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1996-97 Villanova Wildcats Schedule and Results

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Overall: 24-10, .706 W-L% (40th of 305)
Conference: 12-6, 1st in Big East Big East 6 (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Steve Lappas (24-10)

PS/G: 75.3 (47th of 305) ▪ PA/G: 68.1 (106th of 305)
SRS: 16.64 (16th of 305) ▪ SOS: 9.45 (16th of 305)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in East)
Won East First Round (101-91) versus #13 Long Island University
Lost East Second Round (75-68) versus #5 California

AP Poll Summary

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
7 6 5 5 4 10 10 10 8 16 12 14 16 18 19 18 21 20

Schedule and Results

G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
1 Sat, Nov 30, 1996 REG N Butler MW Coll W 62 54 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Dec 1, 1996 REG N Tulane CUSA W 85 70 2 0 W 2
3 Wed, Dec 4, 1996 REG Providence Big East W 75 64 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Dec 7, 1996 REG @ St. John's (NY) Big East W 82 70 4 0 W 4
5 Tue, Dec 10, 1996 REG @ Pennsylvania Ivy W 89 62 5 0 W 5
6 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 REG Duke ACC L 79 87 5 1 L 1
7 Sat, Dec 21, 1996 REG Mount St. Mary's NEC W 91 66 6 1 W 1
8 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 REG @ Saint Joseph's A-10 W 81 65 7 1 W 2
9 Sat, Dec 28, 1996 REG Rider NEC W 75 61 8 1 W 3
10 Mon, Dec 30, 1996 REG North Carolina-Wilmington CAA W 87 38 9 1 W 4
11 Thu, Jan 2, 1997 REG Seton Hall Big East W 88 67 10 1 W 5
12 Mon, Jan 6, 1997 REG @ Providence Big East L 68 91 10 2 L 1
13 Wed, Jan 8, 1997 REG Oral Roberts Ind W 64 46 11 2 W 1
14 Sat, Jan 11, 1997 REG Miami (FL) Big East L 59 61 11 3 L 1
15 Tue, Jan 14, 1997 REG @ Notre Dame Big East W 68 57 12 3 W 1
16 Sat, Jan 18, 1997 REG Rutgers Big East W 79 56 13 3 W 2
17 Mon, Jan 20, 1997 REG Syracuse Big East L 60 62 13 4 L 1
18 Sat, Jan 25, 1997 REG @ Boston College Big East W 84 66 14 4 W 1
19 Mon, Jan 27, 1997 REG @ Georgetown Big East L 67 78 14 5 L 1
20 Sat, Feb 1, 1997 REG @ Syracuse Big East W 70 60 15 5 W 1
21 Tue, Feb 4, 1997 REG West Virginia Big East W 81 70 16 5 W 2
22 Sun, Feb 9, 1997 REG @ Kentucky SEC L 56 93 16 6 L 1
23 Wed, Feb 12, 1997 REG @ Pittsburgh Big East L 89 95 16 7 L 2
24 Sun, Feb 16, 1997 REG Notre Dame Big East W 75 70 17 7 W 1
25 Wed, Feb 19, 1997 REG St. John's (NY) Big East W 65 54 18 7 W 2
26 Sun, Feb 23, 1997 REG Connecticut Big East W 65 58 19 7 W 3
27 Wed, Feb 26, 1997 REG @ West Virginia Big East L 76 83 19 8 L 1
28 Sat, Mar 1, 1997 REG @ Rutgers Big East W 84 74 20 8 W 1
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
29 Thu, Mar 6, 1997 CTOURN N Syracuse Big East W 80 70 21 8 W 2
30 Fri, Mar 7, 1997 CTOURN N Providence Big East W 73 63 22 8 W 3
31 Sat, Mar 8, 1997 CTOURN N Boston College Big East L 58 70 22 9 L 1
G Date Type Opponent Conf Tm Opp OT W L Streak
32 Thu, Mar 13, 1997 NCAA N Long Island University NEC W 101 91 23 9 W 1
33 Sat, Mar 15, 1997 NCAA N California Pac-10 L 68 75 23 10 L 1