1996-97 Men's Big Sky Conference Season Summary

Record: 120-132, .476 W-L% (17th of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -5.48 (20th of 31)

SOS: -3.40 (19th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Northern Arizona

Player of the Year: Charles Thomas

Coach of the Year: Ben Howland

Conference Tournament Champion: Montana

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Montana)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Northern Arizona	14	2	.875	21	7	.750	77.7	69.4	1.9	-5.1	Reg. Season Champion
2	Montana	11	5	.688	21	11	.656	73.1	68.5	0.6	-3.1	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
3	Montana State	10	6	.625	16	14	.533	76.4	75.3	-3.4	-3.2
4	Weber State	9	7	.563	15	13	.536	78.3	79.4	-3.6	-2.4
4	Idaho State	9	7	.563	14	13	.519	73.7	71.9	-5.6	-5.9
6	Cal State Northridge	8	8	.500	14	15	.483	75.8	73.5	-1.8	-2.8
7	Portland State-nm	6	10	.375	9	17	.346	65.2	69.2
8	Eastern Washington	3	13	.188	7	19	.269	68.8	75.0	-11.2	-3.6
9	Sacramento State	2	14	.125	3	23	.115	59.7	78.0	-20.7	-0.9

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
Montana State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Northern Arizona	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sacramento State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portland State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eastern Washington	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Montana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal State Northridge	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Weber State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Northern Arizona	28	21	7	.750	14	2	13	2	8	5	106.0	94.7	+11.3	27.3	52.8	.516	7.9	18.8	.419	.591	15.3	21.2	.723	8.4	33.3	17.5	6.5	2.8	18.5	17.4	77.7	69.4	1.91	-5.13	72.7
2	Montana	32	21	11	.656	11	5	11	4	8	4	102.0	95.6	+6.4	27.2	58.1	.468	4.8	12.3	.395	.510	13.9	22.0	.632	13.7	38.0	15.1	8.2	2.9	16.7	18.7	73.1	68.5	0.58	-3.14
3	Montana State	30	16	14	.533	10	6	11	3	5	7	102.8	101.3	+1.5	28.0	62.1	.451	6.5	17.2	.377	.504	13.9	19.5	.710	12.2	35.1	18.9	8.1	2.5	15.5	18.3	76.4	75.3	-3.44	-3.24
4	Idaho State	27	14	13	.519	9	7	10	3	3	8	100.1	97.6	+2.5	25.4	53.5	.475	4.1	13.4	.309	.513	18.7	30.7	.610	11.0	33.7	14.6	9.7	2.9	16.5	18.6	73.7	71.9	-5.59	-5.88
5	Weber State	28	15	13	.536	9	7	10	3	3	9	104.7	106.3	-1.5	27.6	60.0	.460	7.3	19.5	.374	.521	15.8	22.8	.690	12.3	36.0	16.9	7.4	2.0	15.9	22.4	78.3	79.4	-3.62	-2.43
6	Cal State Northridge	29	14	15	.483	8	8	7	6	6	8	100.0	96.9	+3.0	26.4	58.0	.455	5.4	16.1	.337	.502	17.7	28.5	.620	14.7	38.1	16.0	10.3	3.2	18.7	23.1	75.8	73.5	-1.79	-2.83
7	Portland State	26	9	17	.346	6	10	5	4	1	13				21.9	51.1	.429	7.3	20.4	.358	.500	14.1	19.7	.713	9.2	33.9	13.8	5.6	2.0		19.2	65.2	69.2
8	Eastern Washington	26	7	19	.269	3	13	5	8	1	11	97.0	105.6	-8.6	25.3	56.1	.451	4.8	13.9	.349	.494	13.4	21.0	.639	11.3	34.9	15.6	6.4	2.4	16.2	20.3	68.8	75.0	-11.20	-3.64
9	Sacramento State	26	3	23	.115	2	14	2	9	1	13	84.7	110.7	-26.0	21.7	59.6	.363	6.2	20.5	.300	.415	10.3	16.7	.617	14.1	36.1	11.6	6.6	2.9	17.2	20.4	59.7	78.0	-20.66	-0.92