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1996-97 Michigan State Spartans Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 17-12 (9-9, 8th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Tom Izzo

PS/G: 69.8 (164th of 306)

PA/G: 65.7 (66th of 306)

SRS: 12.07 (45th of 305)

SOS: 7.93 (40th of 305)

ORtg: 101.9 (126th of 306)

DRtg: 95.9 (73rd of 306)

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
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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		East Tennessee State	Southern	-19.41	W	83	45		1	0	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
2	Tue, Dec 3, 1996	REG		Cleveland State	MW Coll	-6.70	W	83	78		2	0	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
3	Thu, Dec 5, 1996	REG		Illinois-Chicago	MW Coll	-1.53	W	90	60		3	0	W 3	Breslin Student Events Center
4	Sat, Dec 14, 1996	REG	@	Detroit Mercy	MW Coll	1.91	L	84	86	3OT	3	1	L 1	Calihan Hall
5	Tue, Dec 17, 1996	REG	@	Evansville	MVC	2.74	W	86	77		4	1	W 1	Roberts Stadium
6	Sat, Dec 21, 1996	REG		Kansas State	Big 12	1.75	W	75	43		5	1	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
7	Fri, Dec 27, 1996	REG		Kent State	MAC	-3.99	W	83	64		6	1	W 3	Breslin Student Events Center
8	Sat, Dec 28, 1996	REG		Weber State	Big Sky	-3.62	W	83	51		7	1	W 4	Breslin Student Events Center
9	Thu, Jan 2, 1997	REG	@	Indiana (12)	Big Ten	13.94	L	65	77		7	2	L 1	Assembly Hall
10	Sat, Jan 4, 1997	REG		Minnesota (15)	Big Ten	23.34	L	43	68		7	3	L 2	Breslin Student Events Center
11	Thu, Jan 9, 1997	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.20	W	58	50		8	3	W 1	Wisconsin Field House
12	Sat, Jan 11, 1997	REG		Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	W	69	66		9	3	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
13	Wed, Jan 15, 1997	REG	@	Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	69	58		10	3	W 3	Bryce Jordan Center
14	Sat, Jan 18, 1997	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	W	75	62		11	3	W 4	Breslin Student Events Center
15	Wed, Jan 22, 1997	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.68	L	63	66		11	4	L 1	Breslin Student Events Center
16	Sat, Jan 25, 1997	REG		Michigan (13)	Big Ten	16.67	L	61	74		11	5	L 2	Breslin Student Events Center
17	Wed, Jan 29, 1997	REG	@	Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	L	62	72		11	6	L 3	Mackey Arena
18	Sat, Feb 1, 1997	REG	@	Michigan (16)	Big Ten	16.67	L	65	85		11	7	L 4	Crisler Arena
19	Sat, Feb 8, 1997	REG		Purdue	Big Ten	12.24	L	62	77		11	8	L 5	Breslin Student Events Center
20	Wed, Feb 12, 1997	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	16.84	W	69	67		12	8	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
21	Sat, Feb 15, 1997	REG	@	Illinois (20)	Big Ten	15.68	L	68	79		12	9	L 1	Assembly Hall
22	Wed, Feb 19, 1997	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.46	L	58	70		12	10	L 2	Welsh-Ryan Arena
23	Sat, Feb 22, 1997	REG		Penn State	Big Ten	3.75	W	71	57		13	10	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
24	Wed, Feb 26, 1997	REG	@	Ohio State	Big Ten	8.45	W	67	65		14	10	W 2	St. John Arena
25	Sat, Mar 1, 1997	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	13.20	W	68	49		15	10	W 3	Breslin Student Events Center
26	Thu, Mar 6, 1997	REG	@	Minnesota (2)	Big Ten	23.34	L	74	81		15	11	L 1	Williams Arena
27	Sat, Mar 8, 1997	REG		Indiana (25)	Big Ten	13.94	W	63	60		16	11	W 1	Breslin Student Events Center
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
28	Wed, Mar 12, 1997	NIT		George Washington	A-10	10.34	W	65	50		17	11	W 2	Breslin Student Events Center
29	Mon, Mar 17, 1997	NIT	@	Florida State	ACC	16.14	L	63	68		17	12	L 1	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center