1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Final Four vs. Kentucky, L, 69–78
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1996–97 record	31–4 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Clem Haskins (11th year)
Home arena	Williams Arena

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

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

1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	3	Archambault, RussRuss Archambault	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Sartell	Fort Yates, ND
3.5 !F	4	James, CourtneyCourtney James	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	2.0 !So	Ben Davis	Indianapolis, IN
2.5 !G/F	5	Jacobson, SamSam Jacobson	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Park	Cottage Grove, MN
5.0 !C	12	Thomas, JohnJohn Thomas	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Roosevelt	Minneapolis, MN
2.5 !G/F	20	Lewis, QuincyQuincy Lewis	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Parkview Arts and Science Magnet	Little Rock, AR
4.5 !F/C	22	Loge, KevinKevin Loge	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Morris Area	Morris, MN
1.5 !G	24	Jackson, BobbyBobby Jackson	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Western Nebraska C.C.	Salisbury, NC
1.5 !G	33	Harris, EricEric Harris	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Raymond	New York, NY
5.0 !C	34	Thomas, CharlesCharles Thomas	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2.0 !So	Harlan, KY
3.5 !F	42	Tarver, MilesMiles Tarver	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	2.0 !So	St. Joseph Notre Dame	Oakland, CA
5.0 !C	50	Winter, TrevorTrevor Winter	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Slayton	Slayton, MN
5.0 !C	51	Sanden, KyleKyle Sanden	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Lincoln	Thief River Falls, MN

Head coach

Clem Haskins (Western Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Results and Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
November 23*	No. 23	Stephen F. Austin	W 101–55	1–0	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
November 26*	No. 24	West Virginia	W 76–61	2–0	Target Center Minneapolis, MN
November 29*	No. 24	vs. Puerto Rico-Mayagüez San Juan Shootout	W 104–62	3–0	San Juan, PR
November 30*	No. 24	vs. Creighton San Juan Shootout	W 64–63	4–0	San Juan, PR
December 1*	No. 24	vs. No. 10 Clemson San Juan Shootout	W 75–65	5–0	San Juan, PR
December 5*	No. 16	at Alabama	L 67–70	5–1	Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL
December 15*	No. 17	St. John's	W 77–39	6–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 17*	No. 16	at Rhode Island	W 82–72	7–1	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
December 21*	No. 16	at Nebraska	W 70–56	8–1	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
December 23*	No. 16	Alabama State	W 114–34	9–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 28*	No. 15	Long Island University	W 104–84	10–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
December 31*	No. 15	Mercer	W 94–53	11–1	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 2	No. 15	Wisconsin	W 65–48	12–1 (1–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 4	No. 15	at Michigan State	W 68–43	13–1 (2–0)	Breslin Center East Lansing, MI
January 8	No. 11	at No. 15 Indiana	W 96–91 ^OT	14–1 (3–0)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
January 11	No. 11	No. 16 Michigan	W 70–64	15–1 (4–0)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 14	No. 7	at Illinois	L 90–96	15–2 (4–1)	Assembly Hall Champaign, IL
January 18	No. 7	at Ohio State	W 73–67	16–2 (5–1)	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
January 23	No. 8	Iowa	W 66–51	17–2 (6–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
January 25	No. 8	Purdue	W 91–68	18–2 (7–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 1	No. 6	at Northwestern	W 75–56	19–2 (8–1)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
February 5	No. 4	Penn State	W 85–70	20–2 (9–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 12	No. 3	at Purdue	W 70–67	21–2 (10–1)	Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN
February 15	No. 3	at Iowa	W 68–66	22–2 (11–1)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
February 19	No. 2	Ohio State	W 60–48	23–2 (12–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 22	No. 2	No. 23 Illinois	W 67–66	24–2 (13–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
February 26	No. 2	at No. 24 Michigan	W 55–54	25–2 (14–1)	Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI
March 1	No. 2	No. 22 Indiana	W 75–72	26–2 (15–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 6	No. 2	Michigan State	W 81–74	27–2 (16–1)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
March 8	No. 2	at Wisconsin	L 65–66	27–3 (16–2)	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
March 14* CBS Regional	No. 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	No. 3	vs. Temple NCAA Tournament Second Round, No. 1 vs. No. 9	W 76–57	29–3	Kansas City, MO
March 20* CBS Regional	No. 3	vs. No. 14 Clemson NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, No. 1 vs. No. 4	W 90–84 ^2OT	30–3	San Antonio, TX
March 22* CBS	No. 3	vs. No. 7 UCLA NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, No. 1 vs. No. 2	W 80–72	31–3	San Antonio, TX
March 29* CBS	No. 3	vs. No. 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 Archived January 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., May 4, 2006. Access date September 28, 2008.

Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball

Venues	On-campus YMCA (1895–1896) UM Armory (1896–1925) Kenwood Armory (1925–1928) Williams Arena (1928–present)

Culture & lore	History Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Scandal

People	Head coaches

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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