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1996-97 Men's Big Ten Conference Schedule and Results

1995-96 Big Ten 1997-98 Big Ten

Record: 201-136, .596 W-L% (3rd of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 12.42 (3rd of 31)

SOS: 9.09 (3rd of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Minnesota

Player of the Year: Bobby Jackson

Coach of the Year: Clem Haskins

Conference Tournament Champion: None

NCAA Tournament: 6 teams (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue and Wisconsin)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 teams (Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 teams (Illinois and Minnesota)

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99 Games

Conference games only

99 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Purdue	75	Illinois	69
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Michigan State	65	Indiana	77
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Northwestern	55	Iowa	72
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Ohio State	73	Michigan	71
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Wisconsin	48	Minnesota	65
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Minnesota	68	Michigan State	43
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Michigan	75	Northwestern	57
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Illinois	72	Ohio State	64
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Iowa	69	Penn State	57
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Indiana	58	Wisconsin	71
Tue, Jan 7, 1997	Iowa	59	Purdue	56
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Minnesota	96	Indiana	91	OT
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Penn State	62	Ohio State	70
Thu, Jan 9, 1997	Illinois	74	Michigan	88
Thu, Jan 9, 1997	Michigan State	58	Wisconsin	50
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Penn State	70	Illinois	85
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Wisconsin	53	Iowa	78
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Ohio State	66	Michigan State	69
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Michigan	64	Minnesota	70
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Northwestern	53	Purdue	78
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Tue, Jan 14, 1997	Minnesota	90	Illinois	96
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Ohio State	62	Iowa	76
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Indiana	66	Northwestern	63
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Michigan State	69	Penn State	58
Thu, Jan 16, 1997	Purdue	65	Michigan	89
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Northwestern	62	Michigan State	75
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Minnesota	73	Ohio State	67
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Indiana	53	Purdue	70
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Penn State	45	Wisconsin	64
Sun, Jan 19, 1997	Iowa	71	Michigan	79
Tue, Jan 21, 1997	Michigan	70	Indiana	72
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Illinois	66	Michigan State	63
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Penn State	71	Northwestern	69
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Wisconsin	52	Purdue	60
Thu, Jan 23, 1997	Iowa	51	Minnesota	66
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Wisconsin	73	Illinois	56
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Purdue	68	Minnesota	91
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Ohio State	47	Northwestern	78
Sun, Jan 26, 1997	Indiana	70	Penn State	55
Tue, Jan 28, 1997	Michigan	67	Penn State	59
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Illinois	65	Iowa	82
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Michigan State	62	Purdue	72
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Northwestern	53	Wisconsin	65
Thu, Jan 30, 1997	Indiana	67	Ohio State	73
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Michigan State	65	Michigan	85
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Minnesota	75	Northwestern	56
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Wisconsin	42	Ohio State	60
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Purdue	67	Penn State	62
Sun, Feb 2, 1997	Illinois	78	Indiana	74
Tue, Feb 4, 1997	Indiana	67	Iowa	75
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Northwestern	58	Illinois	70
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Penn State	70	Minnesota	85
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Ohio State	77	Purdue	94
Thu, Feb 6, 1997	Michigan	53	Wisconsin	58
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Ohio State	76	Indiana	93
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Penn State	64	Michigan	81
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Purdue	77	Michigan State	62
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Wisconsin	56	Northwestern	44
Sun, Feb 9, 1997	Iowa	51	Illinois	66
Tue, Feb 11, 1997	Penn State	57	Indiana	81
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Iowa	67	Michigan State	69
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Minnesota	70	Purdue	67
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Illinois	45	Wisconsin	62
Thu, Feb 13, 1997	Northwestern	40	Ohio State	55
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Michigan State	68	Illinois	79
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Minnesota	68	Iowa	66
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Northwestern	55	Penn State	61
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Purdue	52	Wisconsin	69
Sun, Feb 16, 1997	Indiana	84	Michigan	81	OT
Tue, Feb 18, 1997	Purdue	89	Indiana	87	OT
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Ohio State	48	Minnesota	60
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Michigan State	58	Northwestern	70
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Wisconsin	49	Penn State	45
Thu, Feb 20, 1997	Michigan	75	Iowa	80
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Northwestern	49	Indiana	64
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Penn State	57	Michigan State	71
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Illinois	66	Minnesota	67
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Iowa	69	Ohio State	56
Sun, Feb 23, 1997	Michigan	58	Purdue	67
Tue, Feb 25, 1997	Illinois	87	Penn State	65
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Minnesota	55	Michigan	54
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Purdue	72	Northwestern	61
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Michigan State	67	Ohio State	65
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Iowa	48	Wisconsin	49
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Purdue	62	Iowa	84
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Wisconsin	49	Michigan State	68
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Indiana	72	Minnesota	75
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Ohio State	55	Penn State	56
Sun, Mar 2, 1997	Michigan	51	Illinois	70
Wed, Mar 5, 1997	Ohio State	83	Illinois	90
Wed, Mar 5, 1997	Wisconsin	66	Indiana	70
Wed, Mar 5, 1997	Penn State	55	Iowa	81
Wed, Mar 5, 1997	Northwestern	76	Michigan	93
Thu, Mar 6, 1997	Michigan State	74	Minnesota	81
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Indiana	60	Michigan State	63
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Iowa	75	Northwestern	59
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Illinois	69	Purdue	77
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Minnesota	65	Wisconsin	66
Sun, Mar 9, 1997	Michigan	86	Ohio State	81	OT

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