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1996-97 Wisconsin Badgers Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 18-10 (11-7, 5th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Dick Bennett

PS/G: 59.1 (295th of 306)

PA/G: 55.3 (4th of 306)

SRS: 13.20 (37th of 305)

SOS: 9.41 (18th of 305)

ORtg: 93.9 (253rd of 306)

DRtg: 87.9 (4th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#7 seed in East)
Lost East First Round (71-58) versus #10 Texas

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
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	N	Memphis	CUSA	7.57	W	49	46		1	0	W 1	Scotiabank Place
2	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		UNC Wilmington	CAA	-1.86	W	68	35		2	0	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
3	Wed, Dec 4, 1996	REG	@	Temple	A-10	14.67	W	64	57	OT	3	0	W 3	McGonigle Hall
4	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Brown	Ivy	-14.49	W	52	30		4	0	W 4	Wisconsin Field House
5	Tue, Dec 10, 1996	REG		Milwaukee	MW Coll	-11.05	W	61	41		5	0	W 5	Wisconsin Field House
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG	@	St. Bonaventure	A-10	5.28	W	77	68		6	0	W 6	Reilly Center
7	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG		Providence	Big East	14.17	L	57	59		6	1	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
8	Thu, Dec 26, 1996	REG		Ball State	MAC	1.80	W	74	59		7	1	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
9	Tue, Dec 31, 1996	REG	@	Marquette	CUSA	13.45	L	52	59		7	2	L 1	Bradley Center
10	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Minnesota (15)	Big Ten	23.34	L	48	65		7	3	L 2	Williams Arena
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Indiana (12)	Big Ten	13.94	W	71	58		8	3	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
12	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	50	58		8	4	L 1	Wisconsin Field House
13	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	L	53	78		8	5	L 2	Carver-Hawkeye Arena
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	64	45		9	5	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	L	52	60		9	6	L 1	Mackey Arena
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.68	W	73	56		10	6	W 1	Assembly Hall
17	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	65	53		11	6	W 2	Wisconsin Field House
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	L	42	60		11	7	L 1	St. John Arena
19	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		Michigan (13)	Big Ten	16.67	W	58	53		12	7	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
20	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	56	44		13	7	W 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
21	Wed, Feb 12, 1997	REG		Illinois (20)	Big Ten	15.68	W	62	45		14	7	W 3	Wisconsin Field House
22	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	W	69	52		15	7	W 4	Wisconsin Field House
23	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	49	45		16	7	W 5	Bryce Jordan Center
24	Wed, Feb 26, 1997	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	W	49	48		17	7	W 6	Wisconsin Field House
25	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	49	68		17	8	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
26	Wed, Mar 5, 1997	REG	@	Indiana (25)	Big Ten	13.94	L	66	70		17	9	L 2	Assembly Hall
27	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	REG		Minnesota (2)	Big Ten	23.34	W	66	65		18	9	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Fri, Mar 14, 1997	NCAA	N	Texas	Big 12	12.34	L	58	71		18	10	L 1	Civic Arena