1996–97 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team

1996–97 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
1996–97 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
NIT 4th Place
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	West
Record	18–14 (8–8 SEC)
Head coach	Nolan Richardson (12th season);
Home arena	Bud Walton Arena

1996–97 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
No. 6 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	24	–	8	.750
No. 5 Kentucky†	13	–	3	.813	35	–	5	.875
No. 17 Georgia	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	19	–	12	.613
Florida	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Tennessee	4	–	12	.250	11	–	16	.407
West
Ole Miss	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
	8	–	8	.500	18	–	14	.563
Auburn	6	–	10	.375	16	–	15	.516
Alabama	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Mississippi State	6	–	10	.375	12	–	18	.400
LSU	3	–	13	.188	10	–	20	.333

† 1997 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996–97 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1996–97 college basketball season. The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his 12th year. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
Nov 12, 1996*		Converse All-Stars	W 101–94		Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Nov 17, 1996*		North Melbourne	W 106–77		Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Regular Season
SEC tournament
Mar 7, 1997*	(W2)	vs. (E3) No. 24 Georgia Quarterfinals	L 63–65	14–13	Pyramid Arena Memphis, Tennessee
NIT
Mar 12, 1997*		Northern Arizona First Round	W 101–75	15–13	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 17, 1997*		Pittsburgh Second Round	W 76–71	16–13	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 19, 1997* ESPN		UNLV Quarterfinals	W 86–73	17–13	Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas
Mar 25, 1997* ESPN		vs. Michigan Semifinals	L 62–77	18–13	Madison Square Garden New York, New York
Mar 27, 1997*		vs. Connecticut Third-place game	L 64–74	18–14	Madison Square Garden (15,849) New York, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Sources^[2]^[3]

Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball
Venues	Schmidt Gymnasium (1923–1937) Men's Gymnasium (1937–1955) Barnhill Arena (1955–1993) Bud Walton Arena (1993–present)
Rivalries	Kentucky
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics