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1996-97 Utah Utes Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-4 (15-1, 1st in WAC MBB Mountain)

Rank: 2nd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Rick Majerus

PS/G: 74.4 (72nd of 306)

PA/G: 61.7 (23rd of 306)

SRS: 17.58 (10th of 305)

SOS: 5.46 (76th of 305)

ORtg: 110.1 (20th of 306)

DRtg: 91.2 (19th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in West)
Won West First Round (75-61) versus #15 Navy
Won West Second Round (77-58) versus #7 Charlotte
Won West Regional Semifinal (82-77) versus #6 Stanford
Lost West Regional Final (72-59) versus #1 Kentucky

WAC Reg Season Champ
WAC 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
Utah	6	4	4	3	9	9	8	7	9	9	5	4	5	5	5	4	3	2

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		Azusa Pacific			W	83	50		1	0	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1996	REG	@	Utah State	Big West	4.29	W	60	41		2	0	W 2	Dee Glen Smith Spectrum
3	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG	@	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	-3.36	W	74	67		3	0	W 3	Titan Gym
4	Wed, Dec 4, 1996	REG		Southern Utah	Ind	-8.00	W	60	40		4	0	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	N	Arizona (15)	Pac-10	21.66	L	61	69		4	1	L 1	Honda Center
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		Weber State	Big Sky	-3.62	W	83	48		5	1	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
7	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG		Texas (14)	Big 12	12.34	W	80	68		6	1	W 2	Jon M. Huntsman Center
8	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG		Milwaukee	MW Coll	-11.05	W	77	63		7	1	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG	@	UC Irvine	Big West	-20.05	W	77	50		8	1	W 4	Bren Events Center
10	Tue, Dec 31, 1996	REG		Wake Forest (2)	ACC	20.94	L	59	70		8	2	L 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Colorado State	WAC	5.11	W	84	63		9	2	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
12	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Brigham Young	WAC	-13.29	W	61	51		10	2	W 2	Marriott Center
13	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG	@	Southern Methodist	WAC	2.41	W	74	57		11	2	W 3	Moody Coliseum
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	TCU	WAC	10.36	W	81	77		12	2	W 4	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Rice	WAC	2.04	W	78	58		13	2	W 5	Jon M. Huntsman Center
16	Mon, Jan 27, 1997	REG		Tulsa (21)	WAC	15.00	W	84	58		14	2	W 6	Jon M. Huntsman Center
17	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG	@	UTEP	WAC	2.45	W	74	51		15	2	W 7	Don Haskins Center
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	New Mexico (13)	WAC	14.69	L	71	87		15	3	L 1	University Arena
19	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		Brigham Young	WAC	-13.29	W	85	49		16	3	W 1	Jon M. Huntsman Center
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Colorado State	WAC	5.11	W	82	67		17	3	W 2	Moby Arena
21	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Southern Methodist	WAC	2.41	W	84	63		18	3	W 3	Jon M. Huntsman Center
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		TCU	WAC	10.36	W	94	91		19	3	W 4	Jon M. Huntsman Center
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Tulsa	WAC	15.00	W	56	54		20	3	W 5	Tulsa Convention Center
24	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG	@	Rice	WAC	2.04	W	75	66		21	3	W 6	Rice Gymnasium
25	Thu, Feb 27, 1997	REG		UTEP	WAC	2.45	W	68	55		22	3	W 7	Jon M. Huntsman Center
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG		New Mexico (11)	WAC	14.69	W	78	58		23	3	W 8	Jon M. Huntsman Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Thu, Mar 6, 1997	CTOURN	N	Southern Methodist	WAC	2.41	W	59	58		24	3	W 9	Thomas & Mack Center
28	Fri, Mar 7, 1997	CTOURN	N	New Mexico (14)	WAC	14.69	W	72	70		25	3	W 10	Thomas & Mack Center
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	CTOURN	N	TCU	WAC	10.36	W	89	68		26	3	W 11	Thomas & Mack Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Fri, Mar 14, 1997	NCAA	N	Navy	Patriot	-3.57	W	75	61		27	3	W 12	McKale Center
31	Sun, Mar 16, 1997	NCAA	N	Charlotte	CUSA	10.83	W	77	58		28	3	W 13	McKale Center
32	Thu, Mar 20, 1997	NCAA	N	Stanford (21)	Pac-10	19.89	W	82	77	OT	29	3	W 14	SAP Center
33	Sat, Mar 22, 1997	NCAA	N	Kentucky (5)	SEC	29.29	L	59	72		29	4	L 1	SAP Center