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1996-97 Mercer Bears Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 3-23 (1-15, 6th in TAAC MBB West)

Coach: Bill Hodges

PS/G: 64.3 (262nd of 306)

PA/G: 80.8 (294th of 306)

SRS: -27.86 (305th of 305)

SOS: -10.61 (297th of 305)

ORtg: 90.1 (281st of 306)

DRtg: 113.0 (295th 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
Mercer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Nov 23, 1996	REG		Brewton-Parker			L	60	76		0	1	L 1	Porter Gym
2	Mon, Dec 2, 1996	REG		North Georgia			W	93	90	OT	1	1	W 1	Porter Gym
3	Fri, Dec 6, 1996	REG	N	Long Beach State	Big West	-1.51	L	45	76		1	2	L 1	Mackey Arena
4	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG	N	Cornell	Ivy	-7.83	L	39	67		1	3	L 2	Mackey Arena
5	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG	@	Georgia Southern	Southern	-20.61	L	58	73		1	4	L 3	Hanner Fieldhouse
6	Tue, Dec 17, 1996	REG		Western Carolina	Southern	-11.08	L	84	93		1	5	L 4	Porter Gym
7	Thu, Dec 19, 1996	REG	@	Missouri	Big 12	8.95	L	63	90		1	6	L 5	Hearnes Center
8	Tue, Dec 31, 1996	REG	@	Minnesota (15)	Big Ten	23.34	L	53	94		1	7	L 6	Williams Arena
9	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG		College of Charleston	TAAC	5.86	L	64	88		1	8	L 7	Porter Gym
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Campbell	TAAC	-14.73	L	56	68		1	9	L 8	Porter Gym
11	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG	@	Florida Atlantic	TAAC	-7.46	L	64	81		1	10	L 9	FAU Arena
12	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Florida International	TAAC	-4.65	L	69	78		1	11	L 10	US Century Bank Arena
13	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG		UCF	TAAC	-18.28	L	60	77		1	12	L 11	Porter Gym
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	Stetson	TAAC	-15.06	L	67	75		1	13	L 12	Edmunds Center
15	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG		Jacksonville State	TAAC	-15.83	L	61	69		1	14	L 13	Porter Gym
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Samford	TAAC	-11.30	L	72	75	OT	1	15	L 14	Porter Gym
17	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG	@	Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-18.09	L	61	95		1	16	L 15	Gold Dome
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	Southeastern Louisiana	TAAC	-19.29	L	58	74		1	17	L 16	University Center
19	Mon, Feb 3, 1997	REG		Georgia State	TAAC	-15.84	L	72	80		1	18	L 17	Porter Gym
20	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG		Centenary (LA)	TAAC	-18.09	W	77	69		2	18	W 1	Porter Gym
21	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Southeastern Louisiana	TAAC	-19.29	L	71	84		2	19	L 1	Porter Gym
22	Mon, Feb 10, 1997	REG		Wofford	Ind	-15.42	W	77	75		3	19	W 1	Porter Gym
23	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Wofford	Ind	-15.42	L	72	97		3	20	L 1	Benjamin Johnson Arena
24	Tue, Feb 18, 1997	REG	@	Georgia State	TAAC	-15.84	L	57	82		3	21	L 2	GSU Sports Arena
25	Thu, Feb 20, 1997	REG	@	Samford	TAAC	-11.30	L	76	96		3	22	L 3	Seibert Hall
26	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Jacksonville State	TAAC	-15.83	L	44	78		3	23	L 4	Pete Mathews Coliseum