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1996–97 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1996–97 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Maui Invitational Tournament Champions
Big 12 Regular Season Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
Conference Big 12 Conference
Division North
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 1
1996–97 record 34-2 (15-1 Big 12)
Head coach Roy Williams
Home arena Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons
← 1995–96
1997–98 →
1996–97 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
No. 1 † Kansas 15 1   .938     34 2   .944
No. 24 Colorado 11 5   .688     22 10   .688
Texas 10 6   .625     18 12   .600
No. 18 Iowa State 10 6   .625     22 9   .710
Texas Tech 10 6   .625     19 9   .679
Oklahoma 9 7   .563     19 11   .633
Nebraska 7 9   .438     18 15   .545
Oklahoma State 7 9   .438     17 15   .531
Baylor 6 10   .375     18 12   .600
Missouri 5 11   .313     16 17   .485
Texas A&M 3 13   .188     9 18   .333
Kansas State 3 13   .188     10 17   .370
1997 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996–97 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1996-97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 99th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 9th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the Jayhawks first year in the newly formed Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 conference was formed by the eight teams of the recently dissolved Big Eight Conference and was joined by Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech, all formally of the Southwest Conference which had dissolved following the 1995–1996 school year as well.

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.


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