1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball
1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	17–11 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Bender (4th season);
Assistant coach	Ray Giacoletti
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
	Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 UCLA	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
No. 21 Stanford	12	–	6	.667	22	–	8	.733
California	12	–	6	.667	23	–	9	.719
USC	12	–	6	.667	17	–	11	.607
No. 15 Arizona	11	–	7	.611	25	–	9	.735
Washington	10	–	8	.556	17	–	11	.607
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	17	–	11	.607
Washington State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Oregon State	3	–	15	.167	7	–	20	.259
Arizona State	2	–	16	.111	10	–	20	.333

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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.

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

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

External links

Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1996–97 basketball season

[1] "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.

[ptmbbs-2] "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1997. p. 5H.

[ehint-3] "'Huskers edge Huskies in NIT". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 13, 1997. p. 5D.

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