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1996-97 West Virginia Mountaineers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 21-10 (11-7, 3rd in Big East MBB Big East 6)

Coach: Gale Catlett

PS/G: 80.7 (15th of 306)

PA/G: 73.6 (233rd of 306)

SRS: 14.45 (28th of 305)

SOS: 7.35 (49th of 305)

ORtg: 108.0 (39th of 306)

DRtg: 98.5 (129th 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
West Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Tue, Nov 26, 1996	REG	@	Minnesota (24)	Big Ten	23.34	L	61	76		0	1	L 1	Williams Arena
2	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		Ohio	MAC	4.13	W	83	68		1	1	W 1	WVU Coliseum
3	Wed, Dec 4, 1996	REG	@	Syracuse (19)	Big East	12.87	W	101	79		2	1	W 2	Carrier Dome
4	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		East Tennessee State	Southern	-19.41	W	110	59		3	1	W 3	WVU Coliseum
5	Tue, Dec 17, 1996	REG	N	Marshall	Southern	-3.01	W	103	91		4	1	W 4	Charleston Civic Center
6	Thu, Dec 19, 1996	REG		Robert Morris	NEC	-15.36	W	90	75		5	1	W 5	WVU Coliseum
7	Sun, Dec 22, 1996	REG		Virginia Tech	A-10	6.37	W	76	65		6	1	W 6	WVU Coliseum
8	Mon, Dec 30, 1996	REG	@	Duquesne	A-10	2.02	W	90	65		7	1	W 7	A.J. Palumbo Center
9	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG		Georgetown	Big East	10.87	L	68	70		7	2	L 1	WVU Coliseum
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG	@	Connecticut	Big East	12.99	L	62	79		7	3	L 2	Hartford Civic Center
11	Wed, Jan 8, 1997	REG		Seton Hall	Big East	3.85	W	91	76		8	3	W 1	WVU Coliseum
12	Sun, Jan 12, 1997	REG	@	St. John's (NY)	Big East	8.36	W	90	77		9	3	W 2	Alumni Hall
13	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	REG		Rutgers	Big East	2.67	L	56	58		9	4	L 1	WVU Coliseum
14	Sun, Jan 19, 1997	REG	@	Providence	Big East	14.17	L	61	74		9	5	L 2	Providence Civic Center
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	@	Rutgers	Big East	2.67	W	81	69		10	5	W 1	Louis Brown Athletic Center
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Notre Dame	Big East	9.42	W	67	66		11	5	W 2	WVU Coliseum
17	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG		Boston College	Big East	11.92	W	89	76		12	5	W 3	WVU Coliseum
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG		Pittsburgh	Big East	9.12	W	74	59		13	5	W 4	WVU Coliseum
19	Tue, Feb 4, 1997	REG	@	Villanova (16)	Big East	16.62	L	70	81		13	6	L 1	The Pavilion
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Providence	Big East	14.17	W	90	78	OT	14	6	W 1	WVU Coliseum
21	Tue, Feb 11, 1997	REG	@	Notre Dame	Big East	9.42	L	76	90		14	7	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Syracuse	Big East	12.87	L	77	87	OT	14	8	L 2	WVU Coliseum
23	Tue, Feb 18, 1997	REG		Towson	AEC	-7.54	W	100	86		15	8	W 1	WVU Coliseum
24	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Seton Hall	Big East	3.85	W	80	71		16	8	W 2	Continental Airlines Arena
25	Wed, Feb 26, 1997	REG		Villanova (18)	Big East	16.62	W	83	76		17	8	W 3	WVU Coliseum
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	Miami (FL)	Big East	8.18	W	82	54		18	8	W 4	Miami Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Mar 5, 1997	CTOURN	N	Seton Hall	Big East	3.85	W	77	57		19	8	W 5	Madison Square Garden (IV)
28	Thu, Mar 6, 1997	CTOURN	N	Providence	Big East	14.17	L	69	76		19	9	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
29	Wed, Mar 12, 1997	NIT		Bowling Green State	MAC	8.49	W	98	95		20	9	W 1	WVU Coliseum
30	Mon, Mar 17, 1997	NIT	@	NC State	ACC	13.98	W	76	73		21	9	W 2	Reynolds Coliseum
31	Wed, Mar 19, 1997	NIT		Florida State	ACC	16.14	L	71	76		21	10	L 1	WVU Coliseum