The 1996–97 Xavier Musketeers men's basketball team represented
Xavier University
Xavier University ( ) is a private Jesuit university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier had an enrollment of approximately 5,600 undergraduate an ...
from
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ; colloquially nicknamed Cincy) is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Settled in 1788, the city is located on the northern side of the confluence of the Licking River (Kentucky), Licking and Ohio Ri ...
in the
1996–97 season. Led by head coach
Skip Prosser
George Edward "Skip" Prosser (November 3, 1950 – July 26, 2007) was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He is the only coach in NCAA history to take three ...
, the Musketeers finished 23–6 (13–3 A-10) in the regular season, but lost in the quarterfinal round of the
Atlantic 10 tournament. In the
NCAA tournament, the Musketeers defeated
Vanderbilt in the first round before losing to No. 2 seed
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...
, 96–83, in the round of 32.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
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References
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