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1996-97 Rice Owls Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 12-15 (6-10, 6th in WAC MBB Mountain)

Coach: Willis Wilson

PS/G: 66.6 (227th of 306)

PA/G: 66.4 (82nd of 306)

SRS: 2.04 (127th of 305)

SOS: 3.83 (91st of 305)

ORtg: 98.0 (199th of 306)

DRtg: 97.6 (108th of 306)

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
Rice	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		Houston Christian			W	92	68		1	0	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1996	REG		Colorado School of Mines			W	79	52		2	0	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG	@	Florida State	ACC	16.14	L	54	79		2	1	L 1	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
4	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	A-10	5.28	L	53	58		2	2	L 2	Reilly Center
5	Fri, Dec 6, 1996	REG	N	Princeton	Ivy	7.11	L	54	59		2	3	L 3	Bradley Center
6	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	N	Prairie View	SWAC	-21.98	W	82	53		3	3	W 1	Bradley Center
7	Sun, Dec 22, 1996	REG	@	North Texas	Big West	-5.70	L	62	64	OT	3	4	L 1	Super Pit
8	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	@	Southern	SWAC	-18.55	W	78	59		4	4	W 1	F. G. Clark Center
9	Mon, Dec 30, 1996	REG		Navy	Patriot	-3.57	W	69	52		5	4	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Pennsylvania	Ivy	-2.84	W	70	63		6	4	W 3	Rice Gymnasium
11	Mon, Jan 6, 1997	REG		Fresno State	WAC	6.90	L	76	79		6	5	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
12	Mon, Jan 13, 1997	REG	@	Tulsa	WAC	15.00	L	33	65		6	6	L 2	Tulsa Convention Center
13	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG		UTEP	WAC	2.45	W	74	60		7	6	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		New Mexico (12)	WAC	14.69	L	61	69		7	7	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
15	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	-13.29	W	62	59		8	7	W 1	Marriott Center
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG	@	Utah (5)	WAC	17.58	L	58	78		8	8	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
17	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG		TCU	WAC	10.36	W	82	80		9	8	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Southern Methodist	WAC	2.41	W	62	58		10	8	W 2	Rice Gymnasium
19	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		Tulsa (22)	WAC	15.00	W	75	58		11	8	W 3	Rice Gymnasium
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Fresno State	WAC	6.90	L	54	82		11	9	L 1	Selland Arena
21	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG	@	New Mexico (13)	WAC	14.69	L	64	81		11	10	L 2	University Arena
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.45	L	78	83		11	11	L 3	Don Haskins Center
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	-13.29	W	68	44		12	11	W 1	Rice Gymnasium
24	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG		Utah (4)	WAC	17.58	L	66	75		12	12	L 1	Rice Gymnasium
25	Thu, Feb 27, 1997	REG	@	Southern Methodist	WAC	2.41	L	53	59		12	13	L 2	Moody Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	TCU	WAC	10.36	L	79	85		12	14	L 3	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Tue, Mar 4, 1997	CTOURN	@	Nevada-Las Vegas	WAC	7.79	L	61	71		12	15	L 4	Thomas & Mack Center