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1996-97 Illinois State Redbirds Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 24-6 (14-4, 1st in MVC MBB)

Coach: Kevin Stallings

PS/G: 74.1 (80th of 306)

PA/G: 65.7 (65th of 306)

SRS: 10.81 (53rd of 305)

SOS: 2.28 (109th of 305)

ORtg: 105.0 (74th of 306)

DRtg: 93.0 (30th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#11 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest First Round (69-57) versus #6 Iowa State

MVC Reg Season Champ
MVC Tourney Champ

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
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	@	Pittsburgh	Big East	9.12	W	69	50		1	0	W 1	Fitzgerald Fieldhouse
2	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		Eastern Kentucky	OVC	-16.43	W	87	64		2	0	W 2	Redbird Arena
3	Wed, Dec 4, 1996	REG	N	DePaul	CUSA	-5.84	W	75	50		3	0	W 3	Kiel Center
4	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Ohio	MAC	4.13	W	81	69		4	0	W 4	Redbird Arena
5	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG	@	Duquesne	A-10	2.02	L	64	91		4	1	L 1	A.J. Palumbo Center
6	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	67	47		5	1	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
7	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG	@	Green Bay	MW Coll	0.89	W	71	61		6	1	W 2	Brown County Arena
8	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG		Illinois-Chicago	MW Coll	-1.53	W	78	58		7	1	W 3	Redbird Arena
9	Sun, Dec 29, 1996	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	3.92	W	54	45		8	1	W 4	Omaha Civic Auditorium
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Evansville	MVC	2.74	W	80	67		9	1	W 5	Redbird Arena
11	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	L	71	77	OT	9	2	L 1	Redbird Arena
12	Sun, Jan 12, 1997	REG	@	Southern Illinois	MVC	2.83	W	76	70		10	2	W 1	SIU Arena
13	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG		Indiana State	MVC	-3.14	W	101	58		11	2	W 2	Redbird Arena
14	Sun, Jan 19, 1997	REG	@	Evansville	MVC	2.74	W	67	53		12	2	W 3	Roberts Stadium
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	@	Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	L	88	93	2OT	12	3	L 1	UNI-Dome
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Wichita State	MVC	5.89	W	79	71		13	3	W 1	Redbird Arena
17	Mon, Jan 27, 1997	REG		Missouri State	MVC	6.55	W	95	84		14	3	W 2	Redbird Arena
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Bradley	MVC	8.03	W	69	67		15	3	W 3	Redbird Arena
19	Mon, Feb 3, 1997	REG	@	Drake	MVC	-6.16	W	73	65		16	3	W 4	Knapp Center
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Wichita State	MVC	5.89	W	62	53		17	3	W 5	Levitt Arena
21	Mon, Feb 10, 1997	REG	@	Missouri State	MVC	6.55	L	66	79		17	4	L 1	Hammons Student Center
22	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Southern Illinois	MVC	2.83	W	82	77		18	4	W 1	Redbird Arena
23	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Drake	MVC	-6.16	W	82	51		19	4	W 2	Redbird Arena
24	Tue, Feb 18, 1997	REG	@	Indiana State	MVC	-3.14	W	78	68		20	4	W 3	Hulman Center
25	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	8.03	L	64	69		20	5	L 1	Carver Arena
26	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG		Creighton	MVC	3.92	W	74	69		21	5	W 1	Redbird Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	CTOURN	N	Indiana State	MVC	-3.14	W	72	58		22	5	W 2	Kiel Center
28	Sun, Mar 2, 1997	CTOURN	N	Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	W	69	65		23	5	W 3	Kiel Center
29	Mon, Mar 3, 1997	CTOURN	N	Missouri State	MVC	6.55	W	75	72		24	5	W 4	Kiel Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Iowa State (18)	Big 12	13.43	L	57	69		24	6	L 1	Palace of Auburn Hills