1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

	Conf				Overall
1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
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)

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

Awards

Team MVP

Bobby Jackson^[3]

References

↑ 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.

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

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Helms national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics