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1996-97 Penn State Nittany Lions Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 10-17 (3-15, 10th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Jerry Dunn

PS/G: 60.5 (285th of 306)

PA/G: 65.9 (70th of 306)

SRS: 3.75 (102nd of 305)

SOS: 9.16 (24th of 305)

ORtg: 92.9 (268th of 306)

DRtg: 101.2 (195th 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
Penn 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		Mount St. Mary's	NEC	-6.13	W	64	57		1	0	W 1	Bryce Jordan Center
2	Mon, Nov 25, 1996	REG	@	NC State	ACC	13.98	L	41	44		1	1	L 1	Reynolds Coliseum
3	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		Loyola (MD)	MAAC	-3.25	W	70	55		2	1	W 1	Bryce Jordan Center
4	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG	@	Chattanooga	Southern	2.59	W	73	63		3	1	W 2	UTC Arena
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Tennessee	SEC	1.98	W	42	41	OT	4	1	W 3	Bryce Jordan Center
6	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG		Bradley	MVC	8.03	W	61	57		5	1	W 4	Bryce Jordan Center
7	Fri, Dec 20, 1996	REG	N	California	Pac-10	17.34	L	63	76		5	2	L 1	Continental Airlines Arena
8	Sun, Dec 22, 1996	REG		Bucknell	Patriot	-4.19	W	76	59		6	2	W 1	Bryce Jordan Center
9	Fri, Dec 27, 1996	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	-13.29	W	75	53		7	2	W 2	Bryce Jordan Center
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	L	57	69		7	3	L 1	Bryce Jordan Center
11	Wed, Jan 8, 1997	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	L	62	70		7	4	L 2	St. John Arena
12	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Illinois (25)	Big Ten	15.68	L	70	85		7	5	L 3	Assembly Hall
13	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	58	69		7	6	L 4	Bryce Jordan Center
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.20	L	45	64		7	7	L 5	Wisconsin Field House
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	71	69		8	7	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
16	Sun, Jan 26, 1997	REG		Indiana (21)	Big Ten	13.94	L	55	70		8	8	L 1	Bryce Jordan Center
17	Tue, Jan 28, 1997	REG		Michigan (16)	Big Ten	16.67	L	59	67		8	9	L 2	Bryce Jordan Center
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	L	62	67		8	10	L 3	Bryce Jordan Center
19	Wed, Feb 5, 1997	REG	@	Minnesota (4)	Big Ten	23.34	L	70	85		8	11	L 4	Williams Arena
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Michigan (13)	Big Ten	16.67	L	64	81		8	12	L 5	Crisler Arena
21	Tue, Feb 11, 1997	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	13.94	L	57	81		8	13	L 6	Assembly Hall
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	61	55		9	13	W 1	Bryce Jordan Center
23	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.20	L	45	49		9	14	L 1	Bryce Jordan Center
24	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	57	71		9	15	L 2	Breslin Student Events Center
25	Tue, Feb 25, 1997	REG		Illinois (21)	Big Ten	15.68	L	65	87		9	16	L 3	Bryce Jordan Center
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	W	56	55		10	16	W 1	Bryce Jordan Center
27	Wed, Mar 5, 1997	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	L	55	81		10	17	L 1	Carver-Hawkeye Arena