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1996-97 Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 10-17 (5-13, 9th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Randy Ayers

PS/G: 69.9 (162nd of 306)

PA/G: 70.1 (162nd of 306)

SRS: 8.45 (68th of 305)

SOS: 8.71 (31st of 305)

ORtg: 99.5 (174th of 306)

DRtg: 99.8 (165th of 306)

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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
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	REG	@	South Florida	CUSA	-3.95	L	56	60		0	1	L 1	Sun Dome
2	Sun, Dec 1, 1996	REG		Louisiana	Sun Belt	-6.05	W	94	88		1	1	W 1	St. John Arena
3	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG		Kent State	MAC	-3.99	W	71	55		2	1	W 2	St. John Arena
4	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Long Island University	NEC	3.75	W	97	73		3	1	W 3	St. John Arena
5	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		George Mason	CAA	-5.54	W	102	72		4	1	W 4	St. John Arena
6	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG		Alabama State	SWAC	-21.80	W	81	40		5	1	W 5	St. John Arena
7	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	14.51	L	68	79		5	2	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
8	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG	@	San Diego State	WAC	-2.09	L	75	81		5	3	L 2	San Diego Sports Arena
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	N	Kentucky (3)	SEC	29.29	L	65	81		5	4	L 3	Gund Arena
10	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Michigan (8)	Big Ten	16.67	W	73	71		6	4	W 1	Crisler Arena
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Illinois (24)	Big Ten	15.68	L	64	72		6	5	L 1	St. John Arena
12	Wed, Jan 8, 1997	REG		Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	70	62		7	5	W 1	St. John Arena
13	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	66	69		7	6	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
14	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	L	62	76		7	7	L 2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
15	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Minnesota (7)	Big Ten	23.34	L	67	73		7	8	L 3	St. John Arena
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	L	47	78		7	9	L 4	Welsh-Ryan Arena
17	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG		Indiana (17)	Big Ten	13.94	W	73	67		8	9	W 1	St. John Arena
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.20	W	60	42		9	9	W 2	St. John Arena
19	Wed, Feb 5, 1997	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	L	77	94		9	10	L 1	Mackey Arena
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Indiana (24)	Big Ten	13.94	L	76	93		9	11	L 2	Assembly Hall
21	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	55	40		10	11	W 1	St. John Arena
22	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG	@	Minnesota (2)	Big Ten	23.34	L	48	60		10	12	L 1	Williams Arena
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	L	56	69		10	13	L 2	St. John Arena
24	Wed, Feb 26, 1997	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	65	67		10	14	L 3	St. John Arena
25	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	L	55	56		10	15	L 4	Bryce Jordan Center
26	Wed, Mar 5, 1997	REG	@	Illinois (15)	Big Ten	15.68	L	83	90		10	16	L 5	Assembly Hall
27	Sun, Mar 9, 1997	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	16.67	L	81	86	OT	10	17	L 6	St. John Arena