The 1996–97 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the
University of Virginia
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during the
1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November 1996 and concluded in the 64-team 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, whose finals were held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Arizona Wildcats ear ...
. The team was led by seventh-year head coach
Jeff Jones, and played their home games at
University Hall in
Charlottesville, Virginia
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as members of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the ACC's eighteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athlet ...
.
Last season
The
Cavaliers
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had a record of 18–13.
Roster
Schedule
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ACC Tournament
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NCAA tournament
References
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Virginia
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Virginia. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in NCAA Division I, Division I of ...
1997 in sports in Virginia