1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1996–97 record17–11 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coachBob Bender (4th season)
Assistant coachRay Giacoletti
Home arenaHec Edmundson Pavilion
1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 7 UCLA153 .833  248  .750
No. 21 Stanford126 .667  228  .733
California126 .667  239  .719
USC126 .667  1711  .607
No. 15 Arizona117 .611  259  .735
Washington108 .556  1711  .607
Oregon810 .444  1711  .607
Washington State513 .278  1317  .433
Oregon State315 .167  720  .259
Arizona State216 .111  1020  .333
As of November 23, 2011[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The Huskies were 17–10 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, sixth in the standings.[2] There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the second straight year and lost by four points at Nebraska.[3]

Postseason result

Date
time, TV
Opponent Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Wed, March 12*
5:05 pm
at Nebraska
First round
L 63–67  17–11
Devaney Center (6,015)
Lincoln, Nebraska
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
  2. "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1997. p. 5H.
  3. "'Huskers edge Huskies in NIT". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 13, 1997. p. 5D.
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