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1996-97 Men's Southeastern Conference Schedule and Results

1995-96 SEC 1997-98 SEC

Record: 219-157, .582 W-L% (5th of 31) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 10.31 (5th of 31)

SOS: 6.81 (5th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: South Carolina (East) and Ole Miss (West)

Player of the Year: Ron Mercer

Coach of the Year: Eddie Fogler, Rob Evans

Conference Tournament Champion: Kentucky

NCAA Tournament: 5 teams (Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (Arkansas and Kentucky)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina)

107 Games

Conference games only

107 Games Table
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Thu, Jan 2, 1997	Mississippi	91	Arkansas	74
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Tennessee	40	Kentucky	74
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Louisiana State	66	Mississippi State	69
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Auburn	56	South Carolina	66
Sat, Jan 4, 1997	Alabama	84	Vanderbilt	92
Sun, Jan 5, 1997	Arkansas	62	Florida	75
Sun, Jan 5, 1997	Georgia	66	Mississippi	73
Tue, Jan 7, 1997	Mississippi State	61	Kentucky	90
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Arkansas	56	Auburn	55
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Florida	82	Louisiana State	88	OT
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Alabama	59	Mississippi	46
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Tennessee	41	South Carolina	73
Wed, Jan 8, 1997	Georgia	61	Vanderbilt	53
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Louisiana State	57	Arkansas	82
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Florida	65	Auburn	79
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Kentucky	69	Mississippi	73
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	South Carolina	73	Mississippi State	65
Sat, Jan 11, 1997	Vanderbilt	65	Tennessee	75
Tue, Jan 14, 1997	Kentucky	86	Georgia	65
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Arkansas	72	Alabama	68
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Tennessee	35	Auburn	43
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	South Carolina	80	Florida	79
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Vanderbilt	69	Louisiana State	62
Wed, Jan 15, 1997	Mississippi	64	Mississippi State	75
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Alabama	66	Florida	85
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Auburn	53	Kentucky	77
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Georgia	71	South Carolina	82
Sat, Jan 18, 1997	Mississippi	64	Vanderbilt	67
Sun, Jan 19, 1997	Louisiana State	52	Tennessee	66
Tue, Jan 21, 1997	Mississippi State	64	Arkansas	98
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	South Carolina	62	Alabama	60
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Florida	70	Georgia	77	OT
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Vanderbilt	46	Kentucky	58
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Auburn	59	Louisiana State	75
Wed, Jan 22, 1997	Tennessee	48	Mississippi	70
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Louisiana State	66	Alabama	75
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Auburn	48	Georgia	53
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Vanderbilt	53	Mississippi State	60
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Mississippi	63	South Carolina	86
Sat, Jan 25, 1997	Florida	56	Tennessee	50
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Sun, Jan 26, 1997	Kentucky	83	Arkansas	73
Tue, Jan 28, 1997	Alabama	62	Auburn	72
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Kentucky	92	Florida	65
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Mississippi State	68	Louisiana State	60
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Arkansas	52	Mississippi	71
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	Georgia	63	Tennessee	50
Wed, Jan 29, 1997	South Carolina	65	Vanderbilt	64
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Vanderbilt	74	Florida	63
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Georgia	57	Kentucky	82
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	South Carolina	80	Louisiana State	65
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Auburn	46	Mississippi	57
Sat, Feb 1, 1997	Alabama	51	Mississippi State	64
Tue, Feb 4, 1997	Kentucky	79	South Carolina	84	OT
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Georgia	83	Alabama	74
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Tennessee	54	Arkansas	77
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Mississippi State	68	Auburn	81
Wed, Feb 5, 1997	Mississippi	79	Louisiana State	73
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Louisiana State	72	Auburn	76
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Mississippi State	54	Georgia	56
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Florida	68	South Carolina	76
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Alabama	61	Tennessee	65
Sat, Feb 8, 1997	Arkansas	83	Vanderbilt	87	OT
Tue, Feb 11, 1997	Auburn	42	Arkansas	75
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Mississippi	54	Alabama	57
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	South Carolina	74	Georgia	77
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Louisiana State	48	Kentucky	84
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Florida	72	Mississippi State	69
Wed, Feb 12, 1997	Tennessee	53	Vanderbilt	66
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Georgia	74	Arkansas	79
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Vanderbilt	75	Auburn	61
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Florida	56	Kentucky	85
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Alabama	78	Louisiana State	72
Sat, Feb 15, 1997	Mississippi State	53	Tennessee	54
Tue, Feb 18, 1997	Arkansas	65	South Carolina	78
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Kentucky	75	Alabama	61
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Tennessee	54	Florida	76
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Vanderbilt	86	Georgia	80
Wed, Feb 19, 1997	Mississippi State	61	Mississippi	84
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Auburn	50	Alabama	55
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Louisiana State	59	Georgia	82
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	South Carolina	69	Tennessee	58
Sat, Feb 22, 1997	Kentucky	82	Vanderbilt	79
Sun, Feb 23, 1997	Mississippi	67	Florida	65
Sun, Feb 23, 1997	Arkansas	77	Mississippi State	93
Tue, Feb 25, 1997	Kentucky	74	Tennessee	64
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Alabama	53	Arkansas	73
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Georgia	88	Florida	76
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Louisiana State	68	Mississippi	74
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Auburn	68	Mississippi State	64
Wed, Feb 26, 1997	Vanderbilt	53	South Carolina	74
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Mississippi State	49	Alabama	78
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Mississippi	71	Auburn	63
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Tennessee	55	Georgia	69
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Arkansas	64	Louisiana State	66
Sat, Mar 1, 1997	Florida	72	Vanderbilt	79
Sun, Mar 2, 1997	South Carolina	72	Kentucky	66
Thu, Mar 6, 1997	Alabama	80	Florida	66		SEC First Round
Thu, Mar 6, 1997	Georgia	75	Louisiana State	54		SEC First Round
Thu, Mar 6, 1997	Auburn	67	Tennessee	54		SEC First Round
Thu, Mar 6, 1997	Mississippi State	67	Vanderbilt	73	OT	SEC First Round
Date	Visitor/Neutral	PTS	Home/Neutral	PTS	OT	Notes
Fri, Mar 7, 1997	Arkansas	63	Georgia	65		SEC Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 7, 1997	Auburn	50	Kentucky	92		SEC Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 7, 1997	Alabama	61	South Carolina	72		SEC Quarterfinal
Fri, Mar 7, 1997	Mississippi	64	Vanderbilt	62		SEC Quarterfinal
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Kentucky	88	Mississippi	70		SEC Semifinal
Sat, Mar 8, 1997	Georgia	78	South Carolina	63		SEC Semifinal
Sun, Mar 9, 1997	Georgia	68	Kentucky	95		SEC Final

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