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1996-97 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 35-5 (13-3, 2nd in SEC MBB East)

Rank: 5th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Rick Pitino

PS/G: 83.1 (7th of 306)

PA/G: 62.8 (32nd of 306)

SRS: 29.29 (1st of 305)

SOS: 9.26 (20th of 305)

ORtg: 111.6 (12th of 306)

DRtg: 84.3 (1st of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in West)
Won West First Round (92-54) versus #16 Montana
Won West Second Round (75-69) versus #8 Iowa
Won West Regional Semifinal (83-68) versus #4 Saint Joseph's
Won West Regional Final (72-59) versus #2 Utah
Won National Semifinal (78-69) versus #1 Minnesota
Lost National Final (84-79) versus #4 Arizona

SEC Tourney Champ

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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
Kentucky	3	8	8	6	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	6	5

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 15, 1996	REG	N	Clemson (20)	ACC	17.23	L	71	79	OT	0	1	L 1	RCA Dome
2	Thu, Nov 28, 1996	REG	N	Syracuse (12)	Big East	12.87	W	87	53		1	1	W 1	Sullivan Arena
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG	N	Alaska-Anchorage			W	104	72		2	1	W 2	Sullivan Arena
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG	N	College of Charleston	TAAC	5.86	W	92	65		3	1	W 3	Sullivan Arena
5	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG	N	Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	W	101	87		4	1	W 4	United Center
6	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	N	Indiana (8)	Big Ten	13.94	W	99	65		5	1	W 5	Freedom Hall
7	Mon, Dec 9, 1996	REG		Wright State	MW Coll	-6.83	W	90	62		6	1	W 6	Rupp Arena
8	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		Notre Dame	Big East	9.42	W	80	56		7	1	W 7	Rupp Arena
9	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG	N	Georgia Tech	ACC	9.11	W	88	59		8	1	W 8	Georgia Dome
10	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG		UNC Asheville	Big South	-7.10	W	105	51		9	1	W 9	Rupp Arena
11	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	N	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	W	81	65		10	1	W 10	Gund Arena
12	Tue, Dec 31, 1996	REG	@	Louisville (14)	CUSA	11.98	W	74	54		11	1	W 11	Freedom Hall
13	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Tennessee	SEC	1.98	W	74	40		12	1	W 12	Rupp Arena
14	Tue, Jan 7, 1997	REG		Mississippi State	SEC	1.98	W	90	61		13	1	W 13	Rupp Arena
15	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Canisius	MAAC	3.98	W	68	45		14	1	W 14	Rupp Arena
16	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Mississippi	SEC	11.40	L	69	73		14	2	L 1	C.M. Tad Smith Coliseum
17	Tue, Jan 14, 1997	REG	@	Georgia (21)	SEC	13.09	W	86	65		15	2	W 1	Stegeman Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Auburn	SEC	5.42	W	77	53		16	2	W 2	Rupp Arena
19	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	N	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.55	W	58	46		17	2	W 3	Riverfront Coliseum
20	Sun, Jan 26, 1997	REG	@	Arkansas	SEC	14.74	W	83	73		18	2	W 4	Bud Walton Arena
21	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG	@	Florida	SEC	5.54	W	92	65		19	2	W 5	Stephen C. O''Connell Center
22	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Georgia	SEC	13.09	W	82	57		20	2	W 6	Rupp Arena
23	Tue, Feb 4, 1997	REG	@	South Carolina (19)	SEC	15.09	L	79	84	OT	20	3	L 1	Carolina Coliseum
24	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		Western Carolina	Southern	-11.08	W	82	55		21	3	W 1	Rupp Arena
25	Sun, Feb 9, 1997	REG		Villanova (16)	Big East	16.62	W	93	56		22	3	W 2	Rupp Arena
26	Wed, Feb 12, 1997	REG		Louisiana State	SEC	3.91	W	84	48		23	3	W 3	Rupp Arena
27	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Florida	SEC	5.54	W	85	56		24	3	W 4	Rupp Arena
28	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG	@	Alabama	SEC	9.75	W	75	61		25	3	W 5	Coleman Coliseum
29	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.55	W	82	79		26	3	W 6	Memorial Gymnasium
30	Tue, Feb 25, 1997	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	1.98	W	74	64		27	3	W 7	Thompson-Boling Arena
31	Sun, Mar 2, 1997	REG		South Carolina (6)	SEC	15.09	L	66	72		27	4	L 1	Rupp Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Fri, Mar 7, 1997	CTOURN	N	Auburn	SEC	5.42	W	92	50		28	4	W 1	The Pyramid
33	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	CTOURN	N	Mississippi	SEC	11.40	W	88	70		29	4	W 2	The Pyramid
34	Sun, Mar 9, 1997	CTOURN	N	Georgia (24)	SEC	13.09	W	95	68		30	4	W 3	The Pyramid
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
35	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Montana	Big Sky	0.58	W	92	54		31	4	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
36	Sat, Mar 15, 1997	NCAA	N	Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	W	75	69		32	4	W 5	Jon M. Huntsman Center
37	Thu, Mar 20, 1997	NCAA	N	Saint Joseph's (12)	A-10	12.94	W	83	68		33	4	W 6	SAP Center
38	Sat, Mar 22, 1997	NCAA	N	Utah (2)	WAC	17.58	W	72	59		34	4	W 7	SAP Center
39	Sat, Mar 29, 1997	NCAA	N	Minnesota (3)	Big Ten	23.34	W	78	69		35	4	W 8	RCA Dome
40	Mon, Mar 31, 1997	NCAA	N	Arizona (15)	Pac-10	21.66	L	79	84	OT	35	5	L 1	RCA Dome