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1996-97 College of Charleston Cougars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 29-3 (16-0, 1st in TAAC MBB East)

Rank: 16th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: John Kresse

PS/G: 78.2 (33rd of 306)

PA/G: 65.9 (69th of 306)

SRS: 5.86 (85th of 305)

SOS: -6.84 (246th of 305)

ORtg: 110.8 (16th of 306)

DRtg: 93.3 (31st of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#12 seed in Southeast)
Won Southeast First Round (75-66) versus #5 Maryland
Lost Southeast Second Round (73-69) versus #4 Arizona

TAAC Reg Season Champ
TAAC Tourney Champ

AP Poll Summary

1996-97 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	12/16	12/23	12/30	1/6	1/13	1/20	1/27	2/3	2/10	2/17	2/24	3/3	Final
College of Charleston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	22	20	17	16

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 22, 1996	REG	@	Charleston Southern	Big South	-6.92	W	81	68		1	0	W 1	Buccaneer Field House
2	Wed, Nov 27, 1996	REG	N	Arizona State	Pac-10	2.24	W	77	68		2	0	W 2	Sullivan Arena
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG	N	Stanford (21)	Pac-10	19.89	W	82	78		3	0	W 3	Sullivan Arena
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG	N	Kentucky (8)	SEC	29.29	L	65	92		3	1	L 1	Sullivan Arena
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		The Citadel	Southern	-8.78	W	68	63		4	1	W 1	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
6	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		Presbyterian			W	62	56		5	1	W 2	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
7	Mon, Dec 16, 1996	REG		Elon			W	68	59		6	1	W 3	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
8	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG	@	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6.96	L	49	67		6	2	L 1	Gallagher-Iba Arena
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG		Drexel	AEC	3.67	W	75	65		7	2	W 1	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
10	Sun, Dec 29, 1996	REG		Northern Illinois	MW Coll	-4.85	W	71	67	OT	8	2	W 2	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
11	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Mercer	TAAC	-27.86	W	88	64		9	2	W 3	Porter Gym
12	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG	@	Georgia State	TAAC	-15.84	W	88	63		10	2	W 4	GSU Sports Arena
13	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Jacksonville State	TAAC	-15.83	W	90	74		11	2	W 5	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
14	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Samford	TAAC	-11.30	W	79	59		12	2	W 6	Seibert Hall
15	Mon, Jan 13, 1997	REG	@	Wofford	Ind	-15.42	W	88	64		13	2	W 7	Benjamin Johnson Arena
16	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG		Florida Atlantic	TAAC	-7.46	W	72	64		14	2	W 8	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
17	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Florida International	TAAC	-4.65	W	78	75		15	2	W 9	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
18	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG		Campbell	TAAC	-14.73	W	77	52		16	2	W 10	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
19	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG	@	UCF	TAAC	-18.28	W	87	63		17	2	W 11	UCF Arena
20	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	Stetson	TAAC	-15.06	W	77	56		18	2	W 12	Edmunds Center
21	Mon, Feb 3, 1997	REG	@	Campbell	TAAC	-14.73	W	97	58		19	2	W 13	Carter Gymnasium
22	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		UCF	TAAC	-18.28	W	90	61		20	2	W 14	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
23	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Stetson	TAAC	-15.06	W	62	44		21	2	W 15	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
24	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG	@	Florida International	TAAC	-4.65	W	85	81		22	2	W 16	US Century Bank Arena
25	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Florida Atlantic	TAAC	-7.46	W	64	60		23	2	W 17	FAU Arena
26	Thu, Feb 20, 1997	REG		Southeastern Louisiana	TAAC	-19.29	W	81	68		24	2	W 18	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
27	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-18.09	W	94	73		25	2	W 19	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Thu, Feb 27, 1997	CTOURN		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-18.09	W	89	71		26	2	W 20	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
29	Fri, Feb 28, 1997	CTOURN		Southeastern Louisiana	TAAC	-19.29	W	93	63		27	2	W 21	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
30	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	CTOURN		Florida International	TAAC	-4.65	W	83	73		28	2	W 22	F. Mitchell Johnson Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Maryland (22)	ACC	17.52	W	75	66		29	2	W 23	The Pyramid
32	Sat, Mar 15, 1997	NCAA	N	Arizona (15)	Pac-10	21.66	L	69	73		29	3	L 1	The Pyramid