1996–97 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

Season of the Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

1996–97 Idaho Vandals men's basketball

Conference	Big West Conference
Record	13–17 (5–11 Big West)
Head coach	Kermit Davis (3rd season)
Assistant coach	David Farrar
Home arena	Kibbie Dome
Seasons← 1995–96 1997–98 →

1996–97 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East Division
Utah State	12	–	4	.750	20	–	9	.690
New Mexico State	12	–	4	.750	19	–	9	.679
Nevada	12	–	4	.750	21	–	10	.677
Boise State	9	–	7	.563	14	–	13	.519
Idaho	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
North Texas	5	–	11	.313	10	–	16	.385
West Division
Pacific †	12	–	4	.750	24	–	6	.800
Long Beach State	9	–	7	.563	13	–	14	.481
UC Santa Barbara	7	–	9	.438	12	–	15	.444
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	10	.375	13	–	14	.481
Cal Poly	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
UC Irvine	1	–	15	.063	1	–	25	.038

† 1997 Big West tournament winner As of April 1, 1997 Rankings from AP poll

The 1996–97 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team represented the University of Idaho during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. New members of the Big West Conference, the Vandals were led by first-year head coach Kermit Davis (third overall) and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals were 13–17 in the regular season and 5–9 in conference play, fifth in the East division standings, but failed to qualify for the Big West tournament. It was the first time Idaho had missed the postseason in eighteen years.

An assistant at Idaho for two seasons under Tim Floyd, Davis was promoted to head coach in April 1988. After consecutive conference titles and NCAA appearances, he left in March 1990 for Texas A&M, but lasted only one season there.

Davis left Idaho again in April 1997 to become associate head coach at LSU in the Southeastern Conference under new head coach John Brady; Vandals' assistant David Farrar was soon promoted to head coach.

References

Big West MBB Record Book
O'Neal, Shawn (April 2, 1997). "Davis, gone again". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
O'Neal, Shawn (April 5, 1997). "Davis fiasco must not be forgotten". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1D.
O'Neal, Shawn (April 8, 1997). "Farrar goes from old school to old smoothy". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.

External links

Sports Reference – Idaho Vandals: 1996–97 basketball season
Gem of the Mountains: 1997 University of Idaho yearbook – 1996–97 basketball season
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1997 editions

v t e Idaho Vandals men's basketball
Venues	Armory and Gymnasium (1905–1928) Memorial Gymnasium (1928–1976, 2020–21) Kibbie Dome / Cowan Spectrum (1976–2021) Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (2021–present)
Rivalries	Washington State
Culture & lore	Go, Vandals, Go
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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