1996–97 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University as a member of the Pac-10 Conference during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Mike Montgomery and played their home games at Maples Pavilion. Stanford finished in a three-way tie for second in the Pac-10 regular season standings and received an at-large bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. The Cardinal would reach the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 11 seed Oklahoma in the opening round and Tim Duncan-led No. 3 seed Wake Forest^[2] in the second round. The season came to and end after an overtime loss to No. 2 seed Utah^[3] in the West Regional semifinals. Stanford finished with an overall record of 22–8 (12–6 Pac-10).

1996–97 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 21
Record	22–8 (12–6 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Montgomery (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Doug Oliver Trent Johnson
Home arena	Maples Pavilion (Capacity: 7,392)
Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 UCLA	15	–	3		.833			24	–	8		.750
No. 21 Stanford	12	–	6		.667			22	–	8		.733
California	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
USC	12	–	6		.667			17	–	11		.607
No. 15 Arizona	11	–	7		.611			25	–	9		.735
Washington	10	–	8		.556			17	–	11		.607
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			17	–	11		.607
Washington State	5	–	13		.278			13	–	17		.433
Oregon State	3	–	15		.167			7	–	20		.259
Arizona State	2	–	16		.111			10	–	20		.333
Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

1996–97 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 3 Kris Weems 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — So   Kansas City, KS F 5 Peter Sauer 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So   Pittsburgh, PA 10 Mark Thompson   — — So   Los Angeles, CA G 11 Arthur Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So   Los Angeles, CA G 21 David Moseley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr   Las Cruces, NM G 22 Brevin Knight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Seton Hall Prep Livingston, NJ F 24 Rich Jackson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Sr   Provo, UT G 30 Johannes Burge 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) — Fr     F 32 Ryan Mendez 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr   Burleson, TX F 34 Karl Wente 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So     G 35 Kamba Tshionyi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) — Jr   Eugene, OR F 40 Pete Van Elswyk 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — Jr   Hamilton, CAN F 44 Mark Seaton 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) — So   Cypress, CA F 45 Mark Madsen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr San Ramon Valley High School Danville, CA F 50 Mark Mathiesen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) —   Los Altos, CA C 55 Tim Young 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Harbor Santa Cruz, CA	Head coach Mike Montgomery (Long Beach State) Assistant coach(es) Doug Oliver (San José State) Trent Johnson (Boise State) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 27, 1996*	No. 21	vs. UNC Greensboro Great Alaska Shootout	W 88–52	1–0	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 29, 1996*	No. 21	vs. College of Charleston Great Alaska Shootout	L 78–82	1–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 30, 1996	No. 21	at Alaska-Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout	W 91–69	2–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Dec 7, 1996*	No. 24	vs. Manhattan	W 81–59	3–1	ARCO Arena  Sacramento, California
Dec 14, 1996*	No. 21	at San Diego	W 72–70	4–1	USD Sports Center  San Diego, California
Dec 18, 1996	No. 22	Alaska-Anchorage	W 105–70	5–1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Dec 22, 1996*	No. 22	at Seton Hall	W 83–81 ^OT	6–1	Continental Airlines Arena  East Rutherford, New Jersey
Dec 28, 1996*	No. 23	Navy	W 85–68	7–1	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 2, 1997	No. 21	at Arizona State	W 81–65	8–1 (1–0)	ASU Activity Center  Tempe, Arizona
Jan 4, 1997	No. 21	at No. 9 Arizona	L 75–76	8–2 (1–1)	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Jan 9, 1997	No. 21	UCLA	W 109–61	9–2 (2–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 11, 1997	No. 21	USC	W 85–70	10–2 (3–1)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 16, 1997	No. 15	at No. 24 Oregon	W 72–69 ^OT	11–2 (4–1)	McArthur Court  Eugene, Oregon
Jan 18, 1997	No. 15	at Oregon State	L 77–86	11–3 (4–2)	Gill Coliseum  Corvallis, Oregon
Jan 23, 1997	No. 17	Washington	W 78–67	12–3 (5–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 25, 1997	No. 17	Washington State	W 81–61	13–3 (6–2)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Jan 29, 1997	No. 15	at California	L 64–70	13–4 (6–3)	Harmon Gym  Berkeley, California
Feb 6, 1997	No. 18	at USC	L 81–84	13–5 (6–4)	L.A. Sports Arena  Los Angeles, California
Feb 8, 1997	No. 18	at UCLA	L 68–87	13–6 (6–5)	Pauley Pavilion  Los Angeles, California
Feb 13, 1997	No. 22	Oregon State	W 87–54	14–6 (7–5)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Feb 15, 1997	No. 22	Oregon	W 83–61	15–6 (8–5)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Feb 20, 1997	No. 20	at Washington State	W 76–63	16–6 (9–5)	Friel Court  Pullman, Washington
Feb 22, 1997	No. 20	at Washington	L 61–75	16–7 (9–6)	Bank of America Arena  Seattle, Washington
Feb 24, 1997*	No. 25	San Diego State	W 97–50	17–7	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Mar 1, 1997	No. 25	California	W 73–63	18–7 (10–6)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Mar 6, 1997	No. 23	No. 12 Arizona	W 81–80	19–7 (11–6)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
Mar 8, 1997	No. 23	Arizona State	W 86–63	20–7 (12–6)	Maples Pavilion  Stanford, California
NCAA tournament
Mar 14, 1997*	(6 W) No. 21	vs. (11 W) Oklahoma First round	W 80–67	21–7	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 16, 1997*	(6 W) No. 21	vs. (3 W) No. 9 Wake Forest Second Round	W 72–66^[2]	22–7	McKale Center  Tucson, Arizona
Mar 20, 1997*	(6 W) No. 21	vs. (2 W) No. 2 Utah West Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen	L 77–82 ^OT[3]	22–8	San Jose Arena  San Jose, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Pacific Time. (#) during NCAA is seed within region.

Schedule Source:^[4]

Rankings

Main article: 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	18	20	21	24	21	22	23	21	21	15	17	15	18	22	20	25	23	21	Not released
Coaches	14	14^	14	21	18	20	20	20	22	17	17	15	16	22	22	24	22	21	12

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

1997 NBA draft

Main article: 1997 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Team
1	16	Brevin Knight	Cleveland Cavaliers

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References

1. "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
2. "Stanford cuts down Duncan, W. Forest Deacons center gets no help in 72-66 loss". Baltimore Sun. March 17, 1997. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
3. "Utah Holds Off Stanford in OT, 82-77". The Washington Post. March 20, 1997. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
4. "1996-97 Stanford Cardinal Schedule and Results".
5. "1997 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.