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1996-97 Men's Big West Conference Season Summary

1995-96 Big West 1997-98 Big West

Record: 174-164, .515 W-L% (12th of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: -1.26 (14th of 31)

SOS: -0.53 (13th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Nevada (East), New Mexico State (East), Utah State (East) and Pacific (West)

Player of the Year: Faron Hand

Coach of the Year: Bob Thomason

Conference Tournament Champion: Pacific

NCAA Tournament: 1 teams (Pacific)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: None

Ranked in Final AP Poll: None

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Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	East	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Utah State	12	4	.750	20	9	.690	68.6	61.4	4.3	-0.9	Reg. Season Champion
1	New Mexico State	12	4	.750	19	9	.679	79.8	71.6	7.2	0.3	Reg. Season Champion; *Overall W-L adjusted to 0-0
1	Nevada	12	4	.750	21	10	.677	74.5	71.1	3.8	0.5	Reg. Season Champion
4	Boise State	9	7	.563	14	13	.519	66.0	62.1	3.1	-0.7
5	Idaho	5	11	.313	13	17	.433	65.2	67.3	-6.1	1.6
5	North Texas	5	11	.313	10	16	.385	66.9	70.2	-5.7	0.2
Rk	West	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Pacific	12	4	.750	24	6	.800	72.9	60.0	8.7	-2.4	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; Conf. Tournament Champion
2	Long Beach State	9	7	.563	13	14	.481	72.5	72.9	-1.5	-1.1
3	UC Santa Barbara	7	9	.438	12	15	.444	69.0	71.7	-5.0	-0.9
4	Cal State Fullerton	6	10	.375	13	14	.481	72.9	73.9	-3.4	-2.4
4	Cal Poly	6	10	.375	14	16	.467	81.5	77.5	-0.7	-1.8
6	UC Irvine	1	15	.063	1	25	.038	58.2	79.5	-20.0	1.2

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
UC-Irvine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Mexico State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boise State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utah State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pacific	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nevada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UCSB	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal State Fullerton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cal Poly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Long Beach State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Texas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Nevada	31	21	10	.677	12	4	14	3	6	5	106.8	101.9	+4.9	26.5	56.4	.470	6.9	18.6	.371	.531	14.6	20.4	.716	11.1	35.4	16.4	5.4	1.7	14.4	18.2	74.5	71.1	3.77	0.54	68.9
2	New Mexico State	28	19	9	.679	12	4	12	2	4	7	112.4	100.9	+11.5	27.6	56.8	.487	7.9	20.4	.389	.557	16.6	23.6	.703	12.1	35.7	12.5	7.9	2.1	15.0	17.1	79.8	71.6	7.19	0.34	70.4
3	Pacific	30	24	6	.800	12	4	12	0	9	5	110.7	91.2	+19.6	25.4	53.9	.472	8.2	21.2	.386	.548	13.8	20.7	.666	11.1	34.6	16.6	6.8	2.6	13.3	17.7	72.9	60.0	8.72	-2.38	65.3
4	Utah State	29	20	9	.690	12	4	14	3	5	5	107.9	96.5	+11.3	24.0	50.0	.479	3.7	11.0	.333	.516	17.0	25.0	.682	12.7	37.4	12.4	4.8	0.9	14.2	16.1	68.6	61.4	4.29	-0.94	63.1
5	Boise State	27	14	13	.519	9	7	9	4	5	7	100.4	94.5	+5.9	23.0	52.6	.438	8.3	22.7	.364	.516	11.7	16.5	.708	9.3	28.1	14.1	9.5	2.6	14.3	20.1	66.0	62.1	3.13	-0.72
6	Long Beach State	27	13	14	.481	9	7	9	3	3	10	101.3	101.8	-0.5	25.7	58.4	.439	4.9	14.6	.337	.481	16.2	23.4	.694	14.0	35.8	14.0	8.6	3.5	16.1	20.0	72.5	72.9	-1.51	-1.14
7	UCSB	27	12	15	.444	7	9	11	3	1	11	101.1	104.9	-3.9	24.1	53.2	.454	4.9	12.9	.381	.500	15.8	22.1	.714	12.1	35.5	13.7	6.0	2.5	16.7	19.3	69.0	71.7	-4.97	-0.89
8	Cal Poly	30	14	16	.467	6	10	11	4	1	10	108.2	102.9	+5.3	28.1	64.5	.435	9.7	27.6	.351	.510	15.6	20.8	.749	13.4	33.3	15.4	9.5	1.8	14.7	21.2	81.5	77.5	-0.65	-1.80
9	Cal State Fullerton	27	13	14	.481	6	10	8	5	5	9	103.8	105.2	-1.4	25.9	57.3	.452	7.1	20.4	.350	.515	13.9	20.9	.664	11.5	32.6	14.0	7.5	2.5	14.6	19.7	72.9	73.9	-3.36	-2.36	69.9
10	Idaho	30	13	17	.433	5	11	10	4	3	11	100.0	103.2	-3.2	24.3	53.4	.455	4.1	12.8	.320	.493	12.6	17.5	.719	10.7	31.0	12.0	6.4	2.2	14.3	17.3	65.2	67.3	-6.05	1.59
11	North Texas	26	10	16	.385	5	11	6	7	3	8	94.7	99.4	-4.6	24.8	56.6	.438	6.4	18.1	.355	.495	10.9	16.3	.666	10.2	34.3	13.4	7.2	1.9	16.8	16.5	66.9	70.2	-5.70	0.22
12	UC-Irvine	26	1	25	.038	1	15	1	11	0	14	81.9	111.7	-29.8	21.2	51.1	.416	2.2	9.5	.227	.437	13.6	22.1	.617	11.7	32.2	10.7	6.8	2.7	21.2	19.2	58.2	79.5	-20.05	1.19

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