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1996-97 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
Record: 184-102, .643 W-L% (1st of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 17.33 (1st of 31) ▪ SOS: 10.68 (1st of 31)
Regular Season Champion: Duke
Tournament Champion: North Carolina
NCAA Tournament: 6 (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and Wake Forest)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina and Wake Forest)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Duke* R | 12 | 4 | .750 | 24 | 9 | .727 | 79.7 | 66.2 | 22.7 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Wake Forest* | 11 | 5 | .688 | 24 | 7 | .774 | 69.0 | 58.3 | 21.2 | 10.5 |
| 3 | North Carolina* TF | 11 | 5 | .688 | 28 | 7 | .800 | 77.4 | 66.7 | 22.8 | 12.1 |
| 4 | Clemson* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 23 | 10 | .697 | 68.2 | 61.5 | 17.4 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Maryland* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 21 | 11 | .656 | 75.2 | 66.8 | 17.7 | 9.3 |
| 6 | Virginia* | 7 | 9 | .438 | 18 | 13 | .581 | 67.7 | 65.0 | 14.1 | 11.4 |
| 7 | Florida State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 20 | 12 | .625 | 73.4 | 66.8 | 16.4 | 9.7 |
| 8 | North Carolina State | 4 | 12 | .250 | 17 | 15 | .531 | 59.1 | 55.7 | 14.3 | 10.9 |
| 9 | Georgia Tech | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 | 18 | .333 | 61.5 | 64.3 | 9.4 | 12.2 |
AP Poll Summary
| School | Pre | 11/19 | 11/26 | 12/3 | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 8 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Duke | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 |
| Clemson | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Maryland | 25 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 22 | 22 | |||||
| Virginia | 25 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Clemson won (68-56) versus Miami (OH) (Midwest Regional)
Duke won (71-68) versus Murray State (Southeast Regional)
Maryland lost (75-66) versus College of Charleston (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina won (82-74) versus Fairfield (East Regional)
Virginia lost (73-60) versus Iowa (West Regional)
Wake Forest won (68-46) versus Saint Mary's (CA) (West Regional)
Second Round
Clemson won (65-59) versus Tulsa (Midwest Regional)
Duke lost (98-87) versus Providence (Southeast Regional)
North Carolina won (73-56) versus Colorado (East Regional)
Wake Forest lost (72-66) versus Stanford (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Clemson lost (90-84) versus Minnesota (Midwest Regional)
North Carolina won (63-57) versus California (East Regional)
Regional Final
North Carolina won (97-74) versus Louisville (East Regional)
National Semifinal
North Carolina lost (66-58) versus Arizona
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