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1996–97 Washington Huskies Men's Basketball Team
The 1996–97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Washington for the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bob Bender, the Huskies were members of the Pacific-10 Conference and played their home games on campus at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies were overall in the regular season and in conference play, sixth in the standings. There was no conference tournament this season; last played in 1990, it resumed in 2002. Washington played in the National Invitation Tournament for the second straight year and lost by four points at Nebraska. Postseason result , - !colspan=6 style=, References External linksSports Reference– Washington Huskies: 1996–97 basketball season {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Washington Huskies men's basketball team Washington Huskies men's basketball seasons Washington Huskies Washington Huskies Washington Washington Washington most commonly refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bender
Robert Michael Bender (born April 28, 1957) is an American professional basketball coach, who last served an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Born in Quantico, Virginia, He attended Bloomington High School (Bloomington, Illinois), Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Illinois, where he was an All-American in basketball. Bender has the distinction of being the first (and until 2025 only) individual to play for different programs in two NCAA Championship games. He was a freshman on Bob Knight's undefeated 1975–76 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team, 1976 Indiana team and played point guard at Duke from 1977 to 1980, including an appearance in the 1978 NCAA Division I basketball championship game, title game against 1977–78 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Kentucky. Bender was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers#1978–1984: San Diego Clippers, San Diego Clippers in the sixth round before his senior year, but did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Cornhuskers Men's Basketball
The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. Since it was founded in 1897, the program has appeared in eight NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I tournaments and twenty other national postseason tournaments. Nebraska has played its home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena since 2013. Prior to the creation of the NCAA tournament, Nebraska was a Midwest power under head coaches Raymond G. Clapp and Ewald O. Stiehm. NU struggled through the post-World War II years, which included a stretch of twenty-eight years with just two winning seasons that stretched into the 1960s. Much of the team's modest modern-day success came during the fourteen-year tenure of Danny Nee, Nebraska's winningest head coach. Nee led the Cornhuskers to five of their eight NCAA Division I tournament appearances and won the 1996 National Invitation Tournament, 1996 NIT championship. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 National Invitation Tournament Participants
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
