1996-97 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER
4 (MONDAY)_
Athletes in Action @ KENTUCKY (Exh.)
7 (THURSDAY)_
Marathon Oil @ Alabama (Exh.)
8 (FRIDAY)_
Marathon Oil @ Auburn (Exh.)
9 (SATURDAY)_
Marathon Oil @ Geotgia (Exh.) Charlotte Royals  South Carolina (Exh.)
11 (MONDAY)_
TBA @ Florida (Exh.)
Arkansas Express @ Mississippi St. (Exh.)
12 (TUESDAY)_
Converse All-Stars @ Arkansas (Exh.) Athletes in Action @ Tennessee (Exh.) Marathon Oil  Vanderbilt (Exh.)
14 (THURSDAY)_
TBA  Alabama (Exh.)
15 (FRIDAY)_
Venezuela National @ Auburn (Exh.)
1- KENTUCKYvs.Clemson TBA vs. LSU (Exh.)
16 (SATURDAY)_
Korahel, Ukraine 9 Ole Miss (Exh.) Croatia @ Mississippi St. (Exh.) Puerto Rico Nat'l Team @ South Carolina (Exh.)
17 (SUNDAY)_
Australian National 9 Arkansas (Exh.)
18 (MONDAY)_
Australia Perch @ Florida (Exh.) Australia @ Georgia (Exh.) Marathon Oil  Tennessee (Exh.)
19 (TUESDAY)_
Spirit Express  Ole Miss (Exh.)
20 (WEDNESDAY)_
Australian Team @ KENTUCKY (Exh.) Valparaiso  Vanderbilt (Exh.)
22 (FRIDAY)_
2- Alabama vs. UNC Wilmington Jackson St.  Arkansas Auburn  UAB
Central Florida @ Florida Furman @ Georgia Troy St.  LSU
3- Vanderbilt vs. TBA
23 (SATURDAY)_
2-Alabama vs. TBA
Portland St.  Ole Miss
Notthwestern Louisiana @ Mississippi St.
24 (SUNDAY)_
2- Alabama vs. TBA Morehead St.  Tennessee
25 (MONDAY)_
Arkansas-Pine Bluff  Auburn Bcthune-Cookman @ Florida
4- LSU vs. Kansas 4-South Carolina vs. TBA
Athletes in Action @ Vanderbilt (Exh.)
26 (TUESDAY)_
Georgia St. @ Georgia
4-LSU vs. lowa/Cal
Prairie View A&M  Ole Miss
Southeastern Louisiana @ Mississippi St.
4-South Carolina vs. Virginia
27 (WEDNESDAY)_
Arkansas 9 Oral Roberts 4-LSU vs. TBA
4- South Carolina vs. UMass/Chaminade
3- Vanderbilt vs. TBA
28 (THURSDAY)_
5- KENTUCKY vs. Syracuse [ESPN]
29 (FRIDAY)_
6- Auburn vs. Colorado
7- Floridavs.TBA Georgia Southern @ Georgia 5-KENTUCKY vs. TBA 3-VanJerbiltvs.TBA(NIT)
30 (SATURDAY)
Northeast Illinois @ Alabama San Francisco  Arkansas
6- Auburn vs. TBA
7- Florida vs. TBA 5-KENTUCKY vs. TBA North Carolina A&T @ LSU James Madison @ Mississippi St.
DECEMBER
1 (SUNDAY)_
6- Auburn vs. TBA
7- Floridavs.TBA Georgia St. @ Tennessee
2 (MONDAY)_
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Alabama Ole Miss @ Davidson Wofford @ South Carolina
3 (TUESDAY)_
Georgia @ Georgia Tech
8- KENTUCKY vs. Purdue [ESPN] Samford @ LSU
8- Mississippi St. vs. Wake Fotest [ESPN]
4 (WEDNESDAY)_
Texas @ Florida
Tennessee Tech @ Tennessee
UAB  Vanderbilt
5 (THURSDAY)_
Minnesota @ Alabama Arkansas-Little Rock  Auburn
6 (FRIDAY)_
9- South Carolina vs. UNCC
7 (SATURDAY)_
Alabama @ Florida International Arkansas @ Missouri [ESPN| Georgia St. @ Aubum Florida @ Duquesne Appalachian St. @ Georgia Indiana vs. KENTUCKY (Louisville) IESPN]
10- LSU vs. Louisville Ole Miss @ Houston
9-South Carolina vs. UNC/USC Tennessee @ Penn St. Vanderbilt @ Memphis
8 (SUNDAY)_
11- Mississippi St. vs. George Washington
9 (MONDAY)_
11-Mississippi St. vs. California/Maryland Vanderbilt  Boston College
Wright Sr. @ KENTUCKY 10 (TUESDAY)_
Troy St.  Arkansas South Florida 9 Florida
14 (SATURDAY)_
Western Carolina @ Alabama Baylor @ Auburn Stetson @ Florida Georgia @ Virginia Tech Notre Dame @ KENTUCKY Wichita St. Ole Miss Loyola (N.O.) @ Mississippi St.
15 (SUNDAY)_
Western Carolina @ Auburn Memphis @ Tennessee
Nicholls St. @ Vanderbilt
17 (TUESDAY)_
East Carolina @ Georgia
Stetson Ole Miss
Texas Southern @ Mississippi St.
Clemson @ South Carolina
18 (WEDNESDAY)_
North Texas @ Alabama
South Alabama @ Aubum LSU @ North Carolina (Greensboro) [ESPN]
Southern California @ Tennessee
19 (THURSDAY)_
McNeesc St.  Arkansas
Old Dominion 9 Mississippi St. UNC Asheville 9 South Carolina Alabama-Hutsville 9 Vanderbilt
20 (FRIDAY)__
Florida International 9 Ole Miss
21 (SATURDAY)_
Virginia Commonwealth @ Alabama
(Birmingham) Louisville 9 Arkansas Murray St.  Auburn (Birmingham) Florida Florida St. (Orlando, Fla.) Brigham Young 9 Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.) KENTUCKY 9 Geotgia Tech IESPN] Oral Roberts 9 LSU Mississippi St. @ UNCA Wilmington South Carolina St. 9 South Carolina Tennessee Tech 9 Vanderbilt
22 (SUNDAY)_
Miami Tennessee
23 (MONDAY)_
Colorado 9 Georgia UNC-Asheville 9 KENTUCKY Prairie View A&M 9 LSU Mississippi Valley St. 9 Vanderbilt
27 (FRIDAY)_.
12- Alabama vs. San Jose St.
13- Georgia vs. Washington St.
14- Appalachian St. vs. Ole Miss
28 (SATURDAY)_
12- Alabama vs. Santa Clara/Detroit Mercy Auburn 9 Florida A&M
Southern Utah 9 Arkansas
15- Florida vs. Pennsylvania
13- Georgia vs. TBA
16- KENTUCKYvs.OhioSt. Fresno St. 9 LSU
14- OleMissvs.TBA
Charleston Southern 9 South Carolina Tennessee 9 UNC Charlotte
29 (SUNDAY)_
Vanderbilt @ Evansville
13-Georgia 9 TBA
30 (MONDAY)_
Winthrop at Auburn
15- Florida vs. Ariiona/Robert Morris 13-Georgia vs. TBA
Lafayette College @ LSU
17- Mississippi St. vs. Bowling Green Furman @ South Carolina
31 (TUESDAY)_
KENTUCKY @ Louisville |ESPN2] Morgan St. 9 Ole Miss 17-Mississippi St. vs.TBA East Tennessee St. 9 Tennessee
JANUARY
1 (WEDNESDAY)_
17-Mississippi St. vs. TBA
2 (THURSDAY)_
= 01i'Mi- ii Arkansas
4 (SATURDAY)_
# Alabama 9 Vanderbilt
# Aubum 9 South Carolina
- LSU 9 Mississippi St.
# Tennessee 9 KENTUCKY [JP]
5 (SUNDAY)_
# Arkansas Florida DP]
# Georgia 9 Ole Miss
7 (TUESDAY)_
# Mississippi St. @ KENTUCKY |ESPN|
8 (WEDNESDAY)_
-Alabama Ole Miss
# Arkansas @ Auburn []P]
- Florida 9 LSU -Georgia Vanderbilt
# Tennessee 9 South Carolina
9 (THURSDAY)_
Canisius 9 KENTUCKY
11 (SATURDAY)_
# Florida 6 Auburn DP]
# KENTUCKY 9 Ole Miss [ABC]
# LSU 9 Arkansas |SS]
- South Carolina 9 Mississippi St. DP]
- Vanderbilt 9 Tennessee Syracuse 9 Alabama |CBS]
14 (TUESDAY)_
- KENTUCKY 9 Georgia |ESPN]
15 (WEDNESDAY) t Arkansas 9 Alabama
= Ole Miss @ Mississippi St. DPI
# South Carolina 9 Florida
# Tennessee 9 Auburn
- Vanderbilt 9 LSU
18 (SATURDAY)_
# Alabama 9 Florida Arkansas 9 Cincinnati [CBS] -Auburn 9 KENTUCKY OP]
* Georgia 9 South Carolina DP]
- Ole Miss 9 Vanderbilt [ESPN]
19 (SUNDAY)_
* LSU 6 Tennessee DP]
21 (TUESDAY)_
* Mississippi St. 9 Atkansas IESPN]
22 (WEDNESDAY)
* Auburn 9 LSU
- Florida 9 Georgia
- South Carolina 9 Alabama UP] = Tennessee @ Ole Miss -Vanderbilt vs. KENTUCKY
(Cincinnati)
25 (SATURDAY)_
* Aubum 9 Georgia |CBS] = Florida @ Tennessee [SS]
- LSU 9 Alabama
-Ole Miss SouthCarolina DP]
* Vanderbilt 9 Mississippi St. OP]
26 (SUNDAY)_
- KENTUCKY 9 Arkansas [CBS]
28 (TUESDAY)_
-Alabama Aubum IESPN]
29 (WEDNESDAY)
- Arkansas 9 Ole Miss DP]
- Georgia 9 Tennessee -KENTUCKY Florida
- Mississippi St. @ LSU
= South Carolina @ Vanderbilt
FEBRUARY
1 (SATURDAY)_
= Alabama @ Mississippi St. OP]
- Aubum 9 Ole Miss -Georgia KENTUCKY DP] -South Carolina LSU [SS|
- Vanderbilt  Florida Memphis 9 Atkansas |CBS| Wofford @ Tennessee
4 (TUESDAY)_
- KENTUCKY 9 South Carolina [ESPN]
5 (WEDNESDAY)_
-Georgia Alabama
-Ole Miss LSU OP]
- Mississippi St. @ Aubum = Tennessee 9 Arkansas OP] Memphis @ Vanderbilt
6 (THURSDAY)_
Western Carolina at KENTUCKY
8 (SATURDAY)_
- Alabama 9 Tennessee OP] -Arkansas Vanderbilt DP]
- Florida  South Carolina -LSU Aubum
- Mississippi St. 9 Georgia [SS]
9 (SUNDAY)__
Villanova KENTUCKY |CBS]
11 (TUESDAY)_
* Auburn 9 Arkansas [ESPN]
12 (WEDNESDAY) -Florida Mississippi St  LSU KENTUCKY OP] -Ole Miss Alabama
- South Carolina  Georgia
* Tennessee  Vanderbilt OP]
15 (SATURDAY)_
- Alabama 9 LSU -Florida KENTUCKY OP] -Georgia Arkansas 0P|
* Mississippi St.  Tennessee South Carolina  Cincinnati ]ABC] -Vanderbilt Aubum [SSI
18 (TUESDAY)_
- Arkansas 0 South Carolina |ESPN|
19 (WEDNESDAY)
- KENTUCKY Alabama 0 PI  Mississippi St.  Ole Miss
- Tennessee @ Florida
- Vanderbilt @ Georgia
20 (THURSDAY)
South Carolina @ The Citadel
22 (SATURDAY)_
-Auburn Alabama OP]
- KENTUCKY  Vanderbilt OP] -LSU Georgia OP]
- South Carolina  Tennessee |CBS]
23 (SUNDAY)_
- Arkansas 8 Mississippi St. |CBS] -Ole Miss Florida
25 (TUESDAY)_
- KENTUCKY  Tennessee [ESPN]
26 (WEDNESDAY)
-Alabama Arkansas OP] = Aubum  Mississippi St.
- Georgia  Florida
- LSU  Ole Miss
- Vanderbilt 9 South Carolina OP]
MARCH
1 (SATURDAY)_
= Arkansas @ LSU = Florida @ Vanderbilt
- Ole Miss @ Aubum
- Mississippi St. @ Alabama # Tennessee @ Georgia
2 (SUNDAY)_
= South Carolina @ KENTUCKY [CBS]
-SEC Games;
1- Black Coaches Assoc., Indianapolis, Ind.;
2- Top of World Classic, Fairbanks, Alaska;
3- Preseason NIT;
4- Maui Classic, Lahaina, Hawaii;
5- Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska;
6- Big Island Inv., Hilo, Hawaii;
7- San juan Shootout, Caguas, Puerto Rico;
8- D1RECTV Great Eight, Chicago, 111.;
9- Harris Teeter Pepsi Challenge, Charlotte, N.C.;
10- John Wooden Classic, Anaheim, Calif.;
11- Franklin National Bank Classic, Landover, Md.;
12- Cable Car Classic, San Jose, Calif.;
13- Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii;
14- Jones Intercable Lobo Inv., Albuquerque, N.M.;
15- Ban One Fiesta Bowl Classic, Tuscon, Ariz.;
16- Rock & Roll Classic, Cleveland, Ohio;
17- Puerto Rico Holiday Classic, San Juan, PR.