1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	1–25 (1–15 Big West)
Head coach	Rod Baker (6th season);
Home arena	Bren Events Center
	Seasons ← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Anteaters were led by sixth year head coach Rod Baker and played at the Bren Events Center and were members of the Big West Conference. They finished with the worst record in school history and Rod Baker was dismissed as head coach at the end of the season.^[2]

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^[1] Rankings from AP poll

Previous season edit

The 1995–96 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 15–12, 11–7 in Big West play.

Roster edit

1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Year
C	Dan Augulis	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Sr
C	Andrew Carlson	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	Fr
G	Tony Dela Cruz	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	Fr
C	Paul Foster	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Sr
G	Juma Jackson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
F	Brian Johnson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Fr
G	Jeremy Lee	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	—	Fr
G	Andrew Navar	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So
G	Lamarr Parker	—	—	Fr
G	Phil Negrete	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Fr
G	Scott Phillips	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	So
G	Damion Pugh	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr
C	Boris Reznik	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	—	So
C	Wendell Robinson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr
G	Lamarr Parker	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	So

Head coach

Rod Baker (College of the Holy Cross)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule edit

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
November 22, 1996*	at San Diego State	L 88–100	0–1	Peterson Gym (1,598) San Diego, CA
December 2, 1996*	at Washington State	L 53–91	0–2	Beasley Coliseum (2,120) Pullman, WA
December 4, 1996*	at Eastern Washington	L 53–80	0–3	Reese Court (884) Cheney, WA
December 7, 1996*	UNLV	L 59–69	0–3	Bren Events Center (2,098) Irvine, CA
December 15, 1996*	USC	L 45–107	0–4	Bren Events Center (2,448) Irvine, CA
December 21, 1996*	at Cal State Northridge	L 53–77	0–5	Matadome (493) Northridge, CA
December 23, 1996*	San Diego	L 49–70	0–6	Bren Events Center (939) Irvine, CA
December 28, 1996*	Utah	L 50–77	0–7	Bren Events Center (2,022) Irvine, CA
January 4, 1997*	at San Francisco	L 44–77	0–8	War Memorial Gymnasium (3,212) San Francisco, CA
January 9, 1997	Pacific	L 52–63	0–9 (0–1)	Bren Events Center (981) Irvine, CA
January 11, 1997	Long Beach State	L 69–82	0–10 (0–2)	Bren Events Center (1,861) Irvine, CA
January 16, 1997	at Cal Poly	L 62–79	0–11 (0–3)	Mott Gym (3,097) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 18, 1997	at UC Santa Barbara	L 55–56	0–12 (0–4)	UC Santa Barbara Events Center (3,145) Santa Barbara, CA
January 23, 1997	Nevada	W 76–74 ^OT	1–12 (1–4)	Bren Events Center (854) Irvine, CA
January 25, 1997	Cal State Fullerton	L 57–89	1–13 (1–5)	Bren Events Center (3,228) Irvine, CA
January 30, 1997	at Boise State	L 46–67	1–14 (1–6)	BSU Pavilion (6,112) Boise, ID
February 1, 1997	at Idaho	L 40–57	1–15 (1–7)	Cowan Spectrum (4,038) Moscow, ID
February 6, 1997	North Texas	L 74–75 ^2OT	1–16 (1–8)	Bren Events Center (490) Irvine, CA
February 8, 1997	New Mexico State	L 47–81	1–17 (1–9)	Bren Events Center (1,015) Irvine, CA
February 13, 1997	at Cal State Fullerton	L 69–84	1–18 (1–10)	Titan Gym (739) Fullerton, CA
February 15, 1997	at Utah State	L 47–81	1–19 (1–11)	Smith Spectrum (7,511) Logan, UT
February 20, 1997	at Long Beach State	L 63–89	1–20 (1–12)	The Pyramid (3,660) Long Beach, CA
February 22, 1997	at Pacific	L 46–96	1–21 (1–13)	Alex G. Spanos Center (5,252) Stockton, CA
February 25, 1997*	at Southern Utah	L 65–76	1–22	Centrum Arena (3,004) Cedar City, UT
February 27, 1997	UC Santa Barbara	L 71–79 ^OT	1–22 (1–14)	Bren Events Center (1,293) Irvine, CA
March 1, 1997	Cal Poly	L 78–84	1–25 (1–15)	Bren Events Center (2,038) Irvine, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[3]^[4]

Awards and honors edit

Brian Johnson
- Big West All-Freshman Team
Juma Jackson
- Big West All-Freshman Team
Andrew Carlson
- Big West All-Freshman Team

Source: ^[5]

References edit

^ Big West MBB Record Book
^ Foster, Chris (March 3, 1997). "UCI's Baker Is Dismissed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
^ "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "Final 1997 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
^ "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

[1] Big West MBB Record Book

[2] Foster, Chris (March 3, 1997). "UCI's Baker Is Dismissed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

[uci_recordbook-3] "UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[4] "Final 1997 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

[5] "UC Irvine Honors" (PDF). UC Irvine Sports. UC Irvine Athletics. Retrieved September 24, 2017.

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