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1996-97 Southeastern Conference Season Summary
Record: 219-157, .582 W-L% (5th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 10.19 (6th of 31) ▪ SOS: 6.74 (5th of 31)
Regular Season Champion: South Carolina (East) and Mississippi (West)
Tournament Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 5 (Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt)
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 (Arkansas and Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina)
Standings
| Conference | Overall | PTS/G | SRS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | East | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | South Carolina* R | 15 | 1 | .938 | 24 | 8 | .750 | 74.4 | 67.0 | 14.4 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Kentucky* TF | 13 | 3 | .813 | 35 | 5 | .875 | 82.6 | 62.6 | 29.2 | 9.2 |
| 3 | Georgia* | 10 | 6 | .625 | 24 | 9 | .727 | 72.0 | 65.9 | 13.0 | 6.9 |
| 4 | Vanderbilt* | 9 | 7 | .563 | 19 | 12 | .613 | 69.9 | 66.1 | 11.5 | 7.7 |
| 5 | Florida | 5 | 11 | .313 | 13 | 17 | .433 | 73.3 | 73.0 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 4 | 12 | .250 | 11 | 16 | .407 | 57.2 | 61.6 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Rk | West | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% | Own | Opp | SRS | SOS |
| 1 | Mississippi* R | 11 | 5 | .688 | 20 | 9 | .690 | 69.5 | 63.8 | 11.3 | 5.7 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 8 | 8 | .500 | 18 | 14 | .563 | 79.0 | 71.3 | 14.7 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Auburn | 6 | 10 | .375 | 16 | 15 | .516 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 4 | Alabama | 6 | 10 | .375 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 69.0 | 65.4 | 9.7 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Mississippi State | 6 | 10 | .375 | 12 | 18 | .400 | 64.7 | 69.7 | 1.9 | 6.9 |
| 6 | Louisiana State | 3 | 13 | .188 | 10 | 20 | .333 | 66.7 | 70.5 | 3.9 | 7.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| South Carolina | 25 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Georgia | 24 | 21 | 24 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 24 | 20 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 13 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi | 20 |
NCAA Tournament
First Round
Georgia lost (73-70) versus Chattanooga (Southeast Regional)
Kentucky won (92-54) versus Montana (West Regional)
Mississippi lost (62-40) versus Temple (Midwest Regional)
South Carolina lost (78-65) versus Coppin State (East Regional)
Vanderbilt lost (80-68) versus Xavier (Midwest Regional)
Second Round
Kentucky won (75-69) versus Iowa (West Regional)
Regional Semifinal
Kentucky won (83-68) versus Saint Joseph's (West Regional)
Regional Final
Kentucky won (72-59) versus Utah (West Regional)
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