.8	15.4	.309	.456	14.9	21.3	.700	13.9	38.3	11.9	7.6	2.4	15.5	20.1	67.1	63.7	10.34	6.96	68.6
7	Virginia Tech	31	15	16	.484	7	9	10	4	4	8	98.8	95.4	+3.4	22.2	51.0	.436	4.0	11.4	.347	.475	14.0	21.0	.665	11.2	32.2	13.5	7.4	2.3	13.4	17.2	62.4	60.2	6.37	5.07
8	Dayton	27	13	14	.481	6	10	12	2	1	11	103.7	101.9	+1.8	23.9	55.7	.430	6.2	18.3	.340	.485	16.4	23.1	.709	13.3	36.7	12.7	4.9	2.6	15.8	19.7	70.5	69.3	3.53	2.30	67.7
9	Duquesne	27	9	18	.333	5	11	8	7	1	10	99.9	105.5	-5.6	26.1	60.6	.431	6.5	17.7	.367	.485	14.6	21.7	.671	14.4	33.7	13.7	8.3	3.4	17.0	20.5	73.3	77.4	2.02	6.14
10	La Salle	27	10	17	.370	5	11	7	7	1	9	97.2	101.1	-3.9	22.5	59.3	.379	8.1	23.5	.344	.448	12.8	19.0	.674	13.1	32.6	11.7	7.9	3.4	12.7	20.3	65.8	68.5	2.09	4.75
11	St. Bonaventure	28	14	14	.500	5	11	8	5	3	9	97.4	97.1	+0.3	24.9	62.4	.399	6.0	19.8	.303	.447	14.1	21.6	.654	15.0	37.5	13.6	9.5	4.6	14.0	21.1	69.9	69.6	5.28	5.03	70.8
12	Fordham	27	6	21	.222	1	15	4	8	2	12	93.2	107.7	-14.6	20.7	51.0	.406	5.2	16.3	.317	.457	15.0	22.6	.662	12.4	33.7	11.5	5.1	3.2	16.9	19.6	61.6	71.3	-5.84	3.79	65.8

1996-97 Men's Atlantic 10 Conference Season Summary

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