1996–97 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri during the 1996–97 men's college basketball season. The highlights of the season included upsetting rival and number-one ranked Kansas at home in double overtime and an unexpected run to the finals of the Big 12 tournament.

1996–97 Missouri Tigers men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	16–17 (5–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Norm Stewart (30th season)
Assistant coaches	Kim Anderson (6th season) Rich Daly (14th season) Lee Winfield (5th season)
Captains	Chip Walther Game captains
Home arena	Hearnes Center
Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Kansas †	15	–	1		.938			34	–	2		.944
No. 24 Colorado	11	–	5		.688			22	–	10		.688
Texas	10	–	6		.625			18	–	12		.600
No. 18 Iowa State	10	–	6		.625			22	–	9		.710
Texas Tech	10	–	6		.625			19	–	9		.679
Oklahoma	9	–	7		.563			19	–	11		.633
Nebraska	7	–	9		.438			18	–	15		.545
Oklahoma State	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Baylor	6	–	10		.375			18	–	12		.600
Missouri	5	–	11		.313			16	–	17		.485
Texas A&M	3	–	13		.188			9	–	18		.333
Kansas State	3	–	13		.188			10	–	17		.370
† 1997 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 23* no		Chicago State	W 76–46	1–0	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
November 29* no		vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga San Juan Shootout	W 83–74	2–0	Caguas Municipal Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
November 30* no		vs. No. 10 Clemson San Juan Shootout	L 45–47	2–1	Caguas Municipal Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 1* no		vs. Creighton San Juan Shootout	W 73–71 ^OT	3–1	Caguas Municipal Complex  San Juan, Puerto Rico
December 4* no		Arkansas State	W 81–47	4–1	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
December 7* no, ESPN		No. 22 Arkansas	L 76–80	4–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
December 15* no		Southeast Missouri	W 64–50	5–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
December 17* no		Northwest Missouri	W 77–56	6–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
December 19* no		Mercer	W 90–63	7–2	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
December 21* no, ESPN		at Iowa	L 77–88	7–3	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
December 28* no		at Illinois Braggin' Rights	L 69–85	7–4	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
December 30* no		Southern	W 111–69	8–4	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 4 no		No. 4 Iowa State	L 65–68	8–5 (0–1)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 7 no		Colorado	L 78–87	8–6 (0–2)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 11 no		at Oklahoma State	L 67–68	8–7 (0–3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
January 14 no		Baylor	W 82–66	9–7 (1–3)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 18 no, ESPN		at Nebraska	L 53–76	9–8 (1–4)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
January 22 no		Nebraska	W 75–74	10–8 (2–4)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 26 no, CBS		at No. 23 Texas	L 75–80	10–9 (2–5)	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
January 28 no		at Texas A&M	L 57–61	10–10 (2–6)	G. Rollie White Coliseum  College Station, TX
February 1 no		Kansas State	W 85–63	11–10 (3–6)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 4 no		No. 1 Kansas Border War	W 96–94 ^2OT	12–10 (4–6)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 9* no, ABC		No. 2 Wake Forest	L 65–73	12–11 (4–6)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 12 no		at No. 9 Iowa State	L 59–87	12–12 (4–7)	Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 15 no		Oklahoma	W 80–73	13–12 (5–7)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
February 17 no, ESPN		at No. 1 Kansas Border War	L 67–79	13–13 (5–8)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 22 no		at No. 21 Colorado	L 75–84	13–14 (5–9)	Coors Events Center  Boulder, CO
February 25 no		Texas Tech	L 73–84	13–15 (5–10)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
March 1 no		at Kansas State	L 60–76	13–16 (5–11)	Bramlage Coliseum  Manhattan, KS
March 6* no		vs. Nebraska Big 12 Tournament	W 78–72	14–16	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 7* no		vs. Texas Big 12 Tournament	W 80–75	15–16	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 8* no		vs. Oklahoma Big 12 Tournament	W 89–80	16–16	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 9* no, CBS		vs. No. 1 Kansas Big 12 Tournament	L 60–87	16–17	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Note: Texas Tech later forfeited its win due to ineligible players. ^[2]

References

1. 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. 2012–13 Missouri basketball history and records 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-27.