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1996-97 California Golden Bears Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-9 (12-6, 3rd in Pac-10 MBB)

Coach: Ben Braun

PS/G: 75.1 (62nd of 306)

PA/G: 67.8 (108th of 306)

SRS: 17.34 (12th of 305)

SOS: 10.12 (13th of 305)

ORtg: 102.9 (108th of 306)

DRtg: 93.0 (28th of 306)

NCAA Tournament: (#5 seed in East)
Won East First Round (55-52) versus #12 Princeton
Won East Second Round (75-68) versus #4 Villanova
Lost East Regional Semifinal (63-57) versus #1 North Carolina

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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
California	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Mon, Nov 25, 1996	REG	N	Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	W	75	59		1	0	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
2	Tue, Nov 26, 1996	REG	N	Kansas (2)	Big 12	26.60	L	67	85		1	1	L 1	Lahaina Civic Center
3	Wed, Nov 27, 1996	REG	N	Massachusetts (17)	A-10	10.54	W	59	55		2	1	W 1	Lahaina Civic Center
4	Sat, Nov 30, 1996	REG		Texas Southern	SWAC	-15.22	W	97	60		3	1	W 2	Harmon Gym
5	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.68	W	89	88	2OT	4	1	W 3	Harmon Gym
6	Sun, Dec 8, 1996	REG	@	Maryland	ACC	17.52	L	64	80		4	2	L 1	Cole Fieldhouse
7	Mon, Dec 9, 1996	REG	N	Mississippi State	SEC	1.98	W	78	45		5	2	W 1	US Airways Arena
8	Fri, Dec 20, 1996	REG	N	Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	76	63		6	2	W 2	Continental Airlines Arena
9	Mon, Dec 23, 1996	REG		San Francisco	WCC	-0.17	W	78	63		7	2	W 3	Harmon Gym
10	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG		Howard	MEAC	-17.92	W	86	61		8	2	W 4	Harmon Gym
11	Sun, Dec 29, 1996	REG		Cal Poly	Big West	-0.65	W	77	59		9	2	W 5	Harmon Gym
12	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Arizona (9)	Pac-10	21.66	L	80	81		9	3	L 1	McKale Center
13	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG	@	Arizona State	Pac-10	2.24	L	60	64		9	4	L 2	Wells Fargo Arena
14	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG		Southern California	Pac-10	14.51	W	83	71		10	4	W 1	Harmon Gym
15	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG		UCLA	Pac-10	16.62	L	56	64		10	5	L 1	Harmon Gym
16	Thu, Jan 16, 1997	REG	@	Oregon State	Pac-10	2.29	W	80	70		11	5	W 1	Gill Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG	@	Oregon (24)	Pac-10	13.74	W	73	62		12	5	W 2	McArthur Court
18	Thu, Jan 23, 1997	REG		Washington State	Pac-10	8.23	W	77	75	2OT	13	5	W 3	Harmon Gym
19	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Washington	Pac-10	10.83	W	80	52		14	5	W 4	Harmon Gym
20	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG		Stanford (15)	Pac-10	19.89	W	70	64		15	5	W 5	Harmon Gym
21	Thu, Feb 6, 1997	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	16.62	W	71	68		16	5	W 6	Pauley Pavilion
22	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG	@	Southern California	Pac-10	14.51	L	85	93		16	6	L 1	L.A. Sports Arena
23	Thu, Feb 13, 1997	REG		Oregon	Pac-10	13.74	W	73	66		17	6	W 1	Harmon Gym
24	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG		Oregon State	Pac-10	2.29	W	90	68		18	6	W 2	Harmon Gym
25	Thu, Feb 20, 1997	REG	@	Washington	Pac-10	10.83	W	78	67		19	6	W 3	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
26	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG	@	Washington State	Pac-10	8.23	L	87	89		19	7	L 1	Friel Court at Beasley Coliseum
27	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG	@	Stanford (25)	Pac-10	19.89	L	63	73		19	8	L 2	Maples Pavilion
28	Thu, Mar 6, 1997	REG		Arizona State	Pac-10	2.24	W	84	66		20	8	W 1	Harmon Gym
29	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	REG	N	Arizona (12)	Pac-10	21.66	W	79	77		21	8	W 2	Harmon Gym
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 13, 1997	NCAA	N	Princeton	Ivy	7.11	W	55	52		22	8	W 3	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
31	Sat, Mar 15, 1997	NCAA	N	Villanova (20)	Big East	16.62	W	75	68		23	8	W 4	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
32	Fri, Mar 21, 1997	NCAA	N	North Carolina (4)	ACC	21.23	L	57	63		23	9	L 1	Carrier Dome