1996-97 Montana Grizzlies Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-11 (11-5, 2nd in Big Sky MBB)

Coach: Blaine Taylor

PS/G: 73.1 (101st of 306)

PA/G: 68.5 (121st of 306)

SRS: 0.58 (137th of 305)

SOS: -3.14 (183rd of 305)

ORtg: 102.0 (123rd of 306)

DRtg: 95.6 (65th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#16 seed in West)
Lost West First Round (92-54) versus #1 Kentucky

Big Sky 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
Montana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 22, 1996	REG	N	Middle Tennessee	OVC	-4.70	L	63	66		0	1	L 1	Carlson Center
2	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	REG	@	Alaska-Fairbanks			W	65	54		1	1	W 1	Carlson Center
3	Sun, Nov 24, 1996	REG	N	Baylor	Big 12	4.40	L	71	77		1	2	L 1	Carlson Center
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		Sacramento State	Big Sky	-20.66	W	69	45		2	2	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
5	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG		Cal State Fullerton	Big West	-3.36	L	73	80		2	3	L 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
6	Fri, Dec 6, 1996	REG		American	CAA	-5.21	W	77	68		3	3	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
7	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Oral Roberts	Ind	7.48	L	69	78		3	4	L 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
8	Tue, Dec 10, 1996	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	8.23	W	71	65		4	4	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
9	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG	@	Gonzaga	WCC	0.23	W	67	63	OT	5	4	W 2	The Kennel
10	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG		Montana Western			W	87	67		6	4	W 3	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
11	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG		Long Beach State	Big West	-1.51	W	80	70		7	4	W 4	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
12	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	@	UT Arlington	Southland	-15.28	W	69	48		8	4	W 5	Texas Hall
13	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Idaho State	Big Sky	-5.59	L	73	82		8	5	L 1	Holt Arena
14	Fri, Jan 3, 1997	REG	@	Weber State	Big Sky	-3.62	L	95	104		8	6	L 2	Dee Events Center
15	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Northern Arizona	Big Sky	1.91	L	69	82		8	7	L 3	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
16	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG		Cal State Northridge	Big Sky	-1.79	W	76	62		9	7	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
17	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG	@	Portland State	Big Sky		W	69	68		10	7	W 2	Peter W. Stott Center
18	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	-11.20	W	73	69		11	7	W 3	Reese Court
19	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG	@	Sacramento State	Big Sky	-20.66	W	81	51		12	7	W 4	Hornets Nest
20	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Montana State	Big Sky	-3.44	W	81	71		13	7	W 5	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
21	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG		Weber State	Big Sky	-3.62	L	68	72		13	8	L 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
22	Fri, Jan 31, 1997	REG		Idaho State	Big Sky	-5.59	W	60	58		14	8	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
23	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG	@	Cal State Northridge	Big Sky	-1.79	W	78	75		15	8	W 2	The Matadome
24	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	1.91	L	69	72		15	9	L 1	Walkup Skydome
25	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Sacramento State	Big Sky	-20.66	W	95	51		16	9	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
26	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Oral Roberts	Ind	7.48	L	67	96		16	10	L 1	Mabee Center
27	Fri, Feb 21, 1997	REG		Portland State	Big Sky		W	68	57		17	10	W 1	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
28	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Eastern Washington	Big Sky	-11.20	W	74	67		18	10	W 2	Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena
29	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	Montana State	Big Sky	-3.44	W	65	47		19	10	W 3	Worthington Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 7, 1997	CTOURN	N	Weber State	Big Sky	-3.62	W	81	56		20	10	W 4	Walkup Skydome
31	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	CTOURN	N	Cal State Northridge	Big Sky	-1.79	W	82	79		21	10	W 5	Walkup Skydome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
32	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Kentucky (5)	SEC	29.29	L	54	92		21	11	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center