1996–97 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1996-97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Head coach Dick Bennett completed his second season coaching with the Badgers. The team played its home games in Madison, Wisconsin at the UW Field House. Wisconsin finished the season 18–10, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fourth place. The Badgers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 7 seed in the East Region, where they were defeated in the first round by No. 10 seed Texas.

1996–97 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record18-10 (11-7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaUW Field House
(capacity: 11,500)
1996–97 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iowa126 .6672210  .688
Purdue126 .6671812  .600
No. 19 Illinois117 .6112210  .688
Wisconsin117 .6111810  .643
Indiana99 .5002211  .667
Michigan State99 .5001712  .586
Ohio State513 .2781017  .370
Penn State315 .1671017  .370
Northwestern216 .111722  .241
No. 3 Minnesota*02 .00004  .000
Michigan*09 .000011  .000
Rankings from AP Poll
*Michigan: 24 games vacated; including NIT champ. vacated due to sanctions against the program
*Minnesota: 31 games including 5 NCAA Tournament games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed records: Michigan-(24–11)(9–9); Minnesota-(31–4)(16–2)
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