1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team

The 1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Mack McCarthy and the team played their home games at UTC Arena. The Mocs won the regular season and SoCon tournament titles, the latter earning the Mocs an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. Participating in the Big Dance for the fourth time in five years, Chattanooga made a run to the Sweet Sixteen by defeating No. 3 seed Georgia and No. 6 seed Illinois before falling to No. 10 seed Providence in the Southeast Regional semifinals.

1996–97 Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball
SoCon regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceSouthern Conference
DivisionSouth
Record24–11 (11–3 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Mack McCarthy (7th season)
Home arenaUTC Arena
1996–97 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Marshall104 .714209  .690
Davidson104 .7141810  .643
Appalachian State86 .5711414  .500
VMI77 .5001216  .429
East Tennessee State212 .143720  .259
South
Chattanooga113 .7862411  .686
Western Carolina77 .5001413  .519
The Citadel68 .4291314  .481
Georgia Southern59 .3571018  .357
Furman410 .2861017  .370
SoCon Tournament winner
As of April 30, 1997
Rankings from AP poll
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