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1996-97 Colorado Buffaloes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-10 (11-5, 2nd in Big 12 MBB)

Rank: 24th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Ricardo Patton

PS/G: 73.1 (98th of 306)

PA/G: 69.6 (150th of 306)

SRS: 9.69 (59th of 305)

SOS: 6.19 (67th of 305)

ORtg: 99.8 (170th of 306)

DRtg: 95.0 (53rd of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#9 seed in East)
Won East First Round (80-62) versus #8 Indiana
Lost East Second Round (73-56) versus #1 North Carolina

AP Poll Summary

1996-97 Season 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
Colorado	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	15	15	21	19	18	24

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sun, Nov 24, 1996	REG		Drake	MVC	-6.16	W	82	80	OT	1	0	W 1	Coors Events Center
2	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG	N	Auburn	SEC	5.42	W	78	72	OT	2	0	W 2	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
3	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG	N	Virginia Tech	A-10	6.37	W	63	56		3	0	W 3	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
4	Sun, Dec 1, 1996	REG	N	Louisville	CUSA	11.98	L	82	92		3	1	L 1	Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
5	Thu, Dec 5, 1996	REG		UT Arlington	Southland	-15.28	W	81	52		4	1	W 1	Coors Events Center
6	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	@	George Mason	CAA	-5.54	L	81	85		4	2	L 1	Patriot Center
7	Tue, Dec 10, 1996	REG	@	Wyoming	WAC	2.15	W	84	68		5	2	W 1	Arena-Auditorium
8	Thu, Dec 12, 1996	REG		Colorado State	WAC	5.11	W	76	69		6	2	W 2	Coors Events Center
9	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG		UC Santa Barbara	Big West	-4.97	W	76	55		7	2	W 3	Coors Events Center
10	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG	@	Georgia	SEC	13.09	L	52	62		7	3	L 1	Stegeman Coliseum
11	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	@	Kansas City	Mid-Cont	-10.37	W	82	61		8	3	W 1	Municipal Auditorium
12	Mon, Dec 30, 1996	REG		Northwestern State	Southland	-10.81	W	82	70		9	3	W 2	Coors Events Center
13	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Nebraska	Big 12	9.71	W	79	73		10	3	W 3	Coors Events Center
14	Tue, Jan 7, 1997	REG		Missouri	Big 12	8.95	W	87	78		11	3	W 4	Coors Events Center
15	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Texas Tech (20)	Big 12	12.51	W	80	78		12	3	W 5	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum
16	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	REG		Oklahoma State	Big 12	6.96	W	78	74	OT	13	3	W 6	Coors Events Center
17	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Iowa State (8)	Big 12	13.43	W	70	45		14	3	W 7	Coors Events Center
18	Tue, Jan 21, 1997	REG	@	Baylor	Big 12	4.40	W	74	70		15	3	W 8	Ferrell Center
19	Sun, Jan 26, 1997	REG		Kansas (1)	Big 12	26.60	L	68	77		15	4	L 1	Coors Events Center
20	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG	@	Kansas State	Big 12	1.75	W	69	60		16	4	W 1	Bramlage Coliseum
21	Wed, Feb 5, 1997	REG	@	Nebraska	Big 12	9.71	L	69	77		16	5	L 1	Bob Devaney Sports Center
22	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Texas A&M	Big 12	2.43	W	77	64		17	5	W 1	Coors Events Center
23	Wed, Feb 12, 1997	REG	@	Oklahoma	Big 12	13.97	L	66	91		17	6	L 1	Lloyd Noble Center
24	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Kansas (1)	Big 12	26.60	L	74	114		17	7	L 2	Allen Fieldhouse
25	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG		Kansas State	Big 12	1.75	W	67	57		18	7	W 1	Coors Events Center
26	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Missouri	Big 12	8.95	W	84	75		19	7	W 2	Coors Events Center
27	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG		Wofford	Ind	-15.42	W	65	58		20	7	W 3	Coors Events Center
28	Wed, Feb 26, 1997	REG	@	Iowa State (13)	Big 12	13.43	L	54	65		20	8	L 1	James H. Hilton Coliseum
29	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG		Texas	Big 12	12.34	W	83	60		21	8	W 1	Coors Events Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 7, 1997	CTOURN	N	Oklahoma	Big 12	13.97	L	41	55		21	9	L 1	Kemper Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Indiana	Big Ten	13.94	W	80	62		22	9	W 1	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
32	Sat, Mar 15, 1997	NCAA	N	North Carolina (4)	ACC	21.23	L	56	73		22	10	L 1	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum