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1996-97 Conference USA Season Summary
Record: 195-166, .540 W-L% (8th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 5.47 (8th of 31) ▪ SOS: 4.09 (8th of 31)
Regular Season Champion: Cincinnati (Blue), Tulane (Red), Charlotte (White) and Memphis (White)
Tournament Champion: Marquette
NCAA Tournament: 4 (Charlotte, Cincinnati, Louisville and Marquette)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Cincinnati and Marquette)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (Cincinnati and Louisville)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Blue | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Cincinnati* R | 12 | 2 | .857 | 26 | 8 | .765 | 80.7 | 65.5 | 20.6 | 5.4 |
| 2 | Marquette* T | 9 | 5 | .643 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 68.0 | 57.8 | 13.4 | 3.2 |
| 3 | Saint Louis | 4 | 10 | .286 | 11 | 18 | .379 | 57.8 | 61.6 | -0.6 | 3.2 |
| 4 | DePaul | 1 | 13 | .071 | 3 | 23 | .115 | 55.3 | 67.8 | -5.9 | 6.6 |
| Rk | Red | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Tulane R | 11 | 3 | .786 | 20 | 11 | .645 | 72.8 | 67.9 | 8.0 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Alabama-Birmingham | 7 | 7 | .500 | 18 | 14 | .563 | 66.9 | 65.9 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| 3 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 8 | .429 | 12 | 15 | .444 | 61.1 | 61.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 4 | South Florida | 2 | 12 | .143 | 8 | 19 | .296 | 59.7 | 65.9 | -4.0 | 2.2 |
| Rk | White | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Charlotte* R | 10 | 4 | .714 | 22 | 9 | .710 | 71.5 | 65.9 | 10.8 | 5.2 |
| 2 | Memphis R | 10 | 4 | .714 | 16 | 15 | .516 | 63.0 | 61.9 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Louisville* | 9 | 5 | .643 | 26 | 9 | .743 | 75.2 | 70.9 | 12.0 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Houston | 3 | 11 | .214 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 72.8 | 75.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Louisville | 22 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 25 | ||||
| Marquette | 25 | 25 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 21 | 23 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Charlotte won (79-67) versus Georgetown (West Regional)
Cincinnati won (86-69) versus Butler (Midwest Regional)
Louisville won (65-57) versus Massachusetts (East Regional)
Marquette lost (81-59) versus Providence (Southeast Regional)
Second Round
Charlotte lost (77-58) versus Utah (West Regional)
Cincinnati lost (67-66) versus Iowa State (Midwest Regional)
Louisville won (64-63) versus New Mexico (East Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Louisville won (78-63) versus Texas (East Regional)
Regional Final
Louisville lost (97-74) versus North Carolina (East Regional)
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