1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, coached by Clem Haskins, played their home games in Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 31–4, 16–2 in Big Ten play to win the Big Ten championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Southwest Texas State and Temple to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated Clemson and UCLA to advance to the Final Four for the first time in school history. There they lost to Kentucky.

1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
Big Ten Regular Season Champions (vacated)
NCAA Tournament, Final Four (vacated)
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1996–97 record0–4 (0–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
MVPBobby Jackson
Home arenaWilliams Arena
1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Iowa126 .667  2210  .688
Purdue126 .667  1812  .600
No. 19 Illinois117 .611  2210  .688
Wisconsin117 .611  1810  .643
Indiana99 .500  2211  .667
Michigan State99 .500  1712  .586
Ohio State513 .278  1017  .370
Penn State315 .167  1017  .370
Northwestern216 .111  722  .241
No. 3 Minnesota*02 .000  04  .000
Michigan*09 .000  011  .000
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program
*Minnesota: 31 games including 5 NCAA Tournament games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan-(24–11)(9–9); Minnesota-(31–4)(16–2)

In 1999, an academic fraud scandal revealed that Minnesota academic counseling office manager Jan Gangelhoff had done coursework for at least 20 Minnesota basketball players since 1993. Four players from the Minnesota basketball team were immediately suspended, pending an investigation for academic fraud. Head coach Clem Haskins, men's athletic director Mark Dienhart, and university vice president McKinley Boston all resigned. The NCAA sanctioned Minnesota by vacating all appearances in the 1994, 1995, and 1997 NCAA Tournaments and 1996 and 1998 National Invitational Tournaments, as well as individual records of those student-athletes found to have committed academic fraud. The NCAA further issued show-cause penalties for Haskins and Newby (both until October 23, 2007) and Gangelhoff (until October 23, 2005).

Roster

1996–97 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 3 Russ Archambault 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg) FrSartell Fort Yates, ND
F 4 Courtney James 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)270 lb (122 kg) SoBen Davis Indianapolis, IN
G/F 5 Sam Jacobson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrPark Cottage Grove, MN
C 12 John Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)275 lb (125 kg) SrRoosevelt Minneapolis, MN
G/F 20 Quincy Lewis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)200 lb (91 kg) SoParkview Arts and Science Magnet Little Rock, AR
F/C 22 Kevin Loge 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)230 lb (104 kg) FrMorris Area Morris, MN
G 24 Bobby Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)185 lb (84 kg) SrWestern Nebraska C.C. Salisbury, NC
G 33 Eric Harris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)195 lb (88 kg) JrSt. Raymond New York, NY
C 34 Charles Thomas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) SoHarlan Harlan, KY
F 42 Miles Tarver 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)225 lb (102 kg) SoSt. Joseph Notre Dame Oakland, CA
C 50 Trevor Winter 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)275 lb (125 kg) SrSlayton Slayton, MN
C 51 Kyle Sanden 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)230 lb (104 kg) FrLincoln Thief River Falls, MN
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
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
Big Ten regular season
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
NCAA Tournament
March 14*
 CBS Regional
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (16 MW) Southwest Texas State
First Round
W 78–46  28–3
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
March 16*
 CBS Regional
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (9 MW) Temple
Second Round
W 76–57  29–3
Kemper Arena 
Kansas City, MO
March 20*
 CBS Regional
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (4 MW) No. 14 Clemson
Sweet Sixteen
W 90–84 2OT 30–3
Alamodome 
San Antonio, TX
March 22*
 CBS
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (2 MW) No. 7 UCLA
Elite Eight
W 80–72  31–3
Alamodome 
San Antonio, TX
March 29*
 CBS
(1 MW) No. 3 vs. (1 W) No. 5 Kentucky
Final Four
L 69–78  31–4
RCA Dome 
Indianapolis, IN[1]

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll[[2]. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. MW=Midwest
Source[3]

[4].
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Awards

Team MVP

  • Bobby Jackson[5]

References

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