1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1996–97 UC Irvine Anteaters 125 Big West Conference Big West 1–25 1–15 Rod Baker 6th Bren Events Center 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.Foster Chris UCI's Baker Is Dismissed https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-03-sp-34373-story.html 24 September 2017 Los Angeles Times 3 March 1997 Previous season 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 1996 UC Irvine Anteaters men's y Dan Augulis C 6 10 Sr Andrew Carlson C 6 10 Fr Tony Dela Cruz y G 6 5 209 Fr Paul Foster C 6 8 Sr Juma Jackson G 6 5 Fr Brian Johnson F 6 6 Fr Jeremy Lee G 5 10 Fr Andrew Navar G 6 3 SoLamarr Parker G FrPhil Negrete G 6 5 Fr Scott Phillips G 6 4 So Damion Pugh G 6 2 Fr Boris Reznik C 6 10 So Wendell Robinson C 6 8 Jr Lamarr Parker G 6 1 So http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_College%20Division_1997_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf Rod Baker (College of the Holy Cross) Schedule yes 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1996 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=UC Irvine Anteaters|Regular Season November 22, 1996 yes yes 1996 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State Peterson Gym San Diego, CA 1,598 88–100 0–1 December 2, 1996 yes yes Washington State Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA 2,120 53–91 0–2 December 4, 1996 yes yes 1996 men Eastern Washington Eagles Eastern Washington Reese Court Cheney, WA 884 53–80 0–3 December 7, 1996 yes 1996 men UNLV Rebels UNLV Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,098 59–69 0–3 December 15, 1996 yes USC Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,448 45–107 0–4 December 21, 1996 yes yes 1996 men Cal State Northridge Matadors Cal State Northridge Matadome Northridge, CA 493 53–77 0–5 December 23, 1996 yes 1996 men San Diego Toreros San Diego Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 939 49–70 0–6 December 28, 1996 yes Utah Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,022 50–77 0–7 January 4, 1997 yes yes 1996 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA 3,212 44–77 0–8 January 9, 1997 1996 men Pacific Pacific Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 981 52–63 0–9 0–1 January 11, 1997 1996 men Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,861 69–82 0–10 0–2 January 16, 1997 away 1996 men Cal Poly Mustangs Cal Poly Mott Gym San Luis Obispo, CA 3,097 62–79 0–11 0–3 January 18, 1997 yes 1996 men UC Santa Barbara Gauchos UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Events Center Santa Barbara, CA 3,145 55–56 0–12 0–4 January 23, 1997 1996 men Nevada Wolfpack Nevada Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 854 76–74 OT 1–12 1–4 January 25, 1997 1996 men Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Fullerton Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 3,228 57–89 1–13 1–5 January 30, 1997 yes 1996 men Boise State Broncos Boise State BSU Pavilion Boise, ID 6,112 46–67 1–14 1–6 February 1, 1997 yes Idaho Cowan Spectrum Moscow, ID 4,038 40–57 1–15 1–7 February 6, 1997 1996 men North Texas Mean Green North Texas Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 490 74–75 2OT 1–16 1–8 February 8, 1997 1996 men New Mexico State Aggies New Mexico State Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,015 47–81 1–17 1–9 February 13, 1997 yes Cal State Fullerton Titan Gym Fullerton, CA 739 69–84 1–18 1–10 February 15, 1997 yes 1996 men Utah State Aggies Utah State Smith Spectrum Logan, UT 7,511 47–81 1–19 1–11 February 20, 1997 yes Long Beach State The Pyramid Long Beach, CA 3,660 63–89 1–20 1–12 February 22, 1997 yes Pacific Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA 5,252 46–96 1–21 1–13 February 25, 1997 yes yes 1996 men Southern Utah Thunderbirds Southern Utah Centrum Arena Cedar City, UT 3,004 65–76 1–22 February 27, 1997 UC Santa Barbara Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 1,293 71–79 OT 1–22 1–14 March 1, 1997 Cal Poly Bren Events Center Irvine, CA 2,038 78–84 1–25 1–15 AP Poll Pacific Time Sourcehttps://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=29 UC Irvine Men's Basketball Record Book UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports July 22, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=29 dead http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB1/A/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_College%20Division_1997_109_University%20of%20California,%20Irvine.pdf#page=2 Final 1997 Cumulative Basketball Statistics Report NCAA July 22, 2017 Awards and honors Brian Johnson Big West All-Freshman Team Juma Jackson Big West All-Freshman Team Andrew Carlson Big West All-Freshman Team Source: https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=38 UC Irvine Honors UC Irvine Athletics UC Irvine Sports September 24, 2017 January 22, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230122075118/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ucirvine.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/6/6/All_TImeUCIrvineRecords.pdf#page=38 dead References Category:UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball seasons Category:1990s in Orange County, California UC Irvine UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters