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1996-97 Big East Conference Season Summary
Record: 232-169, .579 W-L% (6th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.44 (4th of 31) ▪ SOS: 7.72 (4th of 31)
Regular Season Champion: Boston College (Big East 6), Villanova (Big East 6) and Georgetown (Big East 7)
Tournament Champion: Boston College
NCAA Tournament: 4 (Boston College, Georgetown, Providence and Villanova)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Boston College, Syracuse and Villanova)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Boston College and Villanova)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Big East 6 | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Villanova* R | 12 | 6 | .667 | 24 | 10 | .706 | 75.3 | 68.1 | 16.6 | 9.5 |
| 2 | Boston College* RT | 12 | 6 | .667 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 74.4 | 69.1 | 11.9 | 6.7 |
| 3 | West Virginia | 11 | 7 | .611 | 21 | 10 | .677 | 80.7 | 73.6 | 14.5 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 8 | 10 | .444 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 71.0 | 69.7 | 9.4 | 8.2 |
| 5 | St. John's (NY) | 8 | 10 | .444 | 13 | 14 | .481 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| 6 | Connecticut | 7 | 11 | .389 | 18 | 15 | .545 | 65.8 | 60.8 | 13.0 | 8.1 |
| Rk | Big East 7 | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Georgetown* R | 11 | 7 | .611 | 20 | 10 | .667 | 68.7 | 63.7 | 10.9 | 5.8 |
| 2 | Providence* | 10 | 8 | .556 | 24 | 12 | .667 | 75.9 | 70.1 | 14.2 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 8 | .556 | 18 | 15 | .545 | 68.8 | 68.4 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| 4 | Miami (FL) | 9 | 9 | .500 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 65.0 | 62.8 | 8.1 | 5.9 |
| 5 | Syracuse | 9 | 9 | .500 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 74.9 | 69.0 | 12.9 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Seton Hall | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | 18 | .357 | 68.0 | 73.3 | 3.9 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Rutgers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 64.4 | 68.9 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 20 |
| Boston College | 21 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 23 | |||||||
| Syracuse | 12 | 13 | 12 | 19 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Boston College won (73-66) versus Valparaiso (West Regional)
Georgetown lost (79-67) versus Charlotte (West Regional)
Providence won (81-59) versus Marquette (Southeast Regional)
Villanova won (101-91) versus Long Island University (East Regional)
Second Round
Boston College lost (81-77) versus Saint Joseph's (West Regional)
Providence won (98-87) versus Duke (Southeast Regional)
Villanova lost (75-68) versus California (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Providence won (71-65) versus Chattanooga (Southeast Regional)
Regional Final
Providence lost (96-92) versus Arizona (Southeast Regional)
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