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1996-97 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

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)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	East	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	South Carolina	15	1	.938	24	8	.750	74.1	66.7	15.1	7.0	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Kentucky	13	3	.813	35	5	.875	83.1	62.8	29.3	9.3	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion; NCAA FF
3	Georgia	10	6	.625	24	9	.727	72.0	65.9	13.1	7.0	NCAA Tournament
4	Vanderbilt	9	7	.563	19	12	.613	69.5	65.5	11.5	7.8	NCAA Tournament
5	Florida	5	11	.313	13	17	.433	74.0	72.7	5.5	5.2
6	Tennessee	4	12	.250	11	16	.407	57.2	61.6	2.0	6.4
Rk	West	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Mississippi	11	5	.688	20	9	.690	69.0	63.5	11.4	5.8	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion
2	Arkansas	8	8	.500	18	14	.563	79.0	71.3	14.7	7.1
3	Auburn	6	10	.375	16	15	.516	66.3	65.1	5.4	5.4
4	Alabama	6	10	.375	17	14	.548	69.9	64.7	9.8	6.1
5	Mississippi State	6	10	.375	12	18	.400	65.8	68.4	2.0	7.0
6	Louisiana State	3	13	.188	10	20	.333	66.7	70.5	3.9	7.7

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
Arkansas	13	16	16	22	20	19	22	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	24	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Carolina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	19	12	9	6	4	6
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	3	8	8	6	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	6	5
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	17

School Stats

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	South Carolina	32	24	8	.750	15	1	11	3	11	2	109.0	98.0	+10.9	24.8	54.9	.451	7.2	19.3	.371	.516	17.4	25.0	.695	12.6	36.8	13.3	7.0	3.1	14.1	16.5	74.1	66.7	15.09	7.00
2	Kentucky	40	35	5	.875	13	3	12	1	7	2	111.6	84.3	+27.3	31.0	65.8	.471	7.2	19.4	.369	.525	14.1	20.6	.682	16.0	39.4	19.4	12.0	5.1	14.7	20.1	83.1	62.8	29.29	9.26
3	Ole Miss	29	20	9	.690	11	5	14	1	4	6	103.0	94.7	+8.2	25.0	57.4	.436	4.9	15.9	.305	.478	14.1	21.3	.660	14.5	36.4	13.5	7.6	3.6	14.0	19.0	69.0	63.5	11.40	5.76	67.0
4	Georgia	33	24	9	.727	10	6	12	2	5	5	106.7	97.7	+9.0	24.3	55.5	.438	7.9	21.7	.365	.509	15.4	23.6	.654	15.0	38.7	14.3	6.1	3.7	15.5	19.1	72.0	65.9	13.09	7.03
5	Vanderbilt	31	19	12	.613	9	7	13	3	5	6	101.0	95.1	+5.9	22.8	51.4	.444	5.7	16.6	.344	.500	18.2	25.7	.706	10.6	31.8	14.8	9.7	1.9	15.6	16.8	69.5	65.5	11.55	7.78	68.3
6	Arkansas	32	18	14	.563	8	8	15	3	3	8	104.1	93.9	+10.1	28.7	64.9	.442	8.6	23.0	.372	.508	13.0	19.1	.679	13.3	36.1	15.9	9.9	3.9	15.4	19.9	79.0	71.3	14.74	7.05
7	Alabama	31	17	14	.548	6	10	10	5	2	7	113.6	105.3	+8.4	24.2	59.3	.408	8.0	21.6	.368	.475	13.6	18.6	.731	14.4	39.5	11.7	6.4	3.3	1.8	17.3	69.9	64.7	9.75	6.12
8	Auburn	31	16	15	.516	6	10	11	4	3	8	97.9	96.1	+1.9	23.5	56.7	.415	6.8	22.7	.302	.475	12.4	19.2	.644	15.0	37.1	12.5	7.9	3.3	16.3	18.4	66.3	65.1	5.42	5.42
9	Mississippi State	30	12	18	.400	6	10	10	4	1	8	93.2	96.9	-3.7	23.3	55.1	.422	4.6	13.7	.334	.464	14.7	21.5	.683	12.3	37.1	13.0	6.2	3.6	17.5	16.4	65.8	68.4	1.98	6.98	70.0
10	Florida	30	13	17	.433	5	11	8	6	4	6	103.4	101.6	+1.8	25.4	56.5	.450	8.5	22.7	.374	.524	14.7	21.0	.702	11.2	34.9	13.5	7.5	3.7	16.4	19.6	74.0	72.7	5.54	5.23	71.0
11	Tennessee	27	11	16	.407	4	12	11	5	0	10	87.0	93.6	-6.6	19.1	48.7	.393	3.6	11.4	.315	.430	15.3	22.1	.693	12.4	36.6	10.9	6.3	4.3	18.6	19.8	57.2	61.6	1.98	6.35
12	LSU	30	10	20	.333	3	13	9	6	0	8	91.8	97.1	-5.2	24.3	58.8	.414	3.6	12.5	.285	.444	14.4	20.8	.694	13.9	39.1	13.8	7.4	3.2	18.3	19.5	66.7	70.5	3.91	7.71

1996-97 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

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