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1996-97 Evansville Purple Aces Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 17-14 (11-7, 4th in MVC MBB)

Coach: Jim Crews

PS/G: 63.4 (270th of 306)

PA/G: 64.5 (48th of 306)

SRS: 2.74 (115th of 305)

SOS: 3.90 (90th of 305)

ORtg: 98.0 (195th of 306)

DRtg: 99.8 (164th of 306)

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
Evansville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Wed, Nov 20, 1996	REG		Drexel	AEC	3.67	W	65	61		1	0	W 1	Roberts Stadium
2	Fri, Nov 22, 1996	REG		Iona	MAAC	3.52	W	44	41		2	0	W 2	Roberts Stadium
3	Sun, Nov 24, 1996	REG		Radford	Big South	-8.87	W	68	47		3	0	W 3	Roberts Stadium
4	Wed, Nov 27, 1996	REG	N	Indiana (20)	Big Ten	13.94	L	73	74		3	1	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)
5	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG	N	Tulsa (22)	WAC	15.00	L	51	55		3	2	L 2	Madison Square Garden (IV)
6	Sun, Dec 1, 1996	REG	@	Tennessee-Martin	OVC	-10.62	W	62	58		4	2	W 1	Skyhawk Arena
7	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG		Robert Morris	NEC	-15.36	W	64	50		5	2	W 2	Roberts Stadium
8	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	@	Western Michigan	MAC	-0.40	L	62	78		5	3	L 1	University Arena
9	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG		Butler	MW Coll	7.61	L	50	61		5	4	L 2	Roberts Stadium
10	Tue, Dec 17, 1996	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	12.07	L	77	86		5	5	L 3	Roberts Stadium
11	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG	N	Indiana (13)	Big Ten	13.94	L	57	75		5	6	L 4	RCA Dome
12	Sun, Dec 29, 1996	REG		Vanderbilt	SEC	11.55	W	66	61		6	6	W 1	Roberts Stadium
13	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG		Wichita State	MVC	5.89	L	55	69		6	7	L 1	Roberts Stadium
14	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG	@	Illinois State	MVC	10.81	L	67	80		6	8	L 2	Redbird Arena
15	Tue, Jan 7, 1997	REG	@	Southern Illinois	MVC	2.83	W	80	75		7	8	W 1	SIU Arena
16	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Bradley	MVC	8.03	L	50	64		7	9	L 1	Carver Arena
17	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG		Drake	MVC	-6.16	W	69	62		8	9	W 1	Roberts Stadium
18	Sun, Jan 19, 1997	REG		Illinois State	MVC	10.81	L	53	67		8	10	L 1	Roberts Stadium
19	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG	@	Indiana State	MVC	-3.14	W	70	59		9	10	W 1	Hulman Center
20	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Creighton	MVC	3.92	W	70	63		10	10	W 2	Roberts Stadium
21	Mon, Jan 27, 1997	REG		Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	W	57	54		11	10	W 3	Roberts Stadium
22	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG	@	Drake	MVC	-6.16	W	59	54		12	10	W 4	Knapp Center
23	Sun, Feb 2, 1997	REG	@	Creighton	MVC	3.92	L	62	75		12	11	L 1	Omaha Civic Auditorium
24	Wed, Feb 5, 1997	REG		Bradley	MVC	8.03	W	58	55		13	11	W 1	Roberts Stadium
25	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Missouri State	MVC	6.55	W	67	64		14	11	W 2	Roberts Stadium
26	Tue, Feb 11, 1997	REG	@	Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	L	63	75		14	12	L 1	UNI-Dome
27	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Wichita State	MVC	5.89	W	62	60		15	12	W 1	Levitt Arena
28	Mon, Feb 17, 1997	REG	@	Missouri State	MVC	6.55	L	66	74		15	13	L 1	Hammons Student Center
29	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Southern Illinois	MVC	2.83	W	77	59		16	13	W 1	Roberts Stadium
30	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG		Indiana State	MVC	-3.14	W	76	72		17	13	W 2	Roberts Stadium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
31	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	CTOURN	N	Northern Iowa	MVC	5.80	L	65	73		17	14	L 1	Kiel Center