1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll; Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program; Minnesota: 5G NCAA Tourn. vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed records: Michigan-(24-11)(9-9); Minnesota-(35-5)(16-2)

The 1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota. The team, coached by Clem Haskins, compiled a 31–4 record, making it one of the most successful seasons in Gopher history. The team advanced to the final four of the 1997 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. However, an academic fraud scandal revealed in 1999 erased all official records of the team.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Year	Home Town
Russ Archambault		Guard	6–1	Freshman
Eric Harris		Guard	6–3	Junior
Bobby Jackson		Guard	6–1	Senior	Salisbury, North Carolina
Sam Jacobson		Forward	6–6	Junior	Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Courtney James		Forward	6–8	Sophomore	Indianapolis, Indiana
Quincy Lewis		Forward	6–7	Sophomore	Little Rock, Arkansas
Jason Stanford		Forward	6–6	Sophomore
Jermaine Stanford		Forward	6–6	Sophomore
Aaron Stauber		Guard	6–0	Senior
Miles Tarver	42	Forward	6–8	Sophomore
Charles Thomas		Center	6–9	Senior
John Thomas		Center	6–9	Senior	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trevor Winter		Center	7–0	Senior	Slayton, Minnesota

Results and Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 23*	#23	Stephen F. Austin	W 101–55	1–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
November 26*	#24	West Virginia	W 76–61	2–0	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
November 29*	#24	vs. Puerto Rico-Mayagüez San Juan Shootout	W 104–62	3–0	San Juan, PR
November 30*	#24	vs. Creighton San Juan Shootout	W 64–63	4–0	San Juan, PR
December 1*	#24	vs. #10 Clemson San Juan Shootout	W 75–65	5–0	San Juan, PR
December 5*	#16	at Alabama	L 67–70	5–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 15*	#17	St. John's	W 77–39	6–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 17*	#16	at Rhode Island	W 82–72	7–1	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
December 21*	#16	at Nebraska	W 70–56	8–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
December 23*	#16	Alabama State	W 114–34	9–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 28*	#15	Long Island University	W 104–84	10–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 31*	#15	Mercer	W 94–53	11–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 2	#15	Wisconsin	W 65–48	12–1 (1–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 4	#15	at Michigan State	W 68–43	13–1 (2–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 8	#11	at #15 Indiana	W 96–91 ^OT	14–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 11	#11	#16 Michigan	W 70–64	15–1 (4–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 14	#7	at Illinois	L 90–96	15–2 (4–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
January 18	#7	at Ohio State	W 73–67	16–2 (5–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
January 23	#8	Iowa	W 66–51	17–2 (6–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 25	#8	Purdue	W 91–68	18–2 (7–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 1	#6	at Northwestern	W 75–56	19–2 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 5	#4	Penn State	W 85–70	20–2 (9–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 12	#3	at Purdue	W 70–67	21–2 (10–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 15	#3	at Iowa	W 68–66	22–2 (11–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 19	#2	Ohio State	W 60–48	23–2 (12–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 22	#2	#23 Illinois	W 67–66	24–2 (13–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 26	#2	at #24 Michigan	W 55–54	25–2 (14–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
March 1	#2	#22 Indiana	W 75–72	26–2 (15–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 6	#2	Michigan State	W 81–74	27–2 (16–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 8	#2	at Wisconsin	L 65–66	27–3 (16–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 14* CBS Regional	#3	vs. Southwest Texas State NCAA Tournament First Round, No. 1 vs. No. 16	W 78–46	28–3	Kansas City, MO
March 16* CBS Regional	#3	vs. Temple NCAA Tournament Second Round, No. 1 vs. No. 9	W 76–57	29–3	Kansas City, MO
March 20* CBS Regional	#3	vs. #14 Clemson NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, No. 1 vs. No. 4	W 90–84 ^2OT	30–3	San Antonio, TX
March 22* CBS	#3	vs. #7 UCLA NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, No. 1 vs. No. 2	W 80–72	31–3	San Antonio, TX
March 29* CBS	#3	vs. #5 Kentucky NCAA Tournament Final Four, No. 1 vs. No.1	L 69–78	31–4	Indianapolis, IN^[1]
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll[^[2]. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time ^[3].

Awards

Team MVP

Bobby Jackson^[4]

References

↑ http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1
↑ http://www.appollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=747 AP Poll Archive – 97 Season
↑ "2007–08 Schedule." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.
↑ Awards and Honors, May 4, 2006. Access date September 28, 2008.

[1] ttp://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1

[2] ttp://www.appollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=747 AP Poll Archive – 97 Season

[3] "2007–08 Schedule." tarheelblue.com. Retrieved on March 30, 2008.

[4] Awards and Honors, May 4, 2006. Access date September 28, 2008.

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1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Minnesota*	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Iowa	12	–	6	.667	22	–	10	.688
Purdue	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
#19 Illinois	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Wisconsin	11	–	7	.611	18	–	10	.643
Indiana	9	–	9	.500	22	–	11	.667
Michigan State	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Ohio State	5	–	13	.278	10	–	17	.370
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	10	–	17	.370
Northwestern	2	–	16	.111	7	–	22	.241
Michigan*	0	–	9	.000	0	–	11	.000

Rankings from AP Poll Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program Minnesota: 5G NCAA Tourn. vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed records: Michigan-(24-11)(9-9); Minnesota-(35-5)(16-2)