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1996-97 South Alabama Jaguars Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-7 (14-4, 2nd in Sun Belt MBB)

Coach: Bill Musselman

PS/G: 66.2 (232nd of 306)

PA/G: 56.6 (5th of 306)

SRS: 4.03 (96th of 305)

SOS: -4.51 (211th of 305)

ORtg: 106.9 (50th of 306)

DRtg: 91.4 (21st of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#13 seed in Southeast)
Lost Southeast First Round (65-57) versus #4 Arizona

Sun Belt Reg Season Champ
Sun Belt 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
South Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		Abilene Christian			W	85	62		1	0	W 1	Jaguar Gym
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1996	REG		West Florida			W	86	60		2	0	W 2	Jaguar Gym
3	Fri, Nov 29, 1996	REG		Grambling	SWAC	-18.06	W	57	54		3	0	W 3	Jaguar Gym
4	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG	@	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	0.26	L	36	55		3	1	L 1	Reed Green Coliseum
5	Sat, Dec 7, 1996	REG		Florida A&M	MEAC	-17.92	W	81	53		4	1	W 1	Jaguar Gym
6	Tue, Dec 10, 1996	REG		UAB	CUSA	3.08	W	74	63	OT	5	1	W 2	Jaguar Gym
7	Wed, Dec 18, 1996	REG	@	Auburn	SEC	5.42	L	51	60		5	2	L 1	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum
8	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG		Nicholls State	Southland	-13.04	W	69	66		6	2	W 1	Jaguar Gym
9	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG		Louisiana	Sun Belt	-6.05	L	63	66		6	3	L 1	Jaguar Gym
10	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG		Little Rock	Sun Belt	-1.58	W	64	56		7	3	W 1	Jaguar Gym
11	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG	@	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-5.48	W	72	53		8	3	W 2	Convocation Center
12	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Texas-Rio Grande Valley	Sun Belt	-17.34	W	72	58		9	3	W 3	Jaguar Gym
13	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG	@	Lamar	Sun Belt	-4.47	W	84	62		10	3	W 4	Montagne Center
14	Mon, Jan 13, 1997	REG	@	Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-14.03	W	77	45		11	3	W 5	Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum
15	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	-4.67	W	68	66		12	3	W 6	E. A. Diddle Arena
16	Mon, Jan 20, 1997	REG		New Orleans	Sun Belt	4.73	W	65	52		13	3	W 7	Jaguar Gym
17	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG	@	Little Rock	Sun Belt	-1.58	L	47	48		13	4	L 1	Barton Coliseum
18	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG	@	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-5.48	W	79	68		14	4	W 1	Convocation Center
19	Thu, Jan 30, 1997	REG	@	New Orleans	Sun Belt	4.73	L	51	58		14	5	L 1	Kiefer Lakefront Arena
20	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	Sun Belt	-17.34	W	65	51		15	5	W 1	UTPA Fieldhouse
21	Mon, Feb 3, 1997	REG		Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-0.75	W	56	50		16	5	W 2	Jaguar Gym
22	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Lamar	Sun Belt	-4.47	W	66	53		17	5	W 3	Jaguar Gym
23	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Jacksonville	Sun Belt	-14.03	W	92	74		18	5	W 4	Jaguar Gym
24	Thu, Feb 20, 1997	REG	@	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-0.75	W	44	43		19	5	W 5	Thomas Assembly Center
25	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	-4.67	W	83	59		20	5	W 6	Jaguar Gym
26	Mon, Feb 24, 1997	REG	@	Louisiana	Sun Belt	-6.05	L	62	65		20	6	L 1	Cajundome
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	CTOURN	N	Louisiana	Sun Belt	-6.05	W	66	39		21	6	W 1	Barton Coliseum
28	Sun, Mar 2, 1997	CTOURN	@	Little Rock	Sun Belt	-1.58	W	71	52		22	6	W 2	Barton Coliseum
29	Tue, Mar 4, 1997	CTOURN	N	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-0.75	W	44	43		23	6	W 3	Barton Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Arizona (15)	Pac-10	21.66	L	57	65		23	7	L 1	The Pyramid