1996–97_Wake_Forest_Demon_Deacons_men's_basketball_team

1996–97 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
1996–97 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball
NCAA men's Division I tournament, second round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	24–7 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Odom (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Ricky Stokes; Russell Turner;
Home arena	Lawrence Joel Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1996–97 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball team represented Wake Forest University in the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 8th year head coach Dave Odom, and played their home games at LJVM Coliseum.

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The Deacons finished second in the ACC regular season standings, but were unable to three-peat as champions of the ACC tournament. After a close win over Florida State in the quarterfinals, North Carolina eliminated Wake Forest in the semifinal round. The team was assigned the No. 3 seed in the West region of the NCAA tournament, and earned a victory over Saint Mary's in the opening round before being upended by No. 6 seed Stanford in the round of 32. Wake Forest finished the season with a 24–7 overall record and, once again, a final ranking of No. 9 in both major polls.

Senior forward/center Tim Duncan was named the consensus National Player of the Year, and repeated as ACC Player of the Year and a consensus First-team All-American. Duncan was taken with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft. Duncan's No. 21 jersey was retired after a February 25 victory over Georgia Tech.^[1]

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 24, 1996*	No. 3	VMI	W 92–63	1–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Nov 25, 1996*	No. 3	at The Citadel	W 86–52	2–0	McAlister Field House Charleston, South Carolina
Nov 29, 1996*	No. 3	Davidson	W 69–45	3–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 1, 1996*	No. 3	at Richmond	W 80–55	4–0	Robins Center Richmond, Virginia
Dec 3, 1996*	No. 2	vs. Mississippi State	W 74–43	5–0	United Center Chicago, Illinois
Dec 7, 1996	No. 2	at NC State	W 53–45	6–0 (1–0)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 14, 1996*	No. 2	UMass	W 71–47	7–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 21, 1996*	No. 2	Campbell	W 90–53	8–0	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dec 31, 1996*	No. 2	at No. 7 Utah	W 70–59	9–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, Utah
Jan 4, 1997	No. 2	No. 11 North Carolina	W 81–57	10–0 (2–0)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 8, 1997	No. 2	at Georgia Tech	W 73–63	11–0 (3–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 11, 1997	No. 2	at No. 10 Duke	W 81–69	12–0 (4–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina
Jan 15, 1997	No. 2	Virginia	W 58–54	13–0 (5–0)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 19, 1997	No. 2	No. 11 Maryland	L 51–54	13–1 (5–1)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 23, 1997	No. 4	at No. 2 Clemson	W 65–62	14–1 (6–1)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina
Jan 25, 1997	No. 4	Florida State	W 61–58	15–1 (7–1)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 28, 1997*	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 61–44	16–1	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Jan 29, 1997*	No. 2	Wofford	W 68–51	17–1	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 1, 1997	No. 2	at No. 5 Maryland	W 74–69	18–1 (8–1)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland
Feb 5, 1997	No. 2	No. 8 Duke	L 68–73	18–2 (8–2)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 9, 1997*	No. 2	at Missouri	W 73–65	19–2	Hearnes Center Columbia, Missouri
Feb 12, 1997	No. 2	No. 7 Clemson	W 55–49	20–2 (9–2)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 16, 1997	No. 2	NC State	L 59–60 ^OT	20–3 (9–3)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Feb 19, 1997	No. 4	at No. 12 North Carolina	L 60–74	20–4 (9–4)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb 22, 1997	No. 4	at Virginia	W 66–60	21–4 (10–4)	University Hall Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb 25, 1997	No. 5	Georgia Tech	W 71–55	22–4 (11–4)	Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
Mar 1, 1997	No. 5	at Florida State	L 55–59	22–5 (11–5)	Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida
ACC Tournament
Mar 7, 1997*	No. 8	vs. Florida State ACC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 66–65	23–5	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Mar 8, 1997*	No. 8	vs. No. 5 North Carolina ACC Tournament Semifinal	L 73–86	23–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
NCAA Tournament
Mar 14, 1997*	(3 W) No. 9	vs. (14 W) Saint Mary's First round	W 68–46^[2]	24–6	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
Mar 16, 1997*	(3 W) No. 9	vs. (6 W) No. 21 Stanford Second round	L 66–72	24–7	McKale Center Tucson, Arizona
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in EST.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Duke	12	–	4	.750	24	–	9	.727
No. 9 Wake Forest	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
No. 4 North Carolina †	11	–	5	.688	28	–	7	.800
No. 14 Clemson	9	–	7	.563	23	–	10	.697
No. 22 Maryland	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	18	–	13	.581
NC State	4	–	12	.250	17	–	15	.531
Georgia Tech	3	–	13	.188	9	–	18	.333

† 1997 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll