1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington.

1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament, First round
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	17–11 (10–8 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Bender (4th season)
Assistant coach	Ray Giacoletti
Home arena	Hec Edmundson Pavilion
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]

The Huskies were 17–10 overall in the regular season and 10–8 in conference play, sixth in the standings.^[2] There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002.

Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the second straight year and lost by four points at Nebraska.^[3]

Postseason result

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
National Invitation Tournament
Wed, March 12* 5:05 pm	at Nebraska First round	L 63–67	17–11	Devaney Center (6,015) Lincoln, Nebraska
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific time.

References

1. "Pacific 10 conference 1996–97 standings". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
2. "Pac-10 men's basketball standings". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 9, 1997. p. 5H.
3. "'Huskers edge Huskies in NIT". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 13, 1997. p. 5D.

External links

• Sports Reference – Washington Huskies: 1996–97 basketball season