1996–97 Idaho Vandals men's basketball team

Season of the Idaho Vandals men's basketball team March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1996–97 Idaho Vandals Idaho Vandals logo.svg 80 Big West Conference Big West 13–17 5–11 Kermit Davis 3rd David Farrar Kibbie Dome 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;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wsEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2798%2C161092 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington O'Neal Shawn Davis, gone again April 2, 1997 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w8EjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3396%2C520087 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington O'Neal Shawn Davis fiasco must not be forgotten April 5, 1997 1D Vandals' assistant David Farrar was soon promoted to head coach.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xMEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4962%2C964006 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington O'Neal Shawn Farrar goes from old school to old smoothy April 8, 1997 1B References 2 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 Category:Idaho Vandals men's basketball seasons Idaho Category:1997 in sports in Idaho Idaho