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1996-97 Big 12 Conference Season Summary
Record: 222-147, .602 W-L% (2nd of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.23 (5th of 31) ▪ SOS: 6.74 (6th of 31)
Regular Season Champion: Kansas
Tournament Champion: Kansas
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Iowa State, Kansas and Texas)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Kansas* RT | 15 | 1 | .938 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 84.8 | 66.1 | 26.6 | 7.9 |
| 2 | Colorado* | 11 | 5 | .688 | 22 | 10 | .688 | 73.1 | 69.6 | 9.7 | 6.2 |
| 3 | Texas* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 76.3 | 73.5 | 12.3 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Iowa State* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 67.5 | 60.4 | 13.4 | 6.3 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | 10 | 6 | .625 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 80.1 | 74.3 | 12.5 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Oklahoma* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 74.3 | 65.3 | 14.0 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 7 | 9 | .438 | 18 | 15 | .545 | 72.9 | 71.4 | 9.7 | 8.2 |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | .438 | 17 | 15 | .531 | 69.4 | 69.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Baylor | 6 | 10 | .375 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 71.0 | 69.6 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Missouri | 5 | 11 | .313 | 16 | 17 | .485 | 73.8 | 72.7 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
| 11 | Texas A&M | 3 | 13 | .188 | 9 | 18 | .333 | 65.0 | 68.2 | 2.4 | 5.7 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 3 | 13 | .188 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 64.0 | 69.9 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iowa State | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
| Colorado | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Texas | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||||||
| Texas Tech | 18 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Colorado won (80-62) versus Indiana (East Regional)
Iowa State won (69-57) versus Illinois State (Midwest Regional)
Kansas won (78-64) versus Jackson State (Southeast Regional)
Oklahoma lost (80-67) versus Stanford (West Regional)
Texas won (71-58) versus Wisconsin (East Regional)
Second Round
Colorado lost (73-56) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
Iowa State won (67-66) versus Cincinnati (Midwest Regional)
Kansas won (75-61) versus Purdue (Southeast Regional)
Texas won (82-81) versus Coppin State (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Iowa State lost (74-73) versus UCLA (Midwest Regional)
Kansas lost (85-82) versus Arizona (Southeast Regional)
Texas lost (78-63) versus Louisville (East Regional)
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