1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball | |
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SoCon regular season and
tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
South | |
Record | 24β11 (11β3 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | UTC Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanoogaβ | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β
SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1997 Rankings from AP poll |
The 1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1996β97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mack McCarthy and the team played their home games at UTC Arena. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the fourth time in five years, Chattanooga made a run to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 3 seed Georgia [1] and No. 6 seed Illinois [2] before falling to No. 10 seed Providence in the Southeast Regional semifinals. [3]
1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roster |
Source: [4]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 22, 1996* |
Tennessee Wesleyan | W 113β46 | 1β0 |
UTC Arena (3,641) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Nov 23, 1996* |
South Carolina-Aiken | W 110β61 | 2β0 |
UTC Arena (3,007) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Nov 29, 1996* |
vs.
Missouri San Juan Shootout |
L 74β83 | 2β1 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (200) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Nov 30, 1996* |
vs.
Delaware San Juan Shootout |
L 74β83 | 2β2 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (300) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Dec 1, 1996* |
at
Puerto Rico-MayagΓΌez San Juan Shootout |
W 83β74 | 3β2 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (175) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Dec 3, 1996* |
Penn State | L 63β73 | 3β3 |
UTC Arena (7,940) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 14, 1996* |
at Middle Tennessee | L 73β83 | 3β4 |
Murphy Athletic Center (3,114) Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 18, 1996* |
at Alabama-Birmingham | L 65β75 | 3β5 |
UAB Arena (3,130) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 21, 1996* |
Tennessee State | W 67β49 | 4β5 |
UTC Arena (5,297) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 23, 1996 |
at Marshall | L 83β90 | 4β6 (0β1) |
Henderson Center (4,217) Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
Dec 28, 1996* |
Coastal Carolina Dr. Pepper Classic |
W 75β69 OT | 5β6 |
UTC Arena (4,119) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 29, 1996* |
Canisius Dr. Pepper Classic |
L 49β63 | 5β7 |
UTC Arena (3,987) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 6, 1997* |
Wofford | W 83β46 | 6β7 |
UTC Arena (3,819) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 9, 1997 |
at Furman | W 81β45 | 7β7 (1β1) |
Physical Activity Center (1,000) Greenville, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 11, 1997 |
at VMI | W 91β76 | 8β7 (2β1) |
Cameron Hall (1,116) Lexington, Virginia | |||||||
Jan 18, 1997 |
at Davidson | W 74β63 | 9β7 (3β1) |
Belk Arena (2,489) Davidson, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 20, 1997 |
Furman | W 68β47 | 10β7 (4β1) |
UTC Arena (5,280) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 25, 1997 |
Western Carolina | W 87β60 | 11β7 (5β1) |
UTC Arena (5,943) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 27, 1997 |
Georgia Southern | W 76β55 | 12β7 (6β1) |
UTC Arena (5,231) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 29, 1997 |
East Tennessee State | W 83β53 | 13β7 (7β1) |
UTC Arena (5,670) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 1, 1997 |
Appalachian State | W 70β57 | 14β7 (8β1) |
UTC Arena (6,911) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 3, 1997 |
at The Citadel | W 72β66 | 15β7 (9β1) |
McAlister Field House (764) Charleston, South Carolina | |||||||
Feb 6, 1997* |
Alabama-Birmingham | W 64β59 | 16β7 |
UTC Arena (7,590) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 8, 1997 |
at East Tennessee State | L 69β70 OT | 16β8 (9β2) |
Memorial Center (4,150) Johnson City, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 10, 1997 |
The Citadel | W 71β59 | 17β8 (10β2) |
UTC Arena (8,005) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 15, 1997 |
at Western Carolina | L 66β68 | 17β9 (10β3) |
Ramsey Center (2,662) Cullowhee, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 17, 1997 |
at Georgia Southern | L 67β70 | 17β10 (10β4) |
Hanner Fieldhouse (1,908) Statesboro, Georgia | |||||||
Feb 22, 1997 |
Marshall | W 92β72 | 18β10 (11β4) |
UTC Arena (9,211) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 24, 1997* |
Cumberland University | W 92β60 | 19β10 |
UTC Arena (4,783) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
Feb 28, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N4) VMI Quarterfinals |
W 84β62 | 20β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (1,756) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 1, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N2) Davidson Semifinals |
W 77β70 | 21β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (4,297) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 2, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N1) Marshall Championship |
W 71β70 OT | 22β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (5,390) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (3 SE) No. 17
Georgia First round |
W 73β70 [1] | 23β10 |
Charlotte Coliseum (11,206) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 16, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (6 SE) No. 19
Illinois Second Round |
W 75β63 [2] | 24β10 |
Charlotte Coliseum (14,864) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 21, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (10 SE)
Providence Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 65β71 [3] | 24β11 |
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (17,647) Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |
1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball | |
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SoCon regular season and
tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
South | |
Record | 24β11 (11β3 SoCon) |
Head coach |
|
Home arena | UTC Arena |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanoogaβ | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β
SoCon Tournament winner As of April 30, 1997 Rankings from AP poll |
The 1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1996β97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mack McCarthy and the team played their home games at UTC Arena. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the fourth time in five years, Chattanooga made a run to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 3 seed Georgia [1] and No. 6 seed Illinois [2] before falling to No. 10 seed Providence in the Southeast Regional semifinals. [3]
1996β97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Roster |
Source: [4]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 22, 1996* |
Tennessee Wesleyan | W 113β46 | 1β0 |
UTC Arena (3,641) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Nov 23, 1996* |
South Carolina-Aiken | W 110β61 | 2β0 |
UTC Arena (3,007) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Nov 29, 1996* |
vs.
Missouri San Juan Shootout |
L 74β83 | 2β1 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (200) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Nov 30, 1996* |
vs.
Delaware San Juan Shootout |
L 74β83 | 2β2 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (300) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Dec 1, 1996* |
at
Puerto Rico-MayagΓΌez San Juan Shootout |
W 83β74 | 3β2 |
Caguas Municipal Complex (175) San Juan, Puerto Rico | |||||||
Dec 3, 1996* |
Penn State | L 63β73 | 3β3 |
UTC Arena (7,940) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 14, 1996* |
at Middle Tennessee | L 73β83 | 3β4 |
Murphy Athletic Center (3,114) Murfreesboro, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 18, 1996* |
at Alabama-Birmingham | L 65β75 | 3β5 |
UAB Arena (3,130) Birmingham, Alabama | |||||||
Dec 21, 1996* |
Tennessee State | W 67β49 | 4β5 |
UTC Arena (5,297) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 23, 1996 |
at Marshall | L 83β90 | 4β6 (0β1) |
Henderson Center (4,217) Huntington, West Virginia | |||||||
Dec 28, 1996* |
Coastal Carolina Dr. Pepper Classic |
W 75β69 OT | 5β6 |
UTC Arena (4,119) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Dec 29, 1996* |
Canisius Dr. Pepper Classic |
L 49β63 | 5β7 |
UTC Arena (3,987) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 6, 1997* |
Wofford | W 83β46 | 6β7 |
UTC Arena (3,819) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 9, 1997 |
at Furman | W 81β45 | 7β7 (1β1) |
Physical Activity Center (1,000) Greenville, South Carolina | |||||||
Jan 11, 1997 |
at VMI | W 91β76 | 8β7 (2β1) |
Cameron Hall (1,116) Lexington, Virginia | |||||||
Jan 18, 1997 |
at Davidson | W 74β63 | 9β7 (3β1) |
Belk Arena (2,489) Davidson, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 20, 1997 |
Furman | W 68β47 | 10β7 (4β1) |
UTC Arena (5,280) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 25, 1997 |
Western Carolina | W 87β60 | 11β7 (5β1) |
UTC Arena (5,943) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 27, 1997 |
Georgia Southern | W 76β55 | 12β7 (6β1) |
UTC Arena (5,231) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Jan 29, 1997 |
East Tennessee State | W 83β53 | 13β7 (7β1) |
UTC Arena (5,670) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 1, 1997 |
Appalachian State | W 70β57 | 14β7 (8β1) |
UTC Arena (6,911) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 3, 1997 |
at The Citadel | W 72β66 | 15β7 (9β1) |
McAlister Field House (764) Charleston, South Carolina | |||||||
Feb 6, 1997* |
Alabama-Birmingham | W 64β59 | 16β7 |
UTC Arena (7,590) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 8, 1997 |
at East Tennessee State | L 69β70 OT | 16β8 (9β2) |
Memorial Center (4,150) Johnson City, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 10, 1997 |
The Citadel | W 71β59 | 17β8 (10β2) |
UTC Arena (8,005) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 15, 1997 |
at Western Carolina | L 66β68 | 17β9 (10β3) |
Ramsey Center (2,662) Cullowhee, North Carolina | |||||||
Feb 17, 1997 |
at Georgia Southern | L 67β70 | 17β10 (10β4) |
Hanner Fieldhouse (1,908) Statesboro, Georgia | |||||||
Feb 22, 1997 |
Marshall | W 92β72 | 18β10 (11β4) |
UTC Arena (9,211) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
Feb 24, 1997* |
Cumberland University | W 92β60 | 19β10 |
UTC Arena (4,783) Chattanooga, Tennessee | |||||||
SoCon tournament | |||||||||||
Feb 28, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N4) VMI Quarterfinals |
W 84β62 | 20β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (1,756) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 1, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N2) Davidson Semifinals |
W 77β70 | 21β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (4,297) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 2, 1997* |
(S1) | vs. (N1) Marshall Championship |
W 71β70 OT | 22β10 |
Greensboro Coliseum (5,390) Greensboro, North Carolina | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 14, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (3 SE) No. 17
Georgia First round |
W 73β70 [1] | 23β10 |
Charlotte Coliseum (11,206) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 16, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (6 SE) No. 19
Illinois Second Round |
W 75β63 [2] | 24β10 |
Charlotte Coliseum (14,864) Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||
Mar 21, 1997* |
(14 SE) | vs. (10 SE)
Providence Southeast Regional semifinal – Sweet Sixteen |
L 65β71 [3] | 24β11 |
Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center (17,647) Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast. All times are in Eastern Time. |